The @financialtimes.com features a @oecd-ocde.bsky.social working paper I worked on together with Olivier Thevenon, where we show that the cost of children is higher for single parents. The full paper is available here: doi.org/10.1787/bd0b...
27.02.2026 01:20 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Weβre pleased to announce a $10 million gift from the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation, which supports the work of @stone-lis.bsky.social www.gc.cuny.edu/news/10-mill... @cuny.edu
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π£Out todayπ£:
Report on #wealth and #inheritance in #Switzerland, based on close to 17 million tax records
190 pages of facts & figures, put together with @fuster.bsky.social, @izmartinez86.bsky.social & Falone Moseka, and supported by E4S (@heclausanne.bsky.social, EPFL, IMD)
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The paper, which focuses on 19th century estimates, proposes a set of "rules" or a broadly common methodology to enable better comparability of the results. Read the paper by @brankomilan.bsky.social, @philerfurth.bsky.social, @mgzl.bsky.social, & @ggabbuti.bsky.social.
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π’now forthcoming in ECMA!
The Class Gap in Career Progression: Evidence from US Academia
Class is rarely a focus of research or DEI in elite US occupations.
Evidence suggests it should be: we find a large class gap in at least one occupation - tenure-track academia...π§΅
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Don't miss our symposium exploring Why Wealth Inequality Matters on Tuesday, January 27 from 1-5 PM EST.
Register to join us in person at MIT or watch the livestream: shapingwork.mit.edu/events/why-w...
New INEQ Research Note! π
@severinrapp.bsky.social and Pirmin Fessler have summarised how perceived and actual wealth affect saving behaviour.
πFind the full Research Note 2025|05 here: short.wu.ac.at/ineq_rn Please note: Research Notes are currently only available in German.
#INEQ #INEQ_RN
For the English version of the current paper, click here: severin-rapp.github.io/assets/subwl...
18.01.2026 19:15 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0In a new @ineq-wu.bsky.social @wuvienna.bsky.social , we present a short overview of our paper (in German): research.wu.ac.at/ws/portalfil...
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Underestimating one's rank in the wealth distribution leads to a higher savings rate, both among high and low income households (even if we control for the fact that the wealthy are more prone to underestimating their wealth rank and have more opportunities to save)
18.01.2026 19:15 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0People misperceive their rank in the wealth distribution: the wealthy underestimate how much they have compared to others, and people at the bottom of the distribution think that they are doing better compared to others than they actually do. Our research shows that misperceptions shape for savings.
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π New III working paper:
This paper describes a new public-access online database containing internationally comparable estimates of inequality of opportunity for seventy-two countries, covering two-thirds of the worldβs population.
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+1 hope to see you there @petrasauer.bsky.social !!
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π Wir feiern 10 Jahre INEQ!
Bei unserer JubilΓ€umsfeier vor rund einem Monat haben wir erstmals unser Video zu β10 Jahren INEQβ gezeigt β jetzt ist es auch online auf short.wu.ac.at/ineq_10_jahre verfΓΌgbar.
π₯ Ein groΓes DankeschΓΆn an alle, die Teil dieser Reise waren β und sind.
#INEQ
Signed on this letter calling for a permanent International Panel on Inequality: a global, independent body to give policymakers the best evidence on the scale, causes, and consequences of inequality.
www.equals.ink/p/sign-on-le...
Inequality is not inevitable. It's a policy choice.
Inequality in the History of Economic and Political Thought: A Panel Conversation, featuring Branko Milanovic and David Lay Williams Tuesday November 4th 5pm GMT
π Join us for a free online event.
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Tues 4th Nov. 5pm GMT.
With: @brankomilan.bsky.social @laywilliams.bsky.social
Panel: @johncassidysays.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social @annastansbury.bsky.social
Register: bit.ly/StoneCentreInequalityDialogue
Excited to welcome @julieturaz.bsky.social for the @stone-lis.bsky.social multidisciplinary seminar series tomorrow (10:00 EST). Join us in person or online by registering here: gc-cuny-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Two weeks! Apply by Nov. 3 to our postdoctoral scholars program. Two positions starting in Aug. 2026: one focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Learn more at the link below!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
Intriguing, innovative new Stone Center Working Paper, by @stone-lis.bsky.social postdoc @severinrapp.bsky.social and colleagues. "This paper investigates how participation in a citizensβ assembly affects individualsβ redistributive preferences and (perceived) role in democracy." Do take a look πππ.
14.10.2025 21:53 β π 10 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Check out our new Working Paper where we evaluate a citizen assembly and how participation impacts political agency and preferences!
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Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
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In tomorrow's seminar at the @stone-lis.bsky.social I will be presenting my paper "The Good Council: Deliberating inequality in a field experiment" (w @frawin.bsky.social @lukaslehner.bsky.social @franziskadbacher.bsky.social and Martin Haselmayer). Join: stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/programs/mul...
07.10.2025 16:28 β π 21 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
Excited to announce that our @stone-lis.bsky.social Seminar Series starts its new iteration soon. You can join in person or online on Wednesdays 10.00 am EST, biweekly! The programme: stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/programs/mul...
We will first convene on Wednesday!
"Contemporary China: Demystifying Economic and Social Changes" - wrapped. Thanks to our expert panelists, and to the audience for sharp questions. The program will be shown on CUNY TV and posted online; stay tuned.
@stone-lis.bsky.social
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
@brankomilan.bsky.social
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From the INEQ archive π
@franziskadbacher.bsky.social, @severinrapp.bsky.social and @lorenzbodner.bsky.social have summarised their insights into inheritance and debt distribution in Vienna.
πFind the full Research Note 2024|03 here: short.wu.ac.at/ineq_rn. (Only in German)
#INEQ #INEQ_RN
esteemed colleague @smaexie.bsky.social on some interesting new features of the GC wealth project data warehouse: consumer durables and offshore wealth. find out more about the GC wealth data here: wealthproject.gc.cuny.edu
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shoutout to two interesting papers of the NBER summer institute on wealth transfers and taxation: 1οΈβ£https://lucymsall.github.io/research_papers/MsallNaess_stepup_JMP.pdf 2οΈβ£https://conference.nber.org/conf_papers/f224515.pdf
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Summer feeling boring? Join the last Summer 2025 Multidisciplinary Seminar! I will be presenting on wealth at death, deathbed planning and tax policy at the bottom of the distribution. Join in person or π: bit.ly/SCMDSS-Summe...
14.07.2025 17:48 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
The GC CUNY Stone Center community showed up! Max Longmuir and Severin Rapp - current Postdoctoral Scholars and members of the GC Wealth Project team - presented ongoing research projects on wealth.
@smaexie.bsky.social @severinrapp.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social
amazing to see this published! congratulations and thanks for pointing out.
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