Stone Centre at UCL
Welcome to the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Centre on Wealth Concentration, Inequality, and the Economy at University College London.
Featured education materials
The Economy 2.0 is a complete introduction to economics and the economy. It's student-centred and motivated by real-world problems and real-world data. And it's free for everyone! Read now.
Latest featured research
This research estimates the effect of breastfeeding on child development: cognitive and socio-emotional, as well as health. Breastfeeding is just one of many ways in which mothers can influence their child’s development, and mothers who breastfeed may also be more or less likely to make other investments that affect their child’s development.
This paper investigates how individuals weight income gaps between themselves and others in particular positions in a societal income distribution. This is crucial to understand how individuals form their fairness considerations and preferences for redistribution, as we know that people care about inequality both in absolute and in relative terms.
Featured videos
The CEPR-Stone Centre workshop on housing, wealth and taxation
This joint workshop includes a keynote by Joel Slemrod (University of Michigan) on '(How) Should We Tax the Rich More?'
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Watch the 2023 Royal Economic Society Annual Public Lecture
"Capitalism, colonies, and carbon – looking back and looking forward", delivered by Co-director Wendy Carlin.
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Gaurav Khatri presents his Stone Centre Explore Econ prize paper
Gaurav's paper studies the effects of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar on low-skilled wages in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh.
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Matias Mäkiranta presents his Stone Centre Explore Econ prize paper
Matias' paper studies the effect of greater labour market concentration on wages using data on online vacancies from Germany.
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Stone Public Lecture, by Philippe Aghion
Philippe Aghion delivered the Stone Public Lecture "Rethinking capitalism to make it more innovative and more inclusive".
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Wendy Carlin presents the Stone Centre at UCL
Co-director Wendy Carlin presents the Stone Centre at UCL and its connection with CORE Econ.
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Wendy Carlin's contribution at the Stone Centre launch
Co-director Wendy Carlin highlighted the connection between wealth inequality and risk-taking. Watch her contribution in this video.
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Imran Rasul's opening remarks at the Stone Centre launch
Imran Rasul opened the launch event of the Stone Centre at UCL. You can watch his opening remarks in this video.
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The Stone Centre at UCL launches in Westminster
The Stone Centre at UCL was launched on 26 May 2022 in London. You can now watch the full recording of the event.
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Latest news and blogs
Lucas Conwell, Attila Lindner, and Stephen Hansen, academics in the Department of Economics at UCL, will receive a research support grant from the Stone Centre.
Co-director Imran Rasul has been elected as Vice-President (President-Elect in 2025 and President in 2026) of the European Economic Association. On behalf of the Stone Centre at UCL, congratulations!
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