From the INEQ network 🌍
The data descriptor of the GC Wealth Project Data Warehouse is now published in Nature Scientific Data.
@franziskadbacher.bsky.social and INEQ Research Fellow @severinrapp.bsky.social are part of the international project team.
#INEQ

We published a paper about the GC Wealth Project (wealth project.gc.cuny.edu) in Scientific Data. Check this out and see how the project could support your work on wealth, its distribution and transmission 👇

It was a wonderful event at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social today with an enthusiastic and packed house to hear @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, @mayor.nyc.gov and I talk about the absolute necessity for global societies to tax the ultra rich. It's not radical to think they should pay their fair share too

The retreat was great fun and very insightful. Very honoured to be part of this.

Three days of intensive work sessions for the GC Wealth Project team, by @stone-lis.bsky.social and Roma Tre University, in Allumiere, Italy. A valuable time to strengthen our work on the wealth data warehouse and prepare for the upcoming release of v2.0. Discover 👉 wealthproject.gc.cuny.edu

Top initiative, freue mich aufs lesen (:

📢 Next week at our Spring 2026 Multidisciplinary Seminar Series:

Marai Hayes presents "The Long Tail of Childhood Health" — how early health shapes earnings, employment, and wealth all the way into retirement.

Monday, March 23 | 2–3:30 PM
📍 Room 6203.01, CUNY Graduate Center

Don't miss it!

Dont miss out on the 2026 Young Economists Conference in Vienna. This is a fantastic opportunity for early career researchers 💡

Starting at 6:30pm this eve (NYC time). In-person is sold out, but the livestream ... unlimited capacity.

Jointly hosted by @stone-lis.bsky.social and @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social. We know that a lively conversation is in store.
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Submit your paper by April 12th write to: annaelena.valentini@unifi.it

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...

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

📣Out today📣:

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)

👉 lnkd.in/dPuCknGm

Stone Center Working Paper Series - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality yes

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.

📢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...🧵

📅 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! 🆕
@severinrapp.bsky.social and Pirmin Fessler have summarised how perceived and actual wealth affect saving behaviour.
📄Find 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...

In 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...

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)

People 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.

📄 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 world’s population.

🔗 buff.ly/3IEgjiU

+1 hope to see you there @petrasauer.bsky.social !!

🎉 Wir feiern 10 Jahre INEQ!
Bei unserer Jubiläumsfeier vor rund einem Monat haben wir erstmals unser Video zu „10 Jahren INEQ“ gezeigt – jetzt ist es auch online auf short.wu.ac.at/ineq_10_jahre verfügbar.
🎥 Ein großes Dankeschön an alle, die Teil dieser Reise waren – 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

🎉 Join us for a free online event.
📅 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

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality Fall 2025 Multidisciplinary Seminar Series. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining... All seminars will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. in hybrid format. Schedule: September 24 – Małgorzata Szczepaniak, Assistant Professor of Economics, Nicolaus Copernicus University “Divergent...

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...

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 citizens’ assembly affects individuals’ redistributive preferences and (perceived) role in democracy." Do take a look 👇👇👇.

Check out our new Working Paper where we evaluate a citizen assembly and how participation impacts political agency and preferences!