# News Awards In the News Latest commentary Policy briefs Books Papers ## Awards [### Symposium on Patterson's Paradox of Freedom Published ](/news/2026/06/symposium-pattersons-paradox-freedom-published) June 02, 2026 The European Journal of Sociology has published the remarks delivered at a panel discussion on the life and work of Stone Program faculty affiliate Orlando Patterson, the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. This event took place at... ![Orlando Patterson](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/orlando_patterson-2_color.jpg?itok=4p6ow-yu) [### Avi Moorthy Wins William Julius Wilson Research Award ](/news/2026/05/avi-moorthy-wins-william-julius-wilson-research-award) May 27, 2026 Stone PhD Scholar Avi Moorthy, who is graduating with a PhD in Public Policy, won the 2026 William Julius Wilson Research Award at HKS Class Day on May 27, 2026. The award is given by the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy in recognition of an... ![Avi Moorthy](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Avi-GSAS.jpg?h=731e6f41&itok=xr9GJ1Zk) [### Maya Sen Named 2026-2027 Radcliffe Fellow ](/news/2026/05/maya-sen-named-2026-2027-radcliffe-fellow) May 14, 2026 Stone Program faculty affiliate Maya Sen, former director of the program from 2020 to 2024, has been named a 2026-27 Evelyn Green Davis Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Sen, a Professor of Public Policy at the... ![Maya Sen](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/sen17b-001.jpg?itok=AK49YX0N) [### Gautam Nair and Akshay Dixit Win MPSA Awards ](/news/2026/04/gautam-nair-and-akshay-dixit-win-mpsa-awards) April 01, 2026 Congratulations to Stone Program faculty affiliate Gautam Nair and recent Stone PhD Scholar graduate Akshay Dixit, who have won more awards for their paper "Caste Reparations: Economic Advance, Social Concord, and Policy Backlash." They have received the... ![Gautam Nair and Akshay Dixit](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/Nair%20and%20Dixit.jpg?h=68d1a6f0&itok=QSFmjdvM) [### Claudia Goldin Wins Talcott Parsons Prize ](/news/2026/03/claudia-goldin-wins-talcott-parsons-prize) March 12, 2026 Stone Program faculty affiliate Claudia Goldin, the Samuel W. Morris University Professor, Lee and Ezpeleta Professor of Arts and Sciences, and Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University, is receiving the 2026 Talcott Parsons Prize from the... ![Claudia Goldin](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-03/Goldin%20smaller%20photo.jpg?itok=Lf3lo3ZG) [### Desmond Ang Receives Sloan Research Fellowship ](/news/2026/02/desmond-ang-receives-sloan-research-fellowship) February 21, 2026 Stone Program faculty affiliate Desmond Ang, an applied economist and Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, has received a 2026 Sloan Research Fellowship in Economics. According to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation... ![Desmond Ang](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/ang20wide.jpg?itok=SXcW0L6x) [### Gautam Nair and Akshay Dixit Win Prize for Best Paper on Economic and Social Inequality ](/news/2025/10/gautam-nair-and-akshay-dixit-win-prize-best-paper-economic-and-social-inequality) October 02, 2025 Congratulations to Stone Program faculty affiliate Gautam Nair and recent Stone PhD Scholar graduate Akshay Dixit, who have won the Best Paper on Economic and Social Inequality prize from the American Political Science Association's Class and Inequality... ![Dixit and Nair](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-10/Akshay%20%26%20Gautam.jpg?h=d006bdc3&itok=XYcG-I07) [### Welcoming the New Stone Program Postdoctoral Fellows ](/news/2025/09/welcoming-new-stone-program-postdoctoral-fellows) September 01, 2025 The Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy is excited to welcome the second cohort of Stone Program Postdoctoral Fellows. Sociologist Davis Daumler and political scientist Ritika Goel begin their fellowships in September 2025... ![Davis Daumler and Ritika Goel](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-09/Davis%20and%20Ritika.jpg?h=f1d52d71&itok=odHr_Y_E) [### Announcing the 2025 Stone PhD Scholars ](/news/2025/08/announcing-2025-stone-phd-scholars) August 01, 2025 The Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy has awarded nine fellowships to a new cohort of Stone PhD Scholars conducting research on inequality across disciplines at Harvard. Brianna Alderman (Economics) is a 3rd year... description [### Welcoming Lisa Lynch as the 2025-2026 Stone Visiting Scholar ](/news/2025/07/welcoming-lisa-lynch-2025-2026-stone-visiting-scholar) July 01, 2025 Harvard Kennedy School's Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy has appointed economist Lisa Lynch as the 2025-2026 Stone Visiting Scholar and Visiting Professor of Public Policy. She is the Stone Program's fourth Stone... ![Lisa Lynch](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-07/lynch-fullsize%203.jpg?h=9763882b&itok=XxHGdQ3i) [### Taeku Lee Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences ](/news/2025/05/taeku-lee-elected-american-academy-arts-sciences) May 28, 2025 Congratulations to Stone Program faculty affiliate Taeku Lee, the Bae Family Professor of Government at Harvard University, who has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2025. Taeku Lee is a leading expert on racial and ethnic... ![Taeku Lee](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-05/Taeku_Lee.jpg?h=dd79a2dd&itok=ypyhvMzx) [### Stefanie Stantcheva Wins John Bates Clark Medal ](/news/2025/04/stefanie-stantcheva-wins-john-bates-clark-medal) April 28, 2025 The American Economic Association (AEA) has awarded the 2025 John Bates Clark Medal to Stone Program faculty affiliate Stefanie Stantcheva, the Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University. The AEA statement announcing the award... ![Stefanie Stantcheva](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-04/2500.Stefanie-Stantcheva.jpg?h=b48a07b7&itok=xOboutZX) [### Shay O'Brien Wins 2025 Socio-Economic Review Best Paper Prize ](/news/2025/04/shay-obrien-wins-2025-socio-economic-review-best-paper-prize) April 22, 2025 Congratulations to Stone Program Postdoctoral Fellow Shay O'Brien, who is a co-winner of the 2025 Socio-Economic Review (SER) Best Paper Prize for " The Family Web: Multigenerational Class Persistence in Elite Populations," which appeared in Volume 22... ![Shay O'Brien](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/shayobrien_0.jpg?itok=KceRvgOY) [### Guggenheim Fellowship Awarded to Christopher Muller ](/news/2025/04/guggenheim-fellowship-awarded-christopher-muller) April 22, 2025 Congratulations to Stone Program faculty affiliate Christopher Muller, Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, who has received a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship. He joins the Guggenheim Foundation's 100th class of Guggenheim Fellows. According to The... ![Chris Muller](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/muller_photo_0.jpg?itok=jVwRRDiB) [### Orlando Patterson Receives 2024 Hegel Prize ](/news/orlando-patterson-receives-2024-hegel-prize) December 12, 2024 Congratulations to Stone Program faculty affiliate Orlando Patterson, the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, who has received the 2024 Hegel Prize. The Hegel Prize is awarded every three years by the City of Stuttgart and the Hegel... ![Orlando Patterson](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/orlando_patterson-2_color.jpg?itok=4p6ow-yu) [### Recent Speakers at Stone Program Events Win Nobel Prize ](/news/recent-speakers-stone-program-events-win-nobel-prize) October 14, 2024 Daron Acemoglu, who delivered the 2024 James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Lecture in Economic Inequality on September 17 (pictured), and James Robinson, who spoke in the Stone Inequality & Social Policy Seminar on September 30, are co-winners (with Simon... ![2024 Stone Lecture](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2024stonelecture1.jpg?itok=VZ4tDUg1) [### Stone Program Awards Fifteen Stone Research Grants in Latest Round ](/news/stone-program-awards-fifteen-stone-research-grants-latest-round) August 23, 2024 Harvard Kennedy School's Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy