The Gender Gap in Pension Savings
Working Paper 2022-624 Abstract This paper studies the gender pension savings gap in a system based on individual retirement accounts
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Choosing or Inheriting the Joneses
Working Paper 2022-623 Abstract Do individuals choose their reference groups, i.e. their Joneses, or are they culturally transmitted across generations?
Read moreCall for Papers – Opportunity and Mobility Workshop (III-LSE)
Call for papers Opportunity and Mobility Workshop 24 April 2023, London School of Economics The International Inequalities Institute (III) invites
Read morePostdoctoral fellowships – Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
Two Postdoctoral Scholar Positions Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality Graduate Center (CUNY), New York The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
Read moreDoes Hotter Temperature Increase Poverty? Global Evidence from Subnational Data Analysis
Working Paper 2022-622 Abstract Despite a vast literature documenting climate change negative effects on various socio-economic outcomes, surprisingly hardly any
Read moreNonparametric analysis of heterogeneous multidimensional fairness
Working Paper 2022-621 Abstract The paper proposes a framework to assess fairness in multidimensional distributions while respecting individual preferences. We
Read moreIntergenerational mobility of economic well-being in Latin America
Working Paper 2022-620 Abstract We estimate, for the first time, long-run trends in intergenerational economic mobility for a multitude of
Read morePoverty Convergence Clubs
Working Paper 2022-619 Abstract Global eradication of extreme poverty requires absolute convergence of poverty rates worldwide towards zero. Using data
Read moreCall for Papers – Lofoten International Symposium on Inequality and Taxation (LISIT)
Call for papers Lofoten International Symposium on Inequality and Taxation (LISIT) 27-28 June 2023, Lofoten islands The Lofoten International Symposium
Read moreTwo classical decompositions of the Gini index by income sources
Working Paper 2022-618 Abstract Natural Gini decomposition (Rao, V. M., 1969, J R Stat Soc Ser A, 132:418–425) and marginal
Read moreComputers as Stepping Stones? Technological Change and Equality of Labor Market Opportunities
Working Paper 2022-617 Abstract This paper analyzes whether technological change improves equality of labor market opportunities by increasing the returns
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