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James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Centre for the Study of Wealth Inequality
Research
Introduction
Our team strives to gain a deeper understanding of the dynamics, causes and consequences of income and wealth inequality; contribute to the intellectual debate surrounding income and wealth inequality; and educate current and future business leaders about the issues and implications of income and wealth inequality. Below is a selection of the relevant research developed at INSEAD.
Papers
Child Cash Benefits and Family Expenditures: Evidence from the National Child Benefit - Lauren E. Jones and Mark Stabile, Canadian Journal of Economics, Forthcoming
How Do the US and Canadian Social Safety Nets Compare for Women and Children? - Hilary Hoynes and Mark Stabile, Journal of Labor Economics, 2019
Rising Inequality and the Implications for the Future of Private Insurance in Canada - Maripier Isabelle and Mark Stabile, Health Economics, Policy and Law, 2018
Income Inequality in France, 1900-2014: Evidence from Distributional National Accounts (DINA) - Bertrand Garbinti, Jonathan Goupille-Lebret and Thomas Piketty, Journal of Public Economics, 2018
Behavioral Responses to Inheritance Tax: Evidence from notches in France - Jonathan Goupille-Lebret and Jose Infante, Journal of Public Economics, 2018
Applying Generalized Pareto Curves to Inequality Analysis - Thomas Blanchet, Bertrand Garbinti, Jonathan Goupille-Lebret, and Clara Martínez-Toledano, American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, 2018
Inequality and Redistribution in France, 1990-2018: Evidence from Post-Tax Distributional National Accounts (DINA), Antoine Bozio, Bertrand Garbinti, Jonathan Goupille-Lebret, Malka Guillot, and Thomas Piketty, WID.world WORKING PAPER SERIES N° 2018/10
Discrimination as a Self-fulfilling Prophecy: Evidence from French Grocery Stores - Dylan Glover, Amanda Pallais, William Pariente, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2017
Does Group Inclusion Hurt Financial Inclusion? Evidence from Ultra-Poor Members of Ugandan Savings Groups - Alfredo Burlando and Andrea Canidio, Journal of Development Economics, 2017
The Technological Determinants of Long-Run Inequality - Andrea Canidio, Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2017
Accounting for Wealth Inequality Dynamics: Methods, Estimates and Simulations for France (1800-2014) - Bertrand Garbinti, Jonathan Goupille-Lebret and Thomas Piketty, working paper, 2016
Finding a Better Way: A Basic Income Pilot Project for Ontario - Hugh D. Segal, with research assistance from Maripier Isabelle, 2016
The Allocation of Capital in Rural Credit Markets - Alfredo Burlando and Andrea Canidio, Journal of International Development, 2016
Focusing Effect and the Poverty Trap - Andrea Canidio, European Economic Review, 2015
Reply to Gao et al: Racial composition does not explain increasing class gaps in obesity - Carl B. Frederick, Kaisa Snellman and Robert D. Putnam, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2015
Increasing Socioeconomic Disparities in Adolescent Obesity - Kaisa Snellman, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America, 2014
The Changing Role of Government in Financing Health Care: An International Perspective - Mark Stabile and Sarah Thomson, Journal of Economic Literature, 2014
Do Child Tax Benefits Affect the Well-Being of Children? Evidence from Canadian Child Benefit Expansions - Kevin Milligan and Mark Stabile, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2011
The Integration of Child Tax Credits and Welfare: Evidence from the Canadian National Child Benefit Program - Kevin Milligan and Mark Stabile, Journal of Public Economics, 2007.
Books and Chapters
Demystifying Basic Income: Voices from Supporters, Converts and Detractors Around the Globe - Amy Downes, Stewart Lansley and Eduardo Rodriguez-Montemayor, It’s Basic Income, The Global Debate (Policy Press in the UK and University of Chicago Press in the U.S).
Determinants of Health in Childhood - Mark Stabile, The Handbook of Health Economics (Oxford University Press).
Supplementary Private Health Insurance in National Health Insurance Systems - Mark Stabile, Encyclopedia of Health Economics — Vol. 3 (Elsevier).
Case Studies
Planting the Seeds or Squandering the Fruits? Ontario's Basic Income Experiment - Ridhima Aggarwal, Maripier Isabelle and Mark Stabile, 2019
Gender Inequality: Why Women Are Paid Less than Men? - Morten Bennedsen, Alexandra Roulet, Mark Stabile, Brian Henry, 2018
Leaks, Dumps and Whistleblowers: Tax Havens and Wealth Inequality - Morten Bennedsen, Brian Henry, Alexandra Roulet, Mark Stabile, 2018
To Reduce Unemployment, French President Macron Reforms the Labour Market - Morten Bennedsen, Brian Henry, Alexandra Roulet, Mark Stabile, 2018
The Rise of Inequality (A) - Pushan Dutt, 2017
The Rise of Inequality (B) - Pushan Dutt, 2017
Did Apple Pay Too Little Tax? Appealing the EU Ruling on Illegal State Aid - Morten Bennedsen, Mark Stabile and Brian Henry, 2017
To Reduce Unemployment, French President Macron Reforms the Labour Market - Morten Bennedsen, Brian Henry, Alexandra Roulet, Mark Stabile, 2018
Thought Leadership
INSEAD Knowledge
How In-Work Benefits Reduce Poverty
The U.S. and Canada adopted similar programmes to combat family poverty in the 1990s. How have they fared?
INSEAD Knowledge
How Invisible Inequality Hurts the Poor
We need to confront how increasing income inequality is affecting people’s inner lives.
INSEAD Knowledge
Fighting Inequality Starts with Early Childhood Development
Income inequality may have the greatest impact on society's most vulnerable: very young children. Without addressing early childhood development, efforts to close class gaps may fall short.