has awarded research grants to support fifteen projects in its latest round of Stone Research Grants. The Stone Research Grant system is designed to support... description [### Announcing the 2024 Stone PhD Scholars ](/news/announcing-2024-stone-phd-scholars) August 12, 2024 The Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy has awarded ten fellowships to a new cohort of Stone PhD Scholars conducting research on inequality across disciplines at Harvard. Gaby Aboulafia (Health Policy) is a PhD student in... description [### Stone Program Postdoctoral Fellows Receive Dissertation Awards ](/news/stone-program-postdoctoral-fellows-receive-dissertation-awards) July 16, 2024 Stone Program Postdoctoral Fellow Luis Flores is the recipient of the 2024 Dissertation Award from the American Sociological Association. The award recognizes the best dissertation in the discipline among those nominated by advisers and department chairs... description [### Michéle Lamont Wins Kohli Prize for Sociology ](/news/mich%C3%A9le-lamont-wins-kohli-prize-sociology) July 11, 2024 Stone Program faculty affiliate Michéle Lamont has won the 2024 Kohli Prize for Sociology , which honors exceptional achievement in and contributions to the field and profession of sociology. "With her path-breaking comparative research on culture, social... description ## In the News [### Symposium on Patterson's Paradox of Freedom Published ](/news/2026/06/symposium-pattersons-paradox-freedom-published) June 02, 2026 The European Journal of Sociology has published the remarks delivered at a panel discussion on the life and work of Stone Program faculty affiliate Orlando Patterson, the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. This event took place at... ![Orlando Patterson](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/orlando_patterson-2_color.jpg?itok=4p6ow-yu) [### Stone Program Faculty Affiliates to Direct Harvard Pop Center ](/news/2026/02/stone-program-faculty-affiliates-direct-harvard-pop-center) February 13, 2026 Two Stone Program faculty affiliates have been appointed to leadership roles at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. ![Rita Hamad and Daniel Schneider](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-02/Pop%20Center%20Leadership.jpg?h=8baf0caf&itok=MF4M5aNr) [### Jennifer Hochschild Publishes Op-Ed in the Chicago Tribune ](/news/2025/07/jennifer-hochschild-publishes-op-ed-chicago-tribune) July 07, 2025 Stone Program faculty affiliate Jennifer Hochschild, t he Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government, Professor of African and African American Studies, and Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University, has published an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune... ![Jennifer Hochschild](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-01/Jennifer%20Hochschild%202025.jpg?itok=ilcuDONs) [### Interview with Christopher Muller in the LPE Blog ](/news/interview-christopher-muller-lpe-blog) December 04, 2024 The Law and Political Economy Blog has conducted an interview with Stone Program faculty affiliate Christopher Muller, Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. The interview, conducted by Alex Gourevitch, explores Professor Muller's work on... ![Chris Muller](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/muller_photo.jpg?itok=OfMWOE3R) [### Recent Speakers at Stone Program Events Win Nobel Prize ](/news/recent-speakers-stone-program-events-win-nobel-prize) October 14, 2024 Daron Acemoglu, who delivered the 2024 James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Lecture in Economic Inequality on September 17 (pictured), and James Robinson, who spoke in the Stone Inequality & Social Policy Seminar on September 30, are co-winners (with Simon... ![2024 Stone Lecture](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2024stonelecture1.jpg?itok=VZ4tDUg1) [### Stone Program Postdoctoral Fellows Receive Dissertation Awards ](/news/stone-program-postdoctoral-fellows-receive-dissertation-awards) July 16, 2024 Stone Program Postdoctoral Fellow Luis Flores is the recipient of the 2024 Dissertation Award from the American Sociological Association. The award recognizes the best dissertation in the discipline among those nominated by advisers and department chairs... description [### Welcoming David Weil as the 2024-2025 Stone Visiting Scholar ](/news/welcoming-david-weil-2024-2025-stone-visiting-scholar) July 01, 2024 Harvard Kennedy School's Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy has appointed economist David Weil as the 2024-2025 Stone Visiting Scholar and Visiting Professor of Public Policy. He is the Stone Program's third Stone Visiting... ![David Weil](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/weil_david_photo_2.jpg?h=cfd4d82b&itok=KAPmHY7l) [### New Leadership at the Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy ](/news/new-leadership-stone-program-wealth-distribution-inequality-and-social-policy) July 01, 2024 We are delighted to announce that Professor Deirdre Bloome has been appointed Director of the Harvard Kennedy School’s James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy. Professor Bloome serves as the Peter and... description [### Reflections on the Inequality and the Environment Symposium for Early-Career Researchers ](/news/reflections-inequality-and-environment-symposium-early-career-researchers) February 16, 2024 Stone Visiting Scholar and Visiting Professor Lucas Chancel co-organized the Inequality and the Environment Symposium for Early-Career Researchers, held at Sciences Po on January 18, 2024. Stone Program Postdoctoral Fellow Shay O'Brien presented research... description [### Claudia Goldin Wins Nobel Prize ](/news/claudia-goldin-wins-nobel-prize) October 25, 2023 Congratulations to Stone Program faculty affiliate Claudia Goldin, the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University, who was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences on October 9, 2023. The prize, according to the Nobel Prize press... ![Claudia Goldin](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/goldin19.jpg?itok=3G6WurCi) [### Orlando Patterson Delivers Third Lee Rainwater Memorial Lecture ](/news/orlando-patterson-delivers-third-lee-rainwater-memorial-lecture) October 05, 2022 On September 29, 2022, Professor Orlando Patterson delivered the Third Lee Rainwater Memorial Lecture with a talk on Slavery and Genocide in William James Hall. The lecture was co-hosted by the CUNY Graduate Center's Stone Center on Socio-Economic... ![Patterson](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/patterson_2022_b.png?itok=eF73GHSh) [### The evolution of political scientist Jane Mansbridge's life and career ](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/09/the-evolution-of-political-scientist-jane-mansbridges-life-and-career/) September 08, 2020 Harvard Gazette | Jane Mansbridge, the Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values at Harvard Kennedy School, talks about her 'jagged trajectory' to becoming one of the world’s leading scholars of democratic theory. ![Jane Mansbridge](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/mansbridge20.jpg?itok=mnujCry5) [### Women in Research: Interview with Michèle Lamont ](https://www.wiley-iwd2020.com/michele-lamont.html) March 08, 2020 Wiley | In recognition of International Women's Day, Wiley is celebrating the resounding impact women in research have had on the advancement of their disciplines. It sat down with Harvard's Michèle Lamont, Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies... ![Michèle Lamont](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/lamont2020wiley.jpg?itok=hANOV0_B) [### This radically simple tool could solve one of our democracy’s worst problems ](https://www.fastcompany.com/90467795/why-ai-alone-cant-solve-the-scourge-of-gerrymandering) March 05, 2020 Fast Company | Political scientists from Harvard and Boston University are using sophisticated mapping algorithms to ensure their solution to gerrymandering is as fair as possible. A look at new work by Assistant Professor Benjamin Schneer and PhD... ![Gerrymandering](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/schneergerrymander.jpg?itok=q5-TAIrE) [### Could College Be