Excited to announce that our @stone-lis.bsky.social Seminar Series starts its new iteration soon. You can join in person or online on Wednesdays 10.00 am EST, biweekly! The programme: stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/programs/mul... We will first convene on Wednesday!

"Contemporary China: Demystifying Economic and Social Changes" - wrapped. Thanks to our expert panelists, and to the audience for sharp questions. The program will be shown on CUNY TV and posted online; stay tuned. @stone-lis.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @brankomilan.bsky.social 👇👇

From the INEQ archive 📂 @franziskadbacher.bsky.social, @severinrapp.bsky.social and @lorenzbodner.bsky.social have summarised their insights into inheritance and debt distribution in Vienna. 📄Find the full Research Note 2024|03 here: short.wu.ac.at/ineq_rn. (Only in German) #INEQ #INEQ_RN

esteemed colleague @smaexie.bsky.social on some interesting new features of the GC wealth project data warehouse: consumer durables and offshore wealth. find out more about the GC wealth data here: wealthproject.gc.cuny.edu 🖥️🏝️

shoutout to two interesting papers of the NBER summer institute on wealth transfers and taxation: 1️⃣https://lucymsall.github.io/research_papers/MsallNaess_stepup_JMP.pdf 2️⃣https://conference.nber.org/conf_papers/f224515.pdf

Summer feeling boring? Join the last Summer 2025 Multidisciplinary Seminar! I will be presenting on wealth at death, deathbed planning and tax policy at the bottom of the distribution. Join in person or 🌐: bit.ly/SCMDSS-Summe...

The GC CUNY Stone Center community showed up! Max Longmuir and Severin Rapp - current Postdoctoral Scholars and members of the GC Wealth Project team - presented ongoing research projects on wealth. @smaexie.bsky.social @severinrapp.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social

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

Great honour and inspiration to be part of the session on inheritance at the LISIT with @izmartinez86.bsky.social and @bluebery-planterose.com. Looking back on an exciting symposium with super interesting contributions and informal discussions as well as an amazing scenery.

The GC CUNY Stone Center is thrilled to announce our two newly selected postdoctoral scholars, Naomi Crowther @naomicrowther.bsky.social and Marai Hayes! They will start their two-year appointments at the @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social in August. Welcome, Naomi and Marai! bit.ly/3XGbEDK

I am looking forward very much to welcoming @leastnngr.bsky.social tomorrow at the @stone-lis.bsky.social Spring 2025 Multidisciplinary Seminar Series. She will be speaking about the functional income distribution at the firm level - and how it is affected by monetary policy. bit.ly/SCMDSS-S25

The GC Wealth Project has launched an updated version of its data warehouse! Key improvements: new data concepts, new sources, and expanded coverage of regions, countries, and time periods. Discover all the updates: wealthproject.gc.cuny.edu/news/article...

Update to the GC wealth project database just out. This great project draws together data on wealth (inequality). Some particularly nice features are: ⚖️ compare different data sources 💰 data on taxation ➗ decomposition of wealth by asset/debt types wealthproject.gc.cuny.edu

Weekend reading: Research note "Schulden und Hinterlassenschaften: Die Verteilung von Nachlassvermögen in Wien" research.wu.ac.at/ws/portalfil... mit @franziskadbacher.bsky.social @lorenzbodner.bsky.social

How much of the wealth do the poorest 50% own in the US? Have wealth shares rebounded enough since 2008? Click to compare the U.S. to other countries through the GC Wealth Project’s interactive dashboard — see our new featured content here: wealthproject.gc.cuny.edu/news/article...

join us this Thursday at the @stone-lis.bsky.social seminar for @smaexie.bsky.social presenting his research on the driving factors of the distribution of financial wealth. This will be super interesting (and its also the final seminar this year)! stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/multidiscipl...

At what point do inheritances increase wealth inequality? What are the possible implications for the design of inheritance taxes? A new WP on data from 6 rich countries by @morellisal.bsky.social, Brian Nolan, @juancpal.bsky.social & Philippe Van Kerm. #EconSky bit.ly/3OHw0Yw

Is there a better job?

Hot off the press by @margitschratz.bsky.social: A review article on the behavioural responses to inheritance taxation. Some takeaways: Real responses are smaller than avoidance, responses are smaller in more recent studies, tax design matters, ... worth a read: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

3-year Postdoc Opportunity in the DECIPHE project at DIW Berlin. You'll work closely with P. Lersch and collaborate with the team to study intergenerational persistence of homeownership in Europe. Deadline: 15 Jan 2024 For job details: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai... For DECIPHE: www.deciphe.eu

Brian Nolan is an incredible scholar, who has done a great deal to advance research on #poverty and #inequality. Here is a brief overview of some of his contributions. Working under his supervision during my masters was a great experience that still shapes my own research.

Highly interesting WP by my esteemed colleague @zhexunmo.bsky.social: Reluctance to make choices in redistributive experiments in China may be indicative of diminished political agency.

A concise overview of our working paper with P. Fessler on biased perceptions of #inequality and savings behaviour. We find that individuals misperceive how wealthy they are compared to others. Wealthy individuals who underestimate their wealth rank oversave #EconSky

Poverty and social policy started pack with EU focus. Wave to be added. go.bsky.app/BQXryVx

Our team at the GC-CUNY Stone Center is migrating toward BlueSky. Please do follow us! 🍎 @stone-lis.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @pkrugman.bsky.social‬ @milescorak.bsky.social‬ @severinrapp.bsky.social @mslopen.bsky.social @smaexie.bsky.social @zhexunmo.bsky.social More to come.

