Research Papers

Explore the latest working papers and publications from our community of scholars. Here, you will find cutting-edge empirical research on socioeconomic disparities, barriers to social mobility, and the strategies to ameliorate inequality.

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Meritocracy and Its Discontents

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The Effects of Parental Income and Family Structure on Intergenerational Mobility: A Trajectories-Based Approach

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Model Uncertainty and Measures of Inequality of Opportunity

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A Tale of Two Transitions: Mobility Dynamics in China and Russia after Central Planning

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Poor Neighborhoods, Bad Schools? A High-dimensional Model of Place-based Disparities in Academic Achievement

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Entrenched Political Dynasties and Development Under Competitive Clientelism: Evidence from Pakistan

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Separation of Church and State Curricula? Examining Public and Religious Private School Textbooks

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Income Inequality in Chinese Provinces: The Role of Human Capital

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Yellow Jackets Class Conflict: New Insights on “France Périphérique” from Income Polarization Indicators

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Discrete Copulas and Rank Correlation: New Measures for Assortative Matching

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