Free? ](https://harvardmagazine.com/2020/01/free-college-deming) February 01, 2020 Harvard Magazine | In 2016, the United States spent $91 billion subsidizing access to higher education. According to David Deming, that spending isn’t as progressive or effective as it could be. Deming's proposal: redirect current spending to make public... ![Illustration by Adam Niklewicz for "Could College Be Free?"](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/demingharvardmag20.jpg?itok=DjTL9L9W) [### Can populist economics coexist with pro-immigrant policies? ](https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/1/15/21065368/immigration-misperceptions-taxes-spending-nativism-study-alesina-stantcheva) January 15, 2020 Vox | A new study by professors Alberto Alesina and Stefanie Stantcheva of Harvard Economics finds that misperceptions about immigration are widespread, and mostly serve to reduce support for redistributive programs. The paper is part of a broader project... ![Stefanie Stantcheva](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/stantcheva19lemondeb.jpg?itok=wRO2Huyr) [### Here’s exactly how much extra money the ‘old boys’ club’ gives men over their career ](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-how-much-the-old-boys-club-pays-off-for-men-at-least-2019-12-10) December 11, 2019 Market Watch | A new study by Zoe Cullen, Assistant Professor at Harvard Business School, and Ricardo Perez-Truglia of UCLA on schmoozing and the gender gap finds that when male employees are assigned male managers they are promoted faster in the... ![Zoe B. Cullen](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/cullen18.jpg?itok=Dl4GbDZL) [### For Professor Van C. Tran, Former Refugee Who Went from Hostos to Harvard, Joining the Graduate Center is about Values ](https://www.gc.cuny.edu/News/All-News/Detail?id=53503) December 10, 2019 The Graduate Center, CUNY | In-depth profile of Van C. Tran's research, his story, and his life. Van C. Tran received his PhD in Sociology and Social Policy from Harvard in 2011. He is now Associate Professor of Sociology and Deputy Director for the... ![Van C. Tran](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/tran2019cunythoughtproject.jpg?itok=Xduri7tE) [### When it pays to smoke with the boss ](https://www.marketplace.org/2019/12/09/when-it-pays-to-smoke-with-the-boss/) December 09, 2019 Marketplace | A new study by Zoë Cullen, Assistant Professor at Harvard Business School, and Ricardo Perez-Truglia of UCLA examines "The Old Boys' Club: Schmoozing and the Gender Gap." View the research ► ![marketplacelogo.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/marketplacelogo.jpg?itok=TGS-ZNzG) [### Our Top Essays of 2019 ](http://bostonreview.net/reading-lists/boston-review-rosie-gillies-our-top-essays-2019) December 07, 2019 Boston Review | Among its top 10 of 2019: "Economics After Neoliberalism," a forum with Suresh Naidu (Columbia University), Dani Rodrik (Harvard Kennedy School), and Gabriel Zucman (UC Berkeley). “Neoliberalism—or market fundamentalism, market fetishism... ![Boston Review](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/bostonrvwlogo.jpg?itok=bOy6LAdX) ## Latest commentary [### Symposium on Patterson's Paradox of Freedom Published ](/news/2026/06/symposium-pattersons-paradox-freedom-published) June 02, 2026 The European Journal of Sociology has published the remarks delivered at a panel discussion on the life and work of Stone Program faculty affiliate Orlando Patterson, the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. This event took place at... ![Orlando Patterson](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/orlando_patterson-2_color.jpg?itok=4p6ow-yu) [### Jennifer Hochschild Publishes Op-Ed in the Chicago Tribune ](/news/2025/07/jennifer-hochschild-publishes-op-ed-chicago-tribune) July 07, 2025 Stone Program faculty affiliate Jennifer Hochschild, t he Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government, Professor of African and African American Studies, and Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University, has published an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune... ![Jennifer Hochschild](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-01/Jennifer%20Hochschild%202025.jpg?itok=ilcuDONs) [### Ingrid Robeyns on Limitarianism ](/news/2025/02/ingrid-robeyns-limitarianism) February 12, 2025 On February 11, 2025, philosopher and economist Ingrid Robeyns visited Harvard Kennedy School to present a Stone Inequality Book Talk on Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth. In her lecture, Professor Robeyns drew on her 2024 book to make... ![Ingrid Robeyns Book Talk](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-02/Robeyns2.jpeg?h=d2657a3f&itok=pYT0zkaF) [### Interview with Christopher Muller in the LPE Blog ](/news/interview-christopher-muller-lpe-blog) December 04, 2024 The Law and Political Economy Blog has conducted an interview with Stone Program faculty affiliate Christopher Muller, Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. The interview, conducted by Alex Gourevitch, explores Professor Muller's work on... ![Chris Muller](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/muller_photo.jpg?itok=OfMWOE3R) [### Reflections on the Inequality and the Environment Symposium for Early-Career Researchers ](/news/reflections-inequality-and-environment-symposium-early-career-researchers) February 16, 2024 Stone Visiting Scholar and Visiting Professor Lucas Chancel co-organized the Inequality and the Environment Symposium for Early-Career Researchers, held at Sciences Po on January 18, 2024. Stone Program Postdoctoral Fellow Shay O'Brien presented research... description [### New Research by Luis Flores ](/news/new-research-luis-flores) February 15, 2024 Stone Program Postdoctoral Fellow Luis Flores has published " Zoning as a Labor Market Regulation " in Theory & Society, arguing that zoning emerged not only as a property regulation but from contests over emerging labor markets, revealing intersections... ![Luis Flores](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/luis_flores_0.jpg?itok=91I25PWG) [### Q&A with Lucas Chancel ](/news/qa-lucas-chancel) March 16, 2023 Harvard Kennedy School’s Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy welcomes Professor Lucas Chancel as the 2023-2024 Stone Visiting Scholar. Professor Chancel is an economist who specializes in inequality and in environmental... ![Chancel](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/lucas-chancel-square-credits-a-lecompte_-small2.jpg?itok=k0-aiyuP) [### Republicans Want You (Not the Rich) to Pay for Infrastructure ](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/23/opinion/infrastructure-plan-tax-republicans.html) June 23, 2021 The New York Times | By Brian Highsmith, PhD student in Government and Social Policy. Highsmith is also a senior researcher at Yale Law School’s Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law. He was a tax policy adviser on President Barack Obama’s National... description [### Do You Live in a Political Bubble? ](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/04/30/opinion/politics/bubble-politics.html) May 03, 2021 The New York Times | By Guz Wezerek, Ryan D. Enos, and Jacob Brown. Jacob R. Brown is a PhD candidate in Government and Social Policy and a Stone PhD Research Fellow. Ryan D. Enos is Professor of Government, at Harvard University. Based on their research... description [### The alignment of earnings in occupations and at U.S. workplaces increasingly exacerbates earnings inequality ](https://equitablegrowth.org/the-alignment-of-earnings-in-occupations-and-at-u-s-workplaces-increasingly-exacerbates-earnings-inequality/) March 09, 2021 Washington Center for Equitable Growth | By Nathan Wilmers and Clem Aeppli. Nathan Wilmers, PhD 2018 in Sociology, is the Sarofim Family Career Development Professor and Assistant Professor of Work and Organizations at MIT Sloan School of Management. Clem... description [### Danielle Allen on the radicalism of the American revolution — and its lessons for today ](https://www.vox.com/2020/7/3/21311294/delcaration-of-independence-fourth-of-july-american-revolution-the-ezra-klein-show) July 02, 2020 Vox | Harvard political theorist Danielle Allen discusses the US’s founding, prison abolition, and