I created this list a couple of days ago based on some people I know about but there has been a ton of new arrivals--please let me know who else to include. Also, this is an interdisciplinary list! #EconSky #Sociology #PoliSky #Demography go.bsky.app/T667spi

I created a Public Econ (broadly defined) starter pack (I didn't see one - let me know if I'm wrong), starting from those I am following, or who are following me. I missed a lot. Please reply below this tweet and tag yourselves #econsky #publiceconomics #econ go.bsky.app/EcFdNWG

We are hiring a research assistant to work with us on #intergenerational #mobility and #wealth. See call for further Infos! severin-rapp.github.io/assets/CfA_P... @stone-lis.bsky.social #econsky #psid #data

Exciting research opportunity coming up at the @stone-lis.bsky.social. Come work with us if you are interested in #wealth, intergenerational #mobility and #data: severin-rapp.github.io/assets/CfA_P...

@franziskadbacher.bsky.social und ich diskutieren hier die Potenziale einer Erbschaftssteuer: www.diepresse.com/19002591/wie...

Join us this week at the @stone-lis.bsky.social seminar series with @zhexunmo.bsky.social who will present his work on the historical evolution of national wealth in China 🇨🇳: gc-cuny-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

WP w @franziskadbacher.bsky.social featured by the World Inequality Lab: wid.world/news-article...

Excited to see this new wp out with @franziskadbacher.bsky.social: we use a new data source on wealth in 🇦🇹 to study the distribution of wealth at death and its drivers ⤵️

On Thursday, 26th Sept I will be presenting my paper "The subjective wealth distribution: How it arises and why it matters to inform policy?" at the @stone-lis.bsky.social Fall 2024 Multidisciplinary Seminar Series. Join us! Register: gc-cuny-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

This is a super interesting call for integration of wealth inequality research and sociological class analysis:

Link to our working paper on bequests in Vienna: www.wu.ac.at/en/ineq/rese...

Unsere Studie zum Erben in Wien heute im @derstandardat.bsky.social mit @franziskadbacher.bsky.social : www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Today I am starting my postdoc at @stone-lis.bsky.social to work on #wealth #inequality and demographic #econ. This is an incredibly exciting new chapter. Pls do reach out if you are in NYC 🏙️

Great to be back for the day and catch up with LSE's International #Inequalities Institute scholars! Great to see so much exciting research on intergenerational transmission, wealth an poverty going on in one place.

The GC CUNY Stone Center has openings for two postdoctoral scholars. These 2-year positions start in August 2025. One is focused on #wealth, the other on economic #inequality. Scholars from underrepresented groups encouraged. Apply by Oct. 30! #EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky bit.ly/4dsY6RJ

🚨WP altert 🚨 Excited to share our new work with @franziskadbacher.bsky.social on bequests in Vienna/Austria (research.wu.ac.at/ws/portalfil...). We use for the first time contemporary probate data to generate a rich dataset on bequests and intergenerational wealth transfers. Here is a short 🧵

Very excited to share that I will be joining the @stone-lis.bsky.social lis in autumn as a post doc to continue working on wealth distribution and intergenerational transmission in this incredibly vibrant environment!

Super exciting workshop upcoming in Vienna: Submissions on measurement, causes, and consequences of wealth inequality, intergenerational mobility, and equality of opportunity: www.wu.ac.at/ineq/outreac...

I will talk about the distribution of augmented #wealth in Australia from 2002-2018. Tomorrow 11 am (CET) 26th of Jan. 2024 You can register here oenb.at/Termine/2024... #Event #Econsky #OeNB @oenb.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social

Is there a "Great Gatsby Curve" for Poverty? A new working paper by Michele Bavaro, Rafael Carranza, and Stone Center Affiliated Scholar Brian Nolan examines the intergenerational persistence of poverty in 30 European countries. bit.ly/47GWamc

📣New paper with @natrinh.bsky.social & A. Fasang in the Eur. Sociol. Rev.   👉Key findings: About half of all children in Germany have a parent with a non-standard work contract or schedule. But only mothers' non-standard schedules are associated with children’s education   doi.org/10.1093/esr/...

🚨Job Vacancy!🚨I'm hiring a post-doctoral researcher (two years, competitive compensation) to work on a project related to labour market inequalities using new data on EU platform economy. Join our growing research lab of 10 post-docs, PhDs & RAs at Bocconi in Milan. Full details at link below.

A new long-run perspective on inheritance, wealth accumulation, and wealth concentration in Italy, including province-level estimates -- read the new working paper by Giacomo Gabbuti and Salvatore Morelli, available on the Stone Center site. bit.ly/3sUvBe0

Excited to share the most recent version of my paper on household scale effects and wealth distribution #jmp #EconTwitter The latest version of the draft is available on my website: severin-rapp.github.io/assets/wealt... A short thread:

🚨 We’re looking for a Full Professor of Sociology to join us! Expertise in the areas of work and social inequality is particularly desirable @univie.ac.at ⏰ Closing date: 15th January 2024 See t.ly/v32Fv for detailed information! #sociology #professorship