Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program! These 2-year positions start in August 2027 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center. One is focused on wealth inequality, the other more broadly on economic inequality. Apply by Nov. 2! stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/applications...

Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality

The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.

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A new WP constructs the 1st continuous long-run series of top wealth concentration for South Korea, using estate tax tabulations & the mortality multiplier method. It documents two distinct regimes: low, stable concentration from 1970-1990, followed by an abrupt rise in the late '90s. bit.ly/4wzv5gL

Congratulations to our postdocs Zhexun Mo and Severin Rapp, who will start new positions this fall after completing their two years at the CUNY Graduate Center! @zhexunmo.bsky.social will join @ulaval.ca, and @severinrapp.bsky.social will join @lseinequalities.bsky.social.

Stone Center’s Postdoctoral Scholars to Start New Positions at Laval University and LSE - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality

The Stone Center’s sixth cohort of postdoctoral scholars, Zhexun Mo and Severin Rapp, will start new positions this fall after they complete their two-year terms at the Graduate Center. Mo will join t...

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On panelView, and why we should always look at our data first.. yiqingxu.substack.com/p/plot-your-...

Please look at your (panel) data

Many of the most egregious issues can be avoided by simply looking at the data.

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A panel of experts will discuss @brankomilan.bsky.social's latest book, "The Great Global Transformation," this Wed., May 6, at 6:30 pm. Featuring Qin Gao, Daniel Markovitz & @adamtooze.bsky.social; moderated by @janetgornick.bsky.social. Register for the livestream!

CUNY Graduate Center@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 5mo ago

How is the global economic order changing? Join us for a conversation on power, inequality, and the shifting relationship between the U.S. and China. @stone-lis.bsky.social 📅 May 6 🕡 6:30 PM 🎟 RSVP for the livestream: www.gc.cuny.edu/events/great...

We’re 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

"[T]he rich man holds the Law in his purse." -- Rousseau, Letters Written from the Mountain (#9).

2025 highlights: ✨ Inequality placed on the agenda of the 𝗚𝟮𝟬 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 ✨2025 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 published in October ✨2026 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 published in December ✨27 Working Papers authored by 78 researchers ...and more! 📖 Flip through our report heyzine.com/flip-book/22...

📢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...🧵

Now another R&R at one of my favorite journals (JEH) - 2026 is blessed 😀

Zhexun Mo@zhexunmo.bsky.social · 8mo ago

✨ Good news to start 2026! ✨ 🥳 Our paper “Human Capital, Unequal Opportunities and Productivity Convergence: A Global Historical Perspective, 1800–2100” has been accepted at the Journal of Public Economics.

To make the most of the World Inequality Database, consult the DINA Guidelines and other resources: wid.world/methodology/ This 3rd edition includes improved or new: 🔹macro aggregates 🔹income and wealth definitions 🔹data-quality flags 🔹sections on wealth distribution and gender inequality

✨ Good news to start 2026! ✨ 🥳 Our paper “Human Capital, Unequal Opportunities and Productivity Convergence: A Global Historical Perspective, 1800–2100” has been accepted at the Journal of Public Economics.

I am so very sorry to hear about the passing about my friend and colleague Professor Kimuli Kasara. She was a brilliant scholar and a bright, funny, warm person. I remember first meeting her as the only other Black woman/faculty at the Columbia political econ seminar and feeling relief/happiness

🚨 We're hiring an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Economics Only 5 days left to apply. See details 👇

Yonatan Berman@yonatanberman.com · 10mo ago

📢 We’re hiring! King's College London Political Economy is recruiting an Assistant Professor (Lecturer in the UK system) in Economics. Apply here: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/130885-... Feel free to contact me for information about the role and our department. @kcl-spe.bsky.social @kingsqpe.bsky.social

Also, "contributed by" articles should probably be entirely done away with at PNAS. This dirty little secret is that this provides a way for NAS members to get questionable work in at a high profile outlet with less stringent peer review. It's corrupt and it's anti science.

John Holbein@johnholbein1.bsky.social · 9mo ago

It must be really nice to be able to simply assert that reverse causation isn't a problem and then magically we're in causal inference land. (Yes, that's what they do here.)

South Africa remains the most unequal country in the world, with the top 10% earning 70% of all pretax income. New study by A. Gethin & L. Czajka shows that inequality in 2019 was as high as in 1993. Racial inequality reduced only because top 10% Black incomes surged. ▶️ wid.world/news-article...

