Using a new method for measuring an income distribution from survey data, research by Stone Center Postdoctoral Scholar @butaevak.bsky.social obtains new estimates of income inequality in China which are robust to top-tail outliers. Read more: bit.ly/3Q254UN

Stone Center Postdoctoral Scholar @butaevak.bsky.social explores intergenerational mobility in imperial China. Her findings trace how major historical crises impacted mobility and inequality. 🔗 Register: bit.ly/3GqBaHu

New from the Stone Center! How do we compare intergenerational mobility in countries undergoing structural economic shifts to those that aren’t? Our affiliates take on this complex question in their latest paper.

Inter-province income/education inequality in China isn’t new; intra-province inequality might be. @butaevak.bsky.social & Park show that poorer provinces have higher inequality because of higher educational inequality, higher returns to schooling & lower average attainment. Read now→ bit.ly/3Vhf8Lz

Slide from an amazing talk by @durlauf.bsky.social on trends in status mobility in historical and contemporary China that used our public data, and my reaction to seeing the mention of CMGPD-LN.