Virtual Workshop 2020: The Growing Relevance of Wealth and Inheritance
In this presentation, Salvatore Morelli explores the increasing importance of wealth inequality, which has been rising since the 1980s in high-income countries.
Virtual Workshop 2020: The Social Psychology of Inequality
In this presentation, Michael Kraus examines the social psychological underpinnings of beliefs about inequality and related policy preferences.
The Wage Curve Across the Wealth Distribution
R. Iacono and M. Ranaldi. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 19. 2020.
Analysis: Why Do the Rich Have So Much Power?
In his New York Times column, Paul Krugman discusses the ways in which huge disparities in income and wealth in America translate into comparable disparities in political influence.
Panel: Reducing Inequality Now
Leading economic experts discuss the gaping disparities by race and class that have driven so many Americans into the streets, and examine the prospects for policy and institutional changes that could create a more equal society.
Bloomberg: The Pandemic Will Reduce Inequality—or Make It Worse
In Bloomberg, a look at wealth inequality and the pandemic with Salvatore Morelli.
From Workers to Capitalists in Less Than Two Generations: A Study of Chinese Urban Elite Transformation Between 1988 and 2013
L. Yang, F. Novokmet, and B. Milanovic. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 06. 2020.
Inequality, Foreign Investment, and Imperialism
T. Hauner, B. Milanovic, and S. Naidu. MPRA. 2017.
The Dynamics of Wealth Concentration: Thoughts on Tony Atkinson’s Contributions
S. Morelli. Italian Economic Journal. vol. 6, pp. 197–205. 2020.
The Tail That Wags: Differences in Effective Right Tail Coverage and Estimates of Wealth Inequality
A.B. Kennickell. The Journal Economic Inequality. vol. 17, no.4. pp. 443-459. 2019.