the future of democracy. An edited excerpt from her conversation with Ezra Klein. Listen to the full podcast ► ![The Ezra Klein Show](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/ezrakleinshowlogo.jpg?itok=Xg9Revnn) [### Why Coronavirus Is an ‘Existential Crisis’ for American Democracy ](https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/07/01/coronavirus-pandemic-democracy-america-expert-347431) July 01, 2020 Politico | Q & A with Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University. This moment is nothing less than an “existential crisis” that will reshape American society, says Danielle Allen, head of Harvard’s Safra Center for... ![Danielle Allen](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/allen18.jpg?itok=2CqvIVFu) [### Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century ](https://www.amacad.org/ourcommonpurpose) June 11, 2020 American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Final report of the bipartisan Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship, co-chaired by Danielle Allen of Harvard University, Stephen B. Heintz, and Eric Liu. The report includes 31 recommendations to... ![Our Common Purpose](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/allenbk20aaas.jpg?itok=M2JfEX2M) [### Advice to students: Don’t be afraid to ask for help ](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/03/anthony-jack-urges-students-to-ask-for-help/) March 06, 2020 Harvard Gazette | "At 11:43 a.m. on Aug. 10, 2015, I sent an email. And it changed my life." Anthony Abraham Jack argues we need to recast what it means to ask for help--not a sign of weakness, but a skill to be honed. Jack is Assistant Professor of... ![Anthony Abraham Jack](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/jack2020gazette.jpg?itok=8q33OuR_) [### Technology for All ](https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/shaping-technological-innovation-to-serve-society-by-dani-rodrik-2020-03) March 06, 2020 Project Syndicate | By Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School. "Technological change does not follow its own direction, but rather is shaped by moral frames, incentives, and power. If we think... ![Dani Rodrik](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/rodrik19hvdmag.jpg?itok=JIivnKAe) [### Opinion: The Case for a Big Coronavirus Stimulus ](https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-case-for-a-big-coronavirus-stimulus-11583448500) March 05, 2020 Wall Street Journal | By Jason Furman, Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy, Harvard Kennedy School. Given the mounting economic risks posed by the spread of the novel coronavirus, Congress should act swiftly to pass a fiscal stimulus that is... ![Jason Furman](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/furman20.jpg?itok=ResMioIa) [### ‘I Want to See You Here’: How to Make College a Better Bet for More People ](https://www.chronicle.com/article/how-to-make-college-a-better/248128?cid=pm&source=ams&sourceId=4671&utm_campaign=campaign_1053540&utm_medium=email&utm_medium=en&utm_source=Iterable&utm_source=pm) February 27, 2020 The Chronicle of Higher Education Anthony Abraham Jack (PhD 2016), Assistant Professor of Education at Harvard and the author of The Privileged Poor, joins a discussion with a campus leader, a public official, and a college counselor to explore how to... ![Anthony Abraham Jack](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/jackche20.jpg?itok=0_ksnN2D) [### Up from Polarization ](https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/up-from-polarization-ezra-klein-review) February 26, 2020 Dissent | By Daniel Schlozman PhD 2011, Joseph and Bertha Bernstein Associate Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University and the author of When Movements Anchor Parties: Electoral Alignments in American History (Princeton University Press... ![Nancy Pelosi](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/schlozmandissentgettyimages.jpg?itok=R9vDxxnK) [### From the Tea Party to the Resistance ](https://scholars.org/podcast/tea-party-resistance) February 20, 2020 No Jargon | Leah E. Gose, a PhD candidate in Sociology and a Malcolm Hewitt Wiener PhD Scholar in Poverty and Justice, explains how The Resistance compares with the Tea Party and what we can learn by looking at them together. A podcast of the Scholars... ![Leah E. Gose](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/gose18_01.jpg?itok=1i4QLH7b) [### New Firms for a New Era ](https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/corporate-governance-reforms-must-empower-workers-and-communities-by-dani-rodrik-2020-02) February 12, 2020 Project Syndicate | By Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School. "In recent years, large corporations have become increasingly aware that they must be sensitive not only to the financial bottom line... ![rodrik.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/rodrik.jpg?itok=qHWOjbYt) ## Policy briefs [### Symposium on Patterson's Paradox of Freedom Published ](/news/2026/06/symposium-pattersons-paradox-freedom-published) June 02, 2026 The European Journal of Sociology has published the remarks delivered at a panel discussion on the life and work of Stone Program faculty affiliate Orlando Patterson, the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. This event took place at... ![Orlando Patterson](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/orlando_patterson-2_color.jpg?itok=4p6ow-yu) [### Interview with Christopher Muller in the LPE Blog ](/news/interview-christopher-muller-lpe-blog) December 04, 2024 The Law and Political Economy Blog has conducted an interview with Stone Program faculty affiliate Christopher Muller, Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. The interview, conducted by Alex Gourevitch, explores Professor Muller's work on... ![Chris Muller](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/muller_photo.jpg?itok=OfMWOE3R) [### Reflections on the Inequality and the Environment Symposium for Early-Career Researchers ](/news/reflections-inequality-and-environment-symposium-early-career-researchers) February 16, 2024 Stone Visiting Scholar and Visiting Professor Lucas Chancel co-organized the Inequality and the Environment Symposium for Early-Career Researchers, held at Sciences Po on January 18, 2024. Stone Program Postdoctoral Fellow Shay O'Brien presented research... description [### New Research by Luis Flores ](/news/new-research-luis-flores) February 15, 2024 Stone Program Postdoctoral Fellow Luis Flores has published " Zoning as a Labor Market Regulation " in Theory & Society, arguing that zoning emerged not only as a property regulation but from contests over emerging labor markets, revealing intersections... ![Luis Flores](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/luis_flores_0.jpg?itok=91I25PWG) [### Q&A with Lucas Chancel ](/news/qa-lucas-chancel) March 16, 2023 Harvard Kennedy School’s Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy welcomes Professor Lucas Chancel as the 2023-2024 Stone Visiting Scholar. Professor Chancel is an economist who specializes in inequality and in environmental... ![Chancel](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/lucas-chancel-square-credits-a-lecompte_-small2.jpg?itok=k0-aiyuP) [### The alignment of earnings in occupations and at U.S. workplaces increasingly exacerbates earnings inequality ](https://equitablegrowth.org/the-alignment-of-earnings-in-occupations-and-at-u-s-workplaces-increasingly-exacerbates-earnings-inequality/) March 09, 2021 Washington Center for Equitable Growth | By Nathan Wilmers and Clem Aeppli. Nathan Wilmers, PhD 2018 in Sociology, is the Sarofim Family Career Development Professor and Assistant Professor of Work and Organizations at MIT Sloan School of Management. Clem... description [### Employer concentration suppresses wages for several million U.S. workers: antitrust and labor market regulators should respond ](https://equitablegrowth.org/employer-concentration-suppresses-wages-for-several-million-u-s-workers-antitrust-and-labor-market-regulators-should-respond/) January 26, 2021 Washington Center for Equitable Growth Policy Brief | By Anna Stansbury, Stone PhD Scholar and PhD candidate in Economics. ![Equitable Growth Policy Brief, by