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  • MIT to join UBC in establishing research centre with generous gift by the Stone Foundation

    May 15, 2025 The Stone Centre on Wealth and Income Inequality at UBC is excited to welcome MIT as the newest member of a growing network of research institutions, funded through generous gifts from the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation. From MIT, “Starting in July, MIT’s Shaping the Future of Work Initiative in […] Read More

  • Upcoming- Stone Inequality Seminar Series 2025: Lorenzo Lagos

    We’re capping off our Spring 2025 Stone Inequality Seminars with a presentation from Lorenzo Lagos, Assistant Professor of Economics at Brown University and a research fellow of the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA). Lagos will be presenting his paper, titled “Union-Specific Rents and Inequality.”  Abstract We study the role of union heterogeneity in explaining wage […] Read More

  • Stone Inequality Seminar Series 2025: Sebastian Siegloch

    We’re excited to announce another seminar in the 2025 Stone Inequality Seminar Series! We’ll be hearing from Sebastian Siegloch, a professor of economics and Head of the Economics Department at the University of Cologne. Siegloch will be presenting his paper, titled “Welfare Effects of Property Taxation.”  Abstract We investigate the welfare implications of property taxation. […] Read More

  • Stone Inequality Seminar Series 2025: Sandra Black

    As part of the Inequality Seminar Series, the Stone Centre is happy to announce Sandra Black as one of our seminar speakers. Black is a Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. She will be presenting her paper, titled “A Family Affair: The Effects of College on Parent and Student Finances.”  […] Read More

  • Stone Inequality Seminar Series 2025: Savannah Noray

    The UBC Stone Centre on Wealth and Income Inequality is pleased to be hosting Savannah Noray, a PhD candidate in Public Policy at Harvard University, as part of the 2025 Stone Inequality Seminar Series. Noray will be presenting her paper, titled “Can Women ‘Have It All’? The Trade-Off Between Social Tasks and Workplace Flexibility.”  Abstract […] Read More

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  • MIT to join UBC in establishing research centre with generous gift by the Stone FoundationMay 15, 2025
  • Upcoming- Stone Inequality Seminar Series 2025: Lorenzo LagosApril 29, 2025
  • Stone Inequality Seminar Series 2025: Sebastian SieglochApril 22, 2025

The James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Centre on Wealth and Income Inequality at UBC is a new research centre at the Vancouver School of Economics funded by a generous gift of the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation. The Stone Centre’s purpose is to support research on the causes and consequences of wealth and income inequality, and possible remedies.

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  • MIT to join UBC in establishing research centre with generous gift by the Stone Foundation
  • Upcoming- Stone Inequality Seminar Series 2025: Lorenzo Lagos
  • Stone Inequality Seminar Series 2025: Sebastian Siegloch
  • Stone Inequality Seminar Series 2025: Sandra Black
  • Stone Inequality Seminar Series 2025: Savannah Noray
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