Three Graduate Center doctoral students received Stone Center scholarships to attend the recent LIS Introductory Summer Workshop in Luxembourg, a one-week intensive course that introduces researchers to two widely used databases used in comparative studies of income and wealth.
Janet Gornick, the director of the Stone Center, was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an honorary society and independent research center that seeks to advance the common good.
Tina Law and Manuel Schechtl are starting new tenure-track positions this summer after completing their two-year terms at the Graduate Center.
J. C. Gornick, D. Brady, I. Marx, and Z. Parolin. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 84. 2024.
Janet Gornick, Sarah K. Bruch of the University of Delaware, and Graduate Center Sociology Ph.D. student Joseph van der Naald, have begun work on a sponsored project funded by Social Security Administration (SSA) through a newly created national research center.
When the enhanced Child Tax Credit of 2021 was not renewed by Congress, millions of American children fell back into poverty. A panel moderated by Carol Jenkins and featuring Regina S. Baker, Kathryn J. Edin, Janet Gornick, and Zachary Parolin discusses what we can and should do now.
Branko Milanovic discusses his latest book, a sweeping and original history that focuses on how six of the most influential economists saw inequality in their time, with Paul Krugman, Clara Mattei, and Donald Robotham.
Janet Gornick, the director of the Stone Center and a professor of Political Science and Sociology at the Graduate Center, CUNY, was awarded an honorary doctoral degree by Stockholm University in Sweden in recognition for her research on socio-economy inequality.
Carol Jenkins leads a panel discussion on child poverty and related policy interventions, featuring Regina S. Baker, Janet Gornick, Jeff Madrick, and Zachary Parolin.
The Stone Center announces the launch of the GC Wealth Project website, the result of a multi-year effort aimed at expanding and consolidating access to the most up-to-date research and information on wealth and wealth inequality.