Anna Stansbury](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/equitablegrowthbrief.jpg?itok=ZVCQPdpa) [### Consumers Punish Firms that Cut Employee Pay in Response to COVID-19 ](https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/consumers-punish-firms-that-cut-employee-pay-in-response-to-covid-19) August 30, 2020 Harvard Busines School | By Bhavya Mohan, Serena Hagerty, and Michael Norton. Serena Hagerty is a Stone PhD Research Fellow and a PhD candidate at Harvard Business School. Michael Norton is the Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration at... ![Harvard Business School Research Brief](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/hbswkgpaper.jpg?itok=9IfnT0dh) [### Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century ](https://www.amacad.org/ourcommonpurpose) June 11, 2020 American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Final report of the bipartisan Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship, co-chaired by Danielle Allen of Harvard University, Stephen B. Heintz, and Eric Liu. The report includes 31 recommendations to... ![Our Common Purpose](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/allenbk20aaas.jpg?itok=M2JfEX2M) [### Interactive website: Which policies improve social well-being the most? ](https://www.policyinsights.org) February 25, 2020 PolicyInsights.org | By Nathaniel Hendren and Ben Sprung-Keyser. This interactive website offers a guided tour of their paper, "A Unified Welfare Analysis of Government Policies," forthcoming in the Quarterly Journal of Economics. Hendren is a Professor... ![hendren16_0.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/hendren16_0.jpg?itok=CZ4GqR0o) [### How to Create Growth While Raising Revenue: Reforming the Corporate Tax Code ](https://www.hamiltonproject.org/papers/how_to_increase_growth_while_raising_revenue_reforming_the_corporate_tax_code) January 28, 2020 The Hamilton Project | By Jason Furman, Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy, Harvard Kennedy School. This policy proposal is part of a larger book available for download from the Hamilton Project, "Tackling the Tax Code: Efficient and Equitable... ![Jason Furman](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/furman17_0.jpg?itok=YBRyDyPU) [### Economics After Neoliberalism: Introducing the EfIP Project ](https://drodrik.scholar.harvard.edu/publications/economics-after-neoliberalism-introducing-efip-project) January 23, 2020 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings | By Suresh Naidu, Dani Rodrik, and Gabriel Zucman. A revised and updated version of their introduction to the Economics for Inclusive Prosperity (EfIP) policy briefs, published originally in the Boston... ![aealogo.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/aealogo.jpg?itok=0IKKer3d) [### Is Lead Exposure a Form of Housing Inequality? ](https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/is-lead-exposure-a-form-of-housing-inequality/) January 02, 2020 Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies | By Alix Winter (PhD 2019) and Robert J. Sampson. Alix Winter received her PhD in Sociology and Social Policy from Harvard in 2019 and is now a Postdoctoral Research Scholar with the Interdisciplinary Center for... ![Alix S. Winter](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/winter18_0.jpg?itok=mMqM_MaV) [### 2019 in Research Highlights ](https://www.aeaweb.org/research/athey-luca-interview-tech-economics) December 27, 2019 American Economics Association | Among the top 10 research highlights of 2019, "Tech: Economists Wanted." An interview with Susan Athey and Michael Luca about the mutual influence between economics and the tech sector. Michael Luca is the Lee J... ![Michael Luca](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/luca18.jpg?itok=zH0Z2ppK) [### Family past as political prologue ](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/politics/family-past-political-prologue) December 13, 2019 Harvard Kennedy School | Assistant Professor Benjamin Schneer's research shows a complex correlation between how members of Congress vote on immigration bills and their family history. Joint work with economist James Feigenbaum PhD 2016 and political... ![Benjamin Schneer](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/schneer18b_0.jpg?itok=sDcYHjPQ) [### The Long-Term Impact of DACA; Forging Futures Despite DACA's Uncertainty ](https://immigrationinitiative.harvard.edu/files/hii/files/final_daca_report.pdf) November 07, 2019 Immigration Initiative at Harvard Findings from the National UnDACAmented Research Project (NURP). By Roberto G. Gonzales, Sayil Camacho, Kristina Brant, and Carlos Aguilar. Roberto G. Gonzales is Professor of Education at Harvard Graduate School of... ![DACA report](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/daca-001.jpg?itok=t2YpndC5) [### The Inflation Gap ](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/11/income-inequality-getting-worse/601414/) November 05, 2019 Atlantic | A new analysis by Christopher Wimer PhD 2007, Sophie Collyer, and Xavier Jaravel suggests not only that rising prices have been quietly taxing low-income families more heavily than rich ones, but also that, after accounting for that trend, the... ![atlanticlogo.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/atlanticlogo.jpg?itok=vqu6fQQ-) [### Research brief: Concentrated Burdens: How Self-Interest and Partisanship Shape Opinion on Opioid Treatment Policy ](https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2019/10/18/democrats-are-more-likely-to-support-funding-opioid-treatment-programs-compared-to-republicans-but-both-are-opposed-to-building-clinics-nearby/) October 18, 2019 LSE American Politics and Policy | A look at Michael Hankinson's American Political Science Review article, co-authored with Justin de Benedictis-Kessner (Boston University), on self-interest, NIMBYism, and the opioids crisis. Michael Hankinson received... ![Michael Hankinson](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/hankinson2019.jpg?itok=1UdKbl_y) [### A bitter(sweet) pill: The impacts of private provision of Medicaid ](https://voxeu.org/article/impacts-private-provision-medicaid) October 17, 2019 Vox EU | By Timothy J. Layton, Nicole Maestas, Daniel Prinz, and Boris Vabson. Stone PhD Scholar Daniel Prinz is a PhD candidate in Health Policy. Timothy Layton and Nicole Maestas are professors at Harvard Medical School. Boris Vabson is a Seidman Fellow... ![Vox CEPR](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/voxceprlogo.jpg?itok=_yy7jraa) [### How Couples Share “Cognitive Labor” and Why it Matters ](https://behavioralscientist.org/how-couples-share-cognitive-labor-and-why-it-matters/) September 19, 2019 Behavioral Scientist | By Allison Daminger, PhD candidate in Sociology & Social Policy. "Cognitive work is gendered, but not uniformly so," Allison Daminger finds. "And if we want to understand how divisions of cognitive labor impact women, families, and... ![Allison Daminger](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/inequality/files/daminger18_0.jpg?itok=ga0JLAxo) ## Books Download 20 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=20&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_publicationtypes12%5D&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=20&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_publicationtypes12%5D&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=20&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_publicationtypes12%5D&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=20&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_publicationtypes12%5D&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=20&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_publicationtypes12%5D&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=20&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_publicationtypes12%5D&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=20&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_publicationtypes12%5D&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=ris) ### 2026 Sampson, Robert J. (February) 2026. *[Marked by Time How Social Change Has Transformed Crime and the Life Trajectories of Young Americans](/publication/marked-time-how-social-change-has-transformed-crime-and-life-trajectories-young)*. Belknap Press. Sampson, Robert J. (February) 2026. *[Marked by Time How Social Change Has Transformed Crime and the Life Trajectories of Young Americans](/publication/marked-time-how-social-change-has-transformed-crime-and-life-trajectories-young)*. Belknap Press. Culpepper, Pepper, and Taeku Lee. 2026. *[Billionaire Backlash: The Age of Corporate Scandal and How It Could Save Democracy](/publication/billionaire-backlash-age-corporate-scandal-and-how-it-could-save-democracy)*. London: Bloomsbury. Culpepper, Pepper, and Taeku Lee. 2026. *[Billionaire Backlash: The Age of Corporate Scandal and How It Could Save Democracy](/publication/billionaire-backlash-age-corporate-scandal-and-how-it-could-save-democracy)*. London: Bloomsbury. ### 2025 Hochschild, Jennifer L. 2025. *[Race/Class/Conflict/and/Urban/Financial/Threat](/publication/raceclass-conflict-and-urban-financial-threat)*. Russell Sage Foundation. Hochschild, Jennifer L. 2025. *[Race/Class/Conflict/and/Urban/Financial/Threat](/publication/raceclass-conflict-and-urban-financial-threat)*. Russell Sage Foundation. ### 2023 Lamont, Michèle. 