Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
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The Stone Center conducts and promotes quantitative research using inequality as a lens on society and the economy. Home to the US Office of LIS.
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Expecting an inheritance influences an individual's education decisions — not because of the anticipated windfall, but because the heir will need to finance future intergenerational transfers, a new working paper by @janmazza.bsky.social finds.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Expecting an inheritance influences an individual's education decisions — not because of the anticipated windfall, but because the heir will need to finance future intergenerational transfers, a new working paper by @janmazza.bsky.social finds.
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How much inequality passes from generation to generation in Latin America? A new WP by Francisco Ferreira, @paolobrunori.bsky.social, @gneidhofer.bsky.social, @psalasr.bsky.social & Louis Sirugue finds that 30–50% of educational inequality and 46–66% of income inequality is inherited.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
How much inequality passes from generation to generation in Latin America? A new WP by Francisco Ferreira, @paolobrunori.bsky.social, @gneidhofer.bsky.social, @psalasr.bsky.social & Louis Sirugue finds that 30–50% of educational inequality and 46–66% of income inequality is inherited.
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Welfare agencies increasingly rely on targeting to ensure that limited resources reach those deemed most in need. A new WP by @pietrovaletto.bsky.social and @ivemarx.bsky.social shows how asset testing in the EU and US often undermines their stated goal of poverty reduction.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Welfare agencies increasingly rely on targeting to ensure that limited resources reach those deemed most in need. A new WP by @pietrovaletto.bsky.social and @ivemarx.bsky.social shows how asset testing in the EU and US often undermines their stated goal of poverty reduction.
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As China became the EU's largest trading partner, public concerns about the country's economic and political influence have grown. This new #WP looks at how German citizens perceive the opportunities and risks of engaging with China, and how much these perceptions align with reality.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
As China became the EU's largest trading partner, public concerns about the country's economic and political influence have grown. This new #WP looks at how German citizens perceive the opportunities and risks of engaging with China, and how much these perceptions align with reality.
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To what degree did education & health access become more inclusive globally in recent decades? To answer this and other questions, this WP constructs a new historical database on public expenditure and revenue and their components covering all world regions over the 1800–2025 period.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
To what degree did education & health access become more inclusive globally in recent decades? To answer this and other questions, this WP constructs a new historical database on public expenditure and revenue and their components covering all world regions over the 1800–2025 period.
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South Korea's transformation from one of the poorest countries to an economic powerhouse masked significant disparities in income and opportunity. A new WP by @shong95.bsky.social, Nak Nyeon Kim, @zhexunmo.bsky.social, and Li Yang provides new inequality estimates from 1933 to 2022.
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October 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
South Korea's transformation from one of the poorest countries to an economic powerhouse masked significant disparities in income and opportunity. A new WP by @shong95.bsky.social, Nak Nyeon Kim, @zhexunmo.bsky.social, and Li Yang provides new inequality estimates from 1933 to 2022.
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Does deliberative democracy affect peoples’ political agency and redistributive preferences? A new WP by @franziskadbacher.bsky.social, Martin Haselmayer, @lukaslehner.bsky.social, @severinrapp.bsky.social & @frawin.bsky.social uses a field experiment to answer this question.
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October 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Does deliberative democracy affect peoples’ political agency and redistributive preferences? A new WP by @franziskadbacher.bsky.social, Martin Haselmayer, @lukaslehner.bsky.social, @severinrapp.bsky.social & @frawin.bsky.social uses a field experiment to answer this question.
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September 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Most studies on the relationship b/w inequality & the erosion of democracy focus on cross-country comparisons, and on income rather than wealth. A new WP by @schechtlm.bsky.social looks at how rising state‐level wealth inequality in the US is associated with democratic backsliding.
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July 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Most studies on the relationship b/w inequality & the erosion of democracy focus on cross-country comparisons, and on income rather than wealth. A new WP by @schechtlm.bsky.social looks at how rising state‐level wealth inequality in the US is associated with democratic backsliding.
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More from Max! Economic causes of rising wealth inequality have received widespread attention, but how have demographic shifts influenced this trend? A new WP by Lisa Klein, @pmlersch.bsky.social & @smaexie.bsky.social looks at Germany's changing demographics & wealth inequality.
