New working paper up on SocArxiv! osf.io/preprints/so.... I use the 1940 Census and linked mortality records in combination with an IV-design to study the causal effects of racial segregation on longevity. I show that segregation reduces both Black and White longevity.

New from me: An interactive data visualization showing billionaire migration: paths from birthplace to most recent residence for > 3,100 of the world’s richest individuals. Most importantly, fun to play around with; also, useful for thinking about q's re: elites and comparative wealth ineq. 1/5

New article out now 🚨 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @sheffielduni.bsky.social While researching the wealthy business class in and around Manchester, I stumbled upon CEO peer advisory groups — little-known but powerful sites of elite cohesion. 🧵

Nice graph in a new Bloomberg article: Massachusetts‘ millionaire tax has brought in more than double its projected revenue.

Is childhood exposure to local wealth inequality associated with upward income mobility achieved in adulthood? Yes! Check out my new paper, just published in @natureportfolio.nature.com here: doi.org/10.1038/s414... #EconSky #Sociology #Demography

@fabianpfeffer.bsky.social on @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy www.deutschlandfunk.de/soziologe-pf...

New paper! Led by the brilliant @blaabaek.bsky.social and based on library borrowing data for the entire 🇩🇰 population. Thread below

NEW: Elias Nosrati, "The Political Economy of Optimal Taxation" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...

Net private wealth has skyrocketed since 1980 - this is one of the main findings of a new @wid.world study overturning the Kaldor’s facts. More findings in thread 🧵 🔗Study wid.world/news-article...

Meanwhile, the wealth of the richest 400 Americans hit a record high yesterday: $6.77 trillion. Up 26% from last year.

Probably the single largest transfer of wealth to an individual in history: Larry Ellison's wealth rose by $94.5 billion to $388 billion yesterday. Still only the second richest person in the world.

Matching the Forbes 400 to tax data finds that they pay a total tax rate of 24 percent of economic income, lower than the 30 percent tax rate paid on average in the US, from Akcan S. Balkir, Emmanuel Saez, Danny Yagan, and Gabriel Zucman https://www.nber.org/papers/w34170

New working paper with Tom Robinson, Laura Fung and Caroline Roberts. We use an LLM to classify occupations in surveys in real time, probing 'intelligently' when more info is needed. Results show big reductions in cost, time and respondent burden. osf.io/preprints/so...

Very pleased to post this great conversation with Cristobal Young.

In our new article, Jens Beckert and I ask how "Capital and the Family" interconnect in contemporary capitalism. We argue that they come together in owning relations - and are crucial to today's economy. Read more in @bjsociology.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New study on elite tax migration. Using IRS data, we show that while tax rates matter, embeddedness matters more. Millionaires don’t flee high-tax states unless their networks are disrupted. Embeddedness > incentives. States can still tax the rich. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Publication day!

Just published in @jpube.bsky.social: "The Influence of Inheritances on Wealth Inequality in Rich Countries" By @morellisal.bsky.social, Brian Nolan, @juancpal.bsky.social, & Philippe Van Kerm www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #econsky #publiceconomics #publicfinance

🚨 Major release alert We’re thrilled to launch lissyrtools v0.2.0 — our R package that makes working with LIS & LWS microdata simpler, faster, and clearer 📦 🧵 1/12

Double the original expected revenue! That doesn't happen if the tax is driving millionaires out of the Commonwealth #mapoli

New paper out in Social Science History about elite networks in the American administrative state doi.org/10.1017/ssh....

My first paper of my dissertation 'Patrimonial Relations. Kinship, capital and conflict in super-rich Families' is out now on open access! Here I discuss how super-rich families use relational work on affective family ties as an economic resource. @bupjournals.bsky.social