2023. *[Seeing Others: How Recognition Works - And How It Can Heal a Divided World](/publications/seeing-others-how-recognition-works-and-how-it-can-heal-divided-world)*. New York: Atria/One Signal Publishers. Lamont, Michèle. 2023. *[Seeing Others: How Recognition Works - And How It Can Heal a Divided World](/publications/seeing-others-how-recognition-works-and-how-it-can-heal-divided-world)*. New York: Atria/One Signal Publishers. ### 2022 Watson, Tara, and Kalee Thompson. 2022. *[The Border Within: The Economics of Immigration in an Age of Fear](https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo123176656.html)*. University of Chicago Press. Watson, Tara, and Kalee Thompson. 2022. *[The Border Within: The Economics of Immigration in an Age of Fear](https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo123176656.html)*. University of Chicago Press. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract **An eye-opening analysis of the costs and effects of immigration and immigration policy, both on American life and on new Americans.** For decades, immigration has been one of the most divisive, contentious topics in American politics. And for decades, urgent... Abramitzky, Ran, and Leah Boustan. 2022. *[Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigrant Success](/publications/streets-gold-americas-untold-story-immigrant-success)*. PublicAffairs. Abramitzky, Ran, and Leah Boustan. 2022. *[Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigrant Success](/publications/streets-gold-americas-untold-story-immigrant-success)*. PublicAffairs. Chetty, Raj, John N. Friedman, Janet C. Gornick, Barry Johnson, and Arthur Kennickell, eds. 2022. *[Measuring Distribution and Mobility of Income and Wealth](/publications/measuring-distribution-and-mobility-income-and-wealth)*. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Chetty, Raj, John N. Friedman, Janet C. Gornick, Barry Johnson, and Arthur Kennickell, eds. 2022. *[Measuring Distribution and Mobility of Income and Wealth](/publications/measuring-distribution-and-mobility-income-and-wealth)*. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ### 2021 Leigh, Andrew. 2021. *[What’s the Worst That Could Happen? Existential Risk and Extreme Politics](https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/whats-worst-could-happen)*. MIT Press. Leigh, Andrew. 2021. *[What’s the Worst That Could Happen? Existential Risk and Extreme Politics](https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/whats-worst-could-happen)*. MIT Press. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract Why catastrophic risks are more dangerous than you think, and how populism makes them worse. Did you know that you're more likely to die from a catastrophe than in a car crash? The odds that a typical US resident will die from a catastrophic event—for... Hannon, Valerie, and Amelia Peterson. 2021. *[Thrive: The Purpose of Schools in a Changing World](https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108877152)*. Cambridge University Press. Hannon, Valerie, and Amelia Peterson. 2021. *[Thrive: The Purpose of Schools in a Changing World](https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108877152)*. Cambridge University Press. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract Every generation faces challenges, but never before have young people been so aware of theirs. Whether due to school strikes for climate change, civil war, or pandemic lockdowns, almost every child in the world has experienced the interruption of their... Chen, Victor Tan. 2021. *[Organizational Imaginaries](https://victortanchen.com/books/organizational-imaginaries/)*. Edited by Katherine K. Chen. Emerald Publishing Limited. Chen, Victor Tan. 2021. *[Organizational Imaginaries](https://victortanchen.com/books/organizational-imaginaries/)*. Edited by Katherine K. Chen. Emerald Publishing Limited. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract Our everyday lives are structured by the rhythms, values, and practices of various organizations, including schools, workplaces, and government agencies. These experiences shape common-sense understandings of how “best” to organize and connect with... Bail, Chris. 2021. *[Breaking the Social Media Prism: How to Make Our Platforms Less Polarizing ](https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691203423/breaking-the-social-media-prism)*. Princeton University Press. Bail, Chris. 2021. *[Breaking the Social Media Prism: How to Make Our Platforms Less Polarizing ](https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691203423/breaking-the-social-media-prism)*. Princeton University Press. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract In an era of increasing social isolation, platforms like Facebook and Twitter are among the most important tools we have to understand each other. We use social media as a mirror to decipher our place in society but, as Chris Bail explains, it functions... Levine, Jeremy R. 2021. *[Constructing Community: Urban Governance, Development, and Inequality in Boston ](https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691193649/constructing-community)*. Princeton University Press. Levine, Jeremy R. 2021. *[Constructing Community: Urban Governance, Development, and Inequality in Boston ](https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691193649/constructing-community)*. Princeton University Press. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract Who makes decisions that shape the housing, policies, and social programs in urban neighborhoods? Who, in other words, governs? Constructing Community offers a rich ethnographic portrait of the individuals who implement community development... Hacker, Jacob S., Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Paul Pierson, and Kathleen Thelen, eds. 2021. *[The American Political Economy: Politics, Markets, and Power](https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/american-government-politics-and-policy/american-political-economy-politics-markets-and-power?format=PB)*. Cambridge University Press. Hacker, Jacob S., Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Paul Pierson, and Kathleen Thelen, eds. 2021. *[The American Political Economy: Politics, Markets, and Power](https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/american-government-politics-and-policy/american-political-economy-politics-markets-and-power?format=PB)*. Cambridge University Press. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract This volume brings together leading political scientists to explore the distinctive features of the American political economy. The introductory chapter provides a comparatively informed framework for analyzing the interplay of markets and politics in... ### 2020 Tach, Laura, Rachel Dunifon, and Douglas L. Miller, eds. 2020. *[Confronting Inequality: How Policies and Practices Shape Children’s Opportunities](https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/confronting-inequality?tab=1)*. American Psychological Association. Tach, Laura, Rachel Dunifon, and Douglas L. Miller, eds. 2020. *[Confronting Inequality: How Policies and Practices Shape Children’s Opportunities](https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/confronting-inequality?tab=1)*. American Psychological Association. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract All children deserve the best possible future. But in this era of increasing economic and social inequality, more and more children are being denied their fair chance at life. This book examines the impact of inequality on children’s health and education... Gordon, Nora, and Carrie Conaway. 2020. *[Common-Sense Evidence: The Education Leader’s Guide to Using Data and Research](https://www.hepg.org/hep-home/books/common-sense-evidence)*. Harvard Education Publishing Group. Gordon, Nora, and Carrie Conaway. 2020. *[Common-Sense Evidence: The Education Leader’s Guide to Using Data and Research](https://www.hepg.org/hep-home/books/common-sense-evidence)*. 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Columbia University Press. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract Social scientists seek to develop systematic ways to understand how people make meaning and how the meanings they make shape them and the world in which they live. But how do we measure such processes? Measuring Culture is an essential point of entry for... Harding, David J., and Heather M. Harris. 2020. *[After PrisonNavigating Adulthood in the Shadow of the Justice System](https://www.russellsage.org/publications/after-prison)*. Russell Sage Foundation. Harding, David J., and Heather M. Harris. 2020. *[After PrisonNavigating Adulthood in the Shadow of the Justice System](https://www.russellsage.org/publications/after-prison)*. Russell Sage Foundation. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract The incarceration rate in the United States is the highest of any developed nation, with a prison population of approximately 2.3 million in 2016. Over 700,000 prisoners are released each year, and most face significant educational, economic, and social... Leigh, Andrew, and Nick Terrell. 2020. *[Reconnected: A Community Builder’s Handbook](https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/reconnected)*. La Trobe University Press. Leigh, Andrew, and Nick Terrell. 2020. *[Reconnected: A Community Builder’s Handbook](https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/reconnected)*. La Trobe University Press. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract We're all in this together. Strong social connections make communities more resilient. But today Australians have fewer close friends and local connections than in the past, and more of us say we have no-one to turn to in tough times. How can we turn... Gidron, Noam, James Adams, and Will Horne. 2020. *[American Affective Polarization in Comparative Perspective](https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/american-affective-polarization-in-comparative-perspective/1E3584B482D51DB25FFFB37A8044F204)*. Cambridge University Press. Gidron, Noam, James Adams, and Will Horne. 2020. *[American Affective Polarization in Comparative Perspective](https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/american-affective-polarization-in-comparative-perspective/1E3584B482D51DB25FFFB37A8044F204)*. Cambridge University Press. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract American political observers express increasing concern about affective polarization, i.e., partisans' resentment toward political opponents. We advance debates about America's partisan divisions by comparing affective polarization in the US over the past... Denis, Jeffrey S. 2020. *[Canada at a Crossroads: Boundaries, Bridges, and Laissez-Faire Racism in Indigenous-Settler Relations.](https://utorontopress.com/us/canada-at-a-crossroads-4)*. University of Toronto Press. Denis, Jeffrey S. 2020. *[Canada at a Crossroads: Boundaries, Bridges, and Laissez-Faire Racism in Indigenous-Settler Relations.](https://utorontopress.com/us/canada-at-a-crossroads-4)*. 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(December) 2021. “[Banks, Alternative Institutions, and the Spatial-Temporal Ecology of Racial Inequality in US Cities](/publications/banks-alternative-institutions-and-spatial-temporal-ecology-racial)”. *Nature Human Behavior* 5: 1622-28. Small, Mario L., Armin Akhavan, Mo Torres, and Qi Wang. (December) 2021. “[Banks, Alternative Institutions, and the Spatial-Temporal Ecology of Racial Inequality in US Cities](/publications/banks-alternative-institutions-and-spatial-temporal-ecology-racial)”. *Nature Human Behavior* 5: 1622-28. Manduca, Robert. 2021. “[The Spatial Structure of US Metropolitan Employment: New Insights from Administrative Data](https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/QNASWC5KXIVYJHJ9CRQT/full)”. *Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science* 48 (5): 1357-72. Manduca, Robert. 2021. “[The Spatial Structure of US Metropolitan Employment: New Insights from Administrative Data](https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/QNASWC5KXIVYJHJ9CRQT/full)”. *Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science* 48 (5): 1357-72. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract Urban researchers have long debated the extent to which metropolitan employment is monocentric, polycentric, or diffuse. In this paper I use high-resolution data based on unemployment insurance records to show that employment in US metropolitan areas is... Barasz, Kate, and Serena F. Hagerty. 2021. “[Hoping for the Worst? A Paradoxical Preference for Bad News](https://doi.org/10.1093/jcr/ucab004)”. *Journal of Consumer Research*. Barasz, Kate, and Serena F. Hagerty. 2021. “[Hoping for the Worst? A Paradoxical Preference for Bad News](https://doi.org/10.1093/jcr/ucab004)”. *Journal of Consumer Research*. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract Nine studies investigate when and why people may paradoxically prefer bad news—for example, hoping for an objectively worse injury or a higher-risk diagnosis over explicitly better alternatives. Using a combination of field surveys and randomized... Zacher, Meghan, Ethan J. Raker, Mariana C. Arcaya, Sarah R. Lowe, Jean Rhodes, and Mary C. Waters. 2021. “[Physical Health Symptoms and Hurricane Katrina: Individual Trajectories of Development and Recovery More Than a Decade After the Storm](https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2020.305955)”. *American Journal of Public Health* 111: 127–135. Zacher, Meghan, Ethan J. Raker, Mariana C. Arcaya, Sarah R. Lowe, Jean Rhodes, and Mary C. Waters. 2021. “[Physical Health Symptoms and Hurricane Katrina: Individual Trajectories of Development and Recovery More Than a Decade After the Storm](https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2020.305955)”. *American Journal of Public Health* 111: 127–135. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract **Objectives.** To examine how physical health symptoms developed and resolved in response to Hurricane Katrina. **Methods.** We used data from a 2003 to 2018 study of young, low-income mothers who were living in New Orleans, Louisiana, when Hurricane Katrina... Henninger, Phoebe, Marc Meredith, and Michael Morse. 2021. “[Who Votes Without Identification? Using Individual-Level Administrative Data to Measure the Burden of Strict Voter Identification Laws](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jels.12283)”. *Journal of Empirical Legal Studies* 18: 256-86. Henninger, Phoebe, Marc Meredith, and Michael Morse. 2021. “[Who Votes Without Identification? Using Individual-Level Administrative Data to Measure the Burden of Strict Voter Identification Laws](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jels.12283)”. *Journal of Empirical Legal Studies* 18: 256-86. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract Legal disputes over laws that require certain forms of identification (ID) to vote mostly focus on the burden placed on people who do not possess ID. We contend that this singular focus ignores the burden imposed on people who do possess ID, but... Bíró, Anikó, Tamás Hajdu, Gábor Kertesi, and Dániel Prinz. 2021. “[Life Expectancy Inequalities in Hungary over 25 Years: The Role of Avoidable Deaths](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00324728.2021.1877332)”. *Population Studies*. Bíró, Anikó, Tamás Hajdu, Gábor Kertesi, and Dániel Prinz. 