Racial Inequality and Redistribution in Post-Apartheid South Africa - WID - World Inequality Database

Racial Inequality and Redistribution in Post-Apartheid South Africa The source for global inequality data. Open access, high quality wealth and income inequality data developed by an international aca...

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Today, we are publishing our World Inequality Report, which reviews the most recent #inequalitydata and exposes the magnitude of #inequality across time, space and all its dimensions. 👇Share this thread, share the report! www.youtube.com/watch?v=R67u...

World Inequality Report 2026

YouTube video by World Inequality Lab

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This is a very cool paper with a clever identification strategy to test the causal impact of the opioid epidemic on various political outcomes. A key point that’s not in the abstract —causal mechanism is voters agreed with GOP tough on crime rhetoric and policy.

The Quarterly Journal of Economics@qjeharvard.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Recently accepted by #QJE, “Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects of the Opioid Epidemic,” by Arteaga (@caroartc.bsky.social) and Barone (@vickybarone.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

🇩🇪💼🇨🇳 Amid rising China–EU tensions, how do Germans really see Chinese foreign investment? And can facts, positive narratives, or negative narratives change those views? We answer this using: 🧪 A survey experiment in SOEP-IS (N = 2,365) 🇨🇳 A mirrored national survey in China (N = 2,000) 🧵 A thread.

Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality@stone-lis.bsky.social · 11mo ago

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. bit.ly/4oJ7O8b

📢 We’re hiring! King's College London Political Economy is recruiting an Assistant Professor (Lecturer in the UK system) in Economics. Apply here: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/130885-... Feel free to contact me for information about the role and our department. @kcl-spe.bsky.social @kingsqpe.bsky.social

Lecturer in Economics | King's College London

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Very excited to present ongoing work on the long shadow of French colonial army and military forced labor in Mali at the virtual workshop on French economic history online later!

Cédric Chambru@cedricchambru.bsky.social · 10mo ago

📢 Virtual Workshop on French Economic History At 5:00 pm CET, @zhexunmo.bsky.social (Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, CUNY) will present: “Soldiers versus Laborers: Legacies of Colonial Military Service and Forced Labor in Mali” Interested in joining? Email me for the Zoom link.

📢 Virtual Workshop on French Economic History At 5:00 pm CET, @zhexunmo.bsky.social (Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, CUNY) will present: “Soldiers versus Laborers: Legacies of Colonial Military Service and Forced Labor in Mali” Interested in joining? Email me for the Zoom link.

Transformative national development (as opposed to nano-developmentalist nibbling at the margins) is the only way out of this. The sooner everyone is on the same page the better.

If an attractive young woman a third my age didn't want to date me, then why did she ask me for feedback on an economics paper? by Larry Summers

🔴 Over 500 economists, including WIL co-director @thomaspiketty.bsky.social, call on world leaders to set up an International Panel on Inequality, as recommended by the Extraordinary Committee's report to the #G20, led by @josephestiglitz.bsky.social 🔗Letter www.equals.ink/p/sign-on-le...

Research shows strong public support for global climate & redistributive policies — and this new study by @adrien-fabre.bsky.social confirms it, through an original survey representative of the population in 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇵🇱 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇨🇭 🇯🇵 🇷🇺 🇸🇦 🇺🇸 Read more: wid.world/news-article...

Public Acceptance of International Redistribution in High-Income Countries - WID - World Inequality Database

Public Acceptance of International Redistribution in High-Income Countries This paper examines the support for global redistribution policies through an original survey representative of the populatio...

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🚨Postdoc position in public economics🚨 Four-year postdoc at @heclausanne.bsky.social, funded through @snsf.ch project "The Economics of Inheritance and Inter-Vivos Gifts". Application deadline: 30 December. #econsky @unil.bsky.social @eyquem2.bsky.social @izmartinez86.bsky.social bit.ly/4qWyG6G

Thank you, New York City. Together we made history. Now let’s get to work. transition2025.com

How does employer access to prisoners’ labor through work release impact the well-being of those workers & of free workers? New working paper by Sue Helper, Suresh Naidu, Akseli Palomaki, Adam Reich, + me provides evidence, focus on auto manufacturing in AL #EconSky papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....