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June 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
More from Max! Economic causes of rising wealth inequality have received widespread attention, but how have demographic shifts influenced this trend? A new WP by Lisa Klein, @pmlersch.bsky.social & @smaexie.bsky.social looks at Germany's changing demographics & wealth inequality.
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Would a basic income reduce tax revenue by decreasing labor supply - or put pressure on wages by increasing labor supply? A field experiment by Stone Center Affiliated Scholar @maxkasy.bsky.social & his coauthors concludes: Neither.
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June 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Would a basic income reduce tax revenue by decreasing labor supply - or put pressure on wages by increasing labor supply? A field experiment by Stone Center Affiliated Scholar @maxkasy.bsky.social & his coauthors concludes: Neither.
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A new WP by @guidoalfani.bsky.social provides the most in-depth examination of factors affecting inequality at the local level of any preindustrial society, and adds to our understanding of the distributional effects of epidemics.
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June 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A new WP by @guidoalfani.bsky.social provides the most in-depth examination of factors affecting inequality at the local level of any preindustrial society, and adds to our understanding of the distributional effects of epidemics.
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The rise in housing prices and the liquidation of pension funds during Covid-19 reveal extreme levels of wealth concentration in Chile from 2007 to 2021 — read the new working paper from @bcastronofal.bsky.social, @ignacioflores.bsky.social, and @pgutiecu.bsky.social
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June 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The rise in housing prices and the liquidation of pension funds during Covid-19 reveal extreme levels of wealth concentration in Chile from 2007 to 2021 — read the new working paper from @bcastronofal.bsky.social, @ignacioflores.bsky.social, and @pgutiecu.bsky.social
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How have immigrant poverty rates changed in the US in recent decades? A new WP by Stone Center Affiliated Scholar @davebrady72.bsky.social uses LIS data to create an improved demographic portrait of immigrant poverty from 1993-2023 across 50 states and D.C.
@lisdata.bsky.social
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June 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
How have immigrant poverty rates changed in the US in recent decades? A new WP by Stone Center Affiliated Scholar @davebrady72.bsky.social uses LIS data to create an improved demographic portrait of immigrant poverty from 1993-2023 across 50 states and D.C.
@lisdata.bsky.social
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@lisdata.bsky.social
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Welfare benefit cuts and other UK austerity measures after 2010 lowered life expectancy — and the effect was nearly twice as great on women, according to the new WP by Stone Center associated researcher @yonatanberman.com and Tora Hovland.
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May 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Welfare benefit cuts and other UK austerity measures after 2010 lowered life expectancy — and the effect was nearly twice as great on women, according to the new WP by Stone Center associated researcher @yonatanberman.com and Tora Hovland.
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How much inequality should be tolerated? A working paper by Francesco Colcerasa, Lorenzo Giammei, and Francesca Subioli (GC Wealth Project) proposes a new approach to measuring unfair inequalities. Check out the new WP in the Stone Center Working Paper Series
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May 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
How much inequality should be tolerated? A working paper by Francesco Colcerasa, Lorenzo Giammei, and Francesca Subioli (GC Wealth Project) proposes a new approach to measuring unfair inequalities. Check out the new WP in the Stone Center Working Paper Series
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Does the Chinese public support the redistribution of wealth gained through economic reforms? Read the new WP by Margot Belguise, Nora Yuqian Chen, @yuchenhuang.bsky.social & @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Stone Center postdoc @zhexunmo.bsky.social.
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#EconSky
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December 17, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Does the Chinese public support the redistribution of wealth gained through economic reforms? Read the new WP by Margot Belguise, Nora Yuqian Chen, @yuchenhuang.bsky.social & @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Stone Center postdoc @zhexunmo.bsky.social.
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#EconSky
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#EconSky
"Enforcing Colonial Rule: Blood Tax and Head Tax in French West Africa," a new WP by @pse.bsky.social’s Denis Cogneau and @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Stone Center postdoc @zhexunmo.bsky.social analyzes the coercive capacity of colonial states and the agency of colonized people.