2021. “[Life Expectancy Inequalities in Hungary over 25 Years: The Role of Avoidable Deaths](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00324728.2021.1877332)”. *Population Studies*. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract Using mortality registers and administrative data on income and population, we develop new evidence on the magnitude of life expectancy inequality in Hungary and the scope for health policy in mitigating this. We document considerable inequalities in life... Brown, Jacob R., Ryan D. Enos, James Feigenbaum, and Soumyajit Mazumder. 2021. “[Childhood Cross-Ethnic Exposure Predicts Political Behavior Seven Decades Later: Evidence from Linked Administrative Data](https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/24/eabe8432)”. *Science Advances* 7 (24). Brown, Jacob R., Ryan D. Enos, James Feigenbaum, and Soumyajit Mazumder. 2021. “[Childhood Cross-Ethnic Exposure Predicts Political Behavior Seven Decades Later: Evidence from Linked Administrative Data](https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/24/eabe8432)”. *Science Advances* 7 (24). - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract Does contact across social groups influence sociopolitical behavior? This question is among the most studied in the social sciences with deep implications for the harmony of diverse societies. Yet, despite a voluminous body of scholarship, evidence around... Huber, Gregory A., Marc Meredith, Michael Morse, and Katie Steele. 2021. “[The Racial Burden of Voter List Maintenance Errors: Evidence from Wisconsin’s Supplemental Movers Poll Books](https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/8/eabe4498)”. *Science Advances* 7 (7). Huber, Gregory A., Marc Meredith, Michael Morse, and Katie Steele. 2021. “[The Racial Burden of Voter List Maintenance Errors: Evidence from Wisconsin’s Supplemental Movers Poll Books](https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/8/eabe4498)”. *Science Advances* 7 (7). - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract Administrative records are increasingly used to identify registered voters who may have moved, with potential movers then sent postcards asking them to confirm their address of registration. It is important to understand how often these registrants did... Small, Mario L., and Jenna M. Cook. 2021. “[Using Interviews to Understand Why: Challenges and Strategies in the Study of Motivated Action](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0049124121995552)”. *Sociological Methods & Research*. Small, Mario L., and Jenna M. Cook. 2021. “[Using Interviews to Understand Why: Challenges and Strategies in the Study of Motivated Action](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0049124121995552)”. *Sociological Methods & Research*. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract This article examines an important and thorny problem in interview research: How to assess whether what people say motivated their actions actually did so? We ask three questions: What specific challenges are at play? How have researchers addressed them... Brown, Jacob R., and Ryan D. Enos. 2021. “[The Measurement of Partisan Sorting for 180 Million Voters](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-021-01066-z)”. *Nature Human Behavior*. Brown, Jacob R., and Ryan D. Enos. 2021. “[The Measurement of Partisan Sorting for 180 Million Voters](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-021-01066-z)”. *Nature Human Behavior*. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract Segregation across social groups is an enduring feature of nearly all human societies and is associated with numerous social maladies. In many countries, reports of growing geographic political polarization raise concerns about the stability of... Morse, Michael. 2021. “[The Future of Felon Disenfranchisement Reform: Evidence from the Campaign to Restore Voting Rights in Florida](https://www.californialawreview.org/print/the-future-of-felon-disenfranchisement-reform-evidence-from-the-campaign-to-restore-voting-rights-in-florida/)”. *California Law Review* 109. Morse, Michael. 2021. “[The Future of Felon Disenfranchisement Reform: Evidence from the Campaign to Restore Voting Rights in Florida](https://www.californialawreview.org/print/the-future-of-felon-disenfranchisement-reform-evidence-from-the-campaign-to-restore-voting-rights-in-florida/)”. *California Law Review* 109. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract This Article offers an empirical account of felon disenfranchisement and legal financial obligations in the era of mass incarceration. It focuses on a 2018 ballot initiative, known as Amendment 4, which sought to end lifetime disenfranchisement in Florida... Brown, Jacob R., and Hanno Hilbig. 2021. “[Locked Out of College: When Admissions Bureaucrats Do and Do Not Discriminate](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-political-science/article/abs/locked-out-of-college-when-admissions-bureaucrats-do-and-do-not-discriminate/47318737B56F71B2C9F00C279812759C)”. *British Journal of Political Science*, 1-11. Brown, Jacob R., and Hanno Hilbig. 2021. “[Locked Out of College: When Admissions Bureaucrats Do and Do Not Discriminate](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-political-science/article/abs/locked-out-of-college-when-admissions-bureaucrats-do-and-do-not-discriminate/47318737B56F71B2C9F00C279812759C)”. *British Journal of Political Science*, 1-11. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract How does an individual's criminal record shape interactions with the state and society? This article presents evidence from a nationwide field experiment in the United States, which shows that prospective applicants with criminal records are about 5... Kiviat, Barbara. 2021. “[Which Data Fairly Differentiate? American Views on the Use of Personal Data in Two Market Settings](https://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v8-2-26/)”. *Sociological Science* 8 (2). Kiviat, Barbara. 2021. “[Which Data Fairly Differentiate? American Views on the Use of Personal Data in Two Market Settings](https://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v8-2-26/)”. *Sociological Science* 8 (2). - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract Corporations increasingly use personal data to offer individuals different products and prices. I present first-of-its-kind evidence about how U.S. consumers assess the fairness of companies using personal information in this way. Drawing on a nationally... Manduca, Robert, and Robert J. Sampson. 2021. “[Childhood Exposure to Polluted Neighborhood Environments and Intergenerational Income Mobility, Teenage Birth, and Incarceration in the USA](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11111-020-00371-5)”. *Population and Environment* 42: 501–523. Manduca, Robert, and Robert J. Sampson. 2021. “[Childhood Exposure to Polluted Neighborhood Environments and Intergenerational Income Mobility, Teenage Birth, and Incarceration in the USA](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11111-020-00371-5)”. *Population and Environment* 42: 501–523. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract This paper joins a growing body of research linking measures of the physical environment to population well-being, with a focus on neighborhood toxins. Extending a national database on the social mobility of American children growing up in over 70,000... Dost, Meredith, Ryan Enos, and Jennifer Hochschild. 2021. “[Loyalists and Switchers: Characterizing Voters’ Responses to Donald Trump’s Campaign and Presidency](https://www.psqonline.org/article.cfm?IDArticle=20098)”. *Political Science Quarterly* 136 (1): 81-103. Dost, Meredith, Ryan Enos, and Jennifer Hochschild. 2021. “[Loyalists and Switchers: Characterizing Voters’ Responses to Donald Trump’s Campaign and Presidency](https://www.psqonline.org/article.cfm?IDArticle=20098)”. *Political Science Quarterly* 136 (1): 81-103. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract Meredith Dost, Ryan Enos, and Jennifer Hochschild look at the crucial segment of American voters who have changed their views about Donald Trump since the 2016 presidential election. 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