Homoploutia: Top Labor and Capital Incomes in the United States, 1950–2020
Y. Berman and B. Milanovic. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 28. 2020.
Educational Inequalities Have Increased, But Intergenerational Income Persistence Remained the Same. What’s Behind the (Relatively) Good News?
In this research spotlight, a study by Deirdre Bloome and her colleagues about a child’s likelihood of winding up on the same income rung as her parents sheds light on countervailing trends.
Is Inclusive Growth an Oxymoron?
In this commentary, originally posted on the World Bank’s Let’s Talk Development blog, Pinelopi Goldberg of Yale University discusses why reducing inequality may be essential for growth.
What Do the Recent Survey of Consumer Finances Data Show about the Recovery from the 2008 Crisis?
In this blog post, Arthur B. Kennickell, the former director of the SCF, uses the latest data to step beyond the usual summary statistics to chart the changes in wealth and income, revealing important distributional shifts.
The Two Growth Rates of the Economy
A. Adamou, Y. Berman, and O. Peters. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 24. 2020.
Epidemics, Inequality and Poverty in Preindustrial and Early Industrial Times
G. Alfani. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 23. 2020.
Redistribution Revisited: Insuring Risks in the Long Run
In this blog post, Charlotte Bartels and Dirk Neumann, the authors of a new Stone Center Working Paper, discuss how long-run and annual redistribution diverge in various welfare states, and the implications for policymaking.
What Explains the Decline of Cash Assistance in the United States?
In this blog post, Zachary Parolin, the author of a forthcoming paper, describes his findings about the TANF program’s impact on cash support to families in need.
Intergenerational Transfers by Size and Wealth Inequality in Rich Countries
B. Nolan, J. Palomino, P. Van Kerm, and S. Morelli. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no 21. 2020.
The Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth in Rich Countries
In this blog post, Brian Nolan and his coauthors discuss their research on patterns of wealth transfers across generations and the role this plays in wealth accumulation.