by Nicole Bonomini | Aug 13, 2024 | Publications
A new study by Stone Center Assistant Research Professor Joe LaBriola published in the journal Social Problems reveals that housing market appreciation has significantly contributed to the widening wealth gap between White and Black households over the past four...
by Nicole Bonomini | Jul 31, 2024 | Announcements, Publications
Social transfer programs have significant geographic differences in spending that help to reduce income gaps between rich and poor regions of the United States, according to new University of Michigan research. The study, published in Social Service Review, shows that...
by Nicole Bonomini | Jun 27, 2024 | Publications
June Issue of Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Political Conditions and Attitudes Toward Black Reparations Student Fellows Erykah Benson and Jasmine Simington were part of the study team to publish, Crafting Democratic Futures: Understanding...
by Nicole Bonomini | Mar 28, 2024 | Publications
By: Jon Meerdink Upward mobility is a key measure of both objective and subjective economic success. Researchers use indicators of upward mobility to compare the economic success of one generation to the next, and in countries around the world, parents often express...
by Nicole Bonomini | Mar 19, 2024 | Publications
Research Assistant Professor Joe LaBriola published a paper in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility (co-authored with Orestes P. Hastings) titled “The summer parental investment gap? Socioeconomic gaps in the seasonality of parental expenditures and...
by Nicole Bonomini | Feb 10, 2023 | Publications
Most social scientists tend to measure wealth inequality by studying wealth concentration at the very top, or by describing the distribution of wealth across the rest of the population. It can be difficult to consider and view both aspects of wealth inequality at the...