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.
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We are delighted to announce this year's Stone Centre Annual Public Lecture, given by Stephen Machin, Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Director of the Centre for Economic Performance. The lecture is titled 'What's different about inequality today?'
Read our recap to find out what was discussed at The Stone Centre Workshop on AI, Analytical Disciplines, and Graduate Careers: Opportunity, Risk, and Institutional Responsibility, and what the event uncovered about the future of inequality.
Latest featured research
Our project advances the hypothesis that financial literacy could be one of the factors responsible for the gender gap in wealth, as financial knowledge helps individuals accumulate wealth, but women tend to be less financially literate than men.
The project aims to shed new light on why public support for carbon taxes is so low, despite the crucial role that many economists and environmental campaigners believe they could play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating climate change.
Featured videos
Who benefits from international trade?
Xavier Jaravel (LSE) explains whether the rich or the poor benefit more from international trade.
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Stone Centre Symposium
Watch the talks delivered at the Stone Centre Symposium 2024.
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Career structures in economics
An all-day event to discuss how to address the lack of diversity in academia.
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Methodology in Economic Analysis
At the 2023 IEA World Congress, Co-director Wendy Carlin joined a panel on Methodology in Economic Analysis.
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"Female labour supply and the macroeconomy"
"Female labour supply and the macroeconomy" is an extra, free data-analysis project in CORE Econ's Doing Economics.
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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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Featured education materials
This CORE Econ Doing Economics project examines the political economy of carbon taxation. It has been co-authored by Stone Centre grant recipient David Hope, Julian Limberg, and Eileen Tipoe.
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