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December 10, 2024 at 5:13 PM
"Enforcing Colonial Rule: Blood Tax and Head Tax in French West Africa," a new WP by @pse.bsky.social’s Denis Cogneau and @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Stone Center postdoc @zhexunmo.bsky.social analyzes the coercive capacity of colonial states and the agency of colonized people.
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At what point do inheritances increase wealth inequality? What are the possible implications for the design of inheritance taxes? A new WP on data from 6 rich countries by @morellisal.bsky.social, Brian Nolan, @juancpal.bsky.social & Philippe Van Kerm. #EconSky
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December 6, 2024 at 5:19 PM
At what point do inheritances increase wealth inequality? What are the possible implications for the design of inheritance taxes? A new WP on data from 6 rich countries by @morellisal.bsky.social, Brian Nolan, @juancpal.bsky.social & Philippe Van Kerm. #EconSky
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Preindustrial southern Italy, a society at "the boundary of the inequality possibility frontier," provides new insights about the long-run relationship between economic growth and inequality change. Read the new WP by @guidoalfani.bsky.social & Sergio Sardone.
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#EconSky
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December 3, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Preindustrial southern Italy, a society at "the boundary of the inequality possibility frontier," provides new insights about the long-run relationship between economic growth and inequality change. Read the new WP by @guidoalfani.bsky.social & Sergio Sardone.
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#EconSky
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#EconSky
An incentivized redistribution experiment with university students in China and France reveals differences in the way merit- and luck-based inequalities are perceived. Read the WP by Margot Belguise, @yuchenhuang.bsky.social & GC Stone Center postdoc @zhexunmo.bsky.social.
#econsky
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#econsky
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November 26, 2024 at 5:44 PM
An incentivized redistribution experiment with university students in China and France reveals differences in the way merit- and luck-based inequalities are perceived. Read the WP by Margot Belguise, @yuchenhuang.bsky.social & GC Stone Center postdoc @zhexunmo.bsky.social.
#econsky
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#econsky
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Evidence from the Dead: a new working paper by Facundo Alvaredo, @bermanjoe.bsky.social and Salvatore Morelli uses estates left at death to derive new wealth inequality series for Belgium, Japan and South Africa. Part of the Stone Center Working Paper Series:
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October 21, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Evidence from the Dead: a new working paper by Facundo Alvaredo, @bermanjoe.bsky.social and Salvatore Morelli uses estates left at death to derive new wealth inequality series for Belgium, Japan and South Africa. Part of the Stone Center Working Paper Series:
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What is the distribution of #wealth at death, and how is it shaped by individual and institutional factors? Read the WP by GC Wealth Project's @franziskadbacher.bsky.social and GC Stone Center postdoc @severinrapp.bsky.social, part of the Stone Center Working Paper Series.
#Econsky
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#Econsky
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September 25, 2024 at 2:53 PM
What is the distribution of #wealth at death, and how is it shaped by individual and institutional factors? Read the WP by GC Wealth Project's @franziskadbacher.bsky.social and GC Stone Center postdoc @severinrapp.bsky.social, part of the Stone Center Working Paper Series.
#Econsky
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#Econsky
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The super-rich are exerting a substantial influence over the U.S. election process, a worrying development when looked at from a historical perspective, Stone Center Affiliated Scholar @guidoalfani.bsky.social argues in a new blog post.
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September 9, 2024 at 4:29 PM
The super-rich are exerting a substantial influence over the U.S. election process, a worrying development when looked at from a historical perspective, Stone Center Affiliated Scholar @guidoalfani.bsky.social argues in a new blog post.
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How can social scientists help shape AI policy debates to center equity and public engagement? Read the spotlight on a new publication by former Stone Center postdoc Tina Law @tinalaw.bsky.social and Stone Center Associate Director Leslie McCall.
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August 28, 2024 at 4:40 PM
How can social scientists help shape AI policy debates to center equity and public engagement? Read the spotlight on a new publication by former Stone Center postdoc Tina Law @tinalaw.bsky.social and Stone Center Associate Director Leslie McCall.
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