Feb 6, 2021
Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth This project investigates inequality in family wealth and its intergenerational consequences. Wealth – understood as the total sum of financial and real assets minus debts – is distributed much more unequally than other aspects...
Jan 30, 2021
Wealth Inequality and Mobility Study (WIMS) Through a unique collaboration between CID and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), this study will gather data on the wealth holdings of all U.S. households to support investigations of U.S. wealth inequality and...
Jan 20, 2021
Land Lotteries and the Persistence of Inequality An enduring question in social science is the degree to which poverty is a self-perpetuating trap rather than a reflection of more fundamental characteristics. By definition, the poor have less wealth, but is there...
Nov 24, 2020
Children’s Savings Accounts Children’s Savings Account (CSA) programs are long-term investments often starting at a child’s birth or upon entry into kindergarten but not coming fully to fruition until a child reaches college age. Given this, many outcomes...
Sep 24, 2020
Reviving Growth Keynesianism Reviving Growth Keynesianism aims to bring back economic insights from previous eras of American history, focusing on the connection between the income distribution and overall macroeconomic stability (more inequality = more recessions)....
