The Stone Center Welcomes Its Fifth Cohort of Postdoctoral Scholars
Maximilian Longmuir and Meredith Slopen will join the Stone Center as postdoctoral scholars in September 2023.
Searching for the Roots of U.S. Inequality Exceptionalism: Janet Gornick and Branko Milanovic
In this post, Janet Gornick and Branko Milanovic discuss the results of their study, "In Search of the Roots of American Inequality Exceptionalism: An Analysis Based on Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) Data,” an examination of what underlies the high level of income inequality in the U.S.
The Persistence of the Gender Earnings Gap: Cohort Trends and the Role of Education in Twelve Countries
E. Bar-Haim, L. Chauvel, J. Gornick, and A. Hartung. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 60. 2022.
Measuring Distribution and Mobility of Income and Wealth
R. Chetty, J.N. Friedman, J.C. Gornick, B. Johnson, and A. Kennickell (eds). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 2022.
A Comparative Perspective on Policies to Support Single-Parent Families: Webinar
A discussion of the latest volume of the ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, which focuses on on single-parent families and the best approaches to support them. Janet Gornick, director of the Stone Center, presents an overview of the research.
Geographic Disparities in the U.S. Social Safety Net: An Underexamined Dimension of Inequality
In this post, Stone Center research assistant Joseph van der Naald discusses the chapter of the recently published "Measuring Distribution and Mobility of Income and Wealth" that he co-authored with Sarah Bruch and Janet Gornick.
Poverty Reduction through Federal and State Policy Mechanisms: Variation Over Time and Across the U.S. States
S. K. Bruch, J. van der Naald, and J. C. Gornick. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 56. 2022.
Americonned: Film Screening and Discussion
Join us for a preview of the new film Americonned, about the effects of income inequality in America and the impact on American workers. A post-screening discussion will feature director Sean Claffey, labor organizers Chris Smalls and Derrick Palmer, and Janet Gornick, Director of the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality.
Remarks by Janet Gornick at the Launch of the Stone Centre, UCL
An excerpt of introductory remarks by Janet Gornick at the launch of the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Centre on Wealth Concentration, Inequality, and the Economy, based at University College London.
From Measuring the Top 1 Percent to Studying the Effects of Covid-19 on Poverty and Inequality: Nishant Yonzan
In this interview, Nishant Yonzan, who earned his Ph.D. from the Graduate Center in 2022, talks about his study, coauthored with Stone Center Scholars Branko Milanovic, Salvatore Morelli, and Janet Gornick, that was recently published in The Journal of Economic Inequality.