What does it mean for #inequality when households don't share resources equally between the people inside them? Valérie Lechene discusses her Stone Centre-funded project on inequality hidden inside households: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...

Stone Centre PhD Scholar Sebastian Espinoza's research shows better transport can shift bargaining power to workers. We spoke with Sebastian to find out more about his research on Santiago's metro, labour market power, and #inequality: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...

Save the date: Stone Centre Annual Public Lecture 2026 📍Woburn House, London 🗓️Wed 21 October, late afternoon 🔔Speaker: Professor Stephen Machin (LSE, @cep-lse.bsky.social) Full details to follow #Inequality

Challenging a 50-year consensus, research from Clement Imbert & @gulyssea.bsky.social suggests rural-urban migration is a route out of informality, with implications for how cities absorb climate-driven migration in the coming decades. Read the summary: www.stone-econ.org/research/rur... #Inequality

Clara Martínez-Toledano's Stone Centre-funded and 2025 IIPF Musgrave Prize winning paper on private capital markets and US inequality is now under review at the AER. Read her reflections on the project: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo... #Inequality @cmtneztt.bsky.social

Three Stone Centre PhD Scholars land three Assistant Professorships across three continents. Congratulations to Brian Amorim Cabaço, Javier Boncompte Guarda, and Eric Klemm. We caught up with them to find out more about their job market successes: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo... #PhDLife

This Friday at @ucl.ac.uk: the Stone Centre & @uclpolicylab.bsky.social convene PwC, CFA Institute, ACCA & Jisc on AI and graduate careers. Two panels + a hackathon. A few spaces left. 📍UCL Main Campus 🗓️Fri 3 July 10am-5pm 🎟️https://luma.com/nrjukkx7 #HigherEducation #AI

Stone Centre grantee David Hope & co's new Doing Economics project tackles a policy puzzle: why are carbon taxes backed by 3,600+ US economists yet politically blocked? Perceptions of inequality and fairness are a big part of the answer. Find out more: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...

Tamo Halder's free AI tutor for first-generation economics students is 1–2 months from its student trial. A year on from our first conversation, he tells us where the project stands, and what's at stake when access to AI is unequal. www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo... #inequality

Congratulations to Charyl Kong, winner of the 2026 Explore Econ Stone Centre Prize, for her dissertation on women's political empowerment in Brazil: "The policy moves women closer to political participation, but stops short of representation." www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo... #inequality

Many thanks to Pedro Carneiro for a fascinating Stone Centre breakfast on the links between childhood victimisation, mental health and adult crime.

How is AI reshaping graduate labour markets? How should disciplines, universities, and sector bodies respond? The Stone Centre & @uclpolicylab.bsky.social will bring together two expert panels to discuss. 📍 UCL Main Campus 🗓️ Fri 3 July 10am-5pm 🎟️ luma.com/nrjukkx7 #HigherEducation #AI

New #inequality research co-authored by Stone Centre PhD Scholar Ararat Gocmen: "The top 0.5% wealth share would have grown by 26% less from 2010 to 2022 if U.S. HNWIs had invested in the NASDAQ 100 rather than U.S. early-stage companies." Full summary: www.stone-econ.org/research/pri...

Stone Centre scholar Javier Boncompte on the UK sugar tax: "much of the policy's impact comes from firms reformulating their products to reduce sugar & avoid price increases, rather than consumers switching products." Javier discusses his research on our blog: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...

Much of what we know about #inequality depends on getting the empirical methods right. Stone Centre grant recipient Liyang Sun is developing better tools for causal inference, so researchers & policymakers can draw on more reliable evidence. Find out more: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...

At this morning's Stone Centre breakfast François Gerard presented his work on how financial barriers shape access to justice in Brazil. We'll share a full research summary on the Stone Centre website soon. Thanks François!

Following his presentation at the Stone Centre breakfast, we sat down with UCL Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the IFS-CPP Attila Lindner to talk about minimum wages, labour markets, and inequality: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...

🎉 Welcoming the newest Stone Centre: the Stone Centre for the Study of Wealth Inequality at @lseechist.bsky.social. The centre will be co-directed by Camille Landais and Kate Smith, and will focus on entrepreneurship and wealth inequality. Launching Autumn 2026. www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...

"We’re providing everything free... to anyone, anywhere in the world, which is the economically rational thing to do". Stone Centre director Wendy Carlin on tackling inequality in economics teaching. Read the full interview with Anya Pearson for @politicalquarterly.bsky.social bit.ly/4d5VISe

“In the World of AI, Answers are Cheap. But What's Really Scarce are Good Questions”: Interview with Wendy Carlin

Anya Pearson interviews Professor Wendy Carlin about a new way of teaching and learning economics.

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Thanks to Attila Lindner for his Stone Centre breakfast presentation today. Attila shared detailed insights into consumer responses to price increases of minimum wage goods.

We’re hiring a CORE and Stone Centre Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Economics Education and Inequality. More details and how to apply: tinyco.re/3618199

Our three key takeaways from the @cepr.org, INSEAD Stone Centre, and Stone Centre at UCL Workshop on AI and inequality reveal the tensions felt as firms integrate AI into the workplace. Read the full recap: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...

An insightful day in Paris at the Stone Centre at INSEAD, Stone Centre at UCL, and @cepr.org's workshop on Inequality, AI, and the Role of Firms. Many thanks to all who contributed to this event!

Another great Stone Centre breakfast this morning with @ucleconomics.bsky.social’s Marta Morazzoni. Marta shared fascinating insights from her research on entrepreneurial teams. More info on her work coming soon!

Sam Bowles’ recent comments at @ucstonecenter.bsky.social with @durlauf.bsky.social & @ethanbdm.bsky.social critiquing the idea that economists can’t compare utility across people sparked over 500,000 views. We spoke with Sam to get his thoughts on going viral: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...

Introducing 2025/2026 Stone Centre PhD scholar Clara von Bismarck-Osten @clarabismarck.bsky.social. We're thrilled to see Clara contribute to the Stone Centre’s mission of rigorous, policy-relevant inquiry into inequality and wealth dynamics. Read about her work: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...

“The best conference on public economics I have attended in a long time. It brought together the best scholars working on taxation & redistribution.” Read the Stone Centre Conference on Optimal Taxation Policy recap: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo... @theifs.bsky.social @uclpolicylab.bsky.social

Another excellent presentation at today’s Stone Centre breakfast. Many thanks to our new PhD scholar, Clara von Bismarck-Osten. Read Clara and Matt’s research summary here: www.stone-econ.org/research/who...

💡 How do carbon pricing policies affect employment across local labor markets? Stone Centre postdoc Ossian Prane caught up with us for a chat following his recent Stone Centre breakfast presentation. www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...

Congratulations to our 2025/2026 internal research support grant recipients, @ucleconomics.bsky.social Pedro Carneiro, Valérie Lechene, and Sun Liyang. Find out more about our grants here: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...