@ZParolin

Professor of Social Policy, Inequality, and Opportunity at University of Oxford. Director, Inequality Programme at INET Oxford. Fellow at Nuffield College.

Oxford, UK
Joined February 2009
What do you think determines your pay? What do you think *should* determine it? We asked 1,000 U.S. workers about their pay beliefs to test whether support for the meritocracy lives on. TLDR: it does! With complications. (DM/email if you’re paywalled). journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful….
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Are inequality researchers too concerned with the ultra-rich? Proud to take part in the Atkinson Conference at Nuffield College (Oxford). On Sep 10, I’ll discuss with Mike Brewer moderated by Juliana de Castro Galvao. Info: atkinsonconference.github.io
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Feeling deprived of academic talks over the summer? This Thursday I'm presenting new work with @ZParolin for the Oxford Metrics & Models seminar. Online talk and all are welcome! 2pm in Oxford, 7am Colorado. Happy to share the MS Teams link with you.
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We are looking for journalists and other writers to write reported features for Works in Progress. There are a lot of important stories in the world that we’d like to cover that don't work as our typical essays, because they require on-the-ground information and insights that only a reporter can uncover. Things like: • Why has crime dropped so much in Washington, DC? • What is really happening in Milei’s Argentina? What about Bukele's El Salvador? • Why don't ASML and TSMC raise their prices? The type of person we are looking for will have already published features like these at a major publication. The work will be on a freelance basis (although we may offer salaried staff writer positions in the future) and pay will be competitive with major publications. If you’re the right person to do this, please send a hundred words on yourself and a story you'd like to cover, as well as examples of previous work, to [email protected]
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🧵 New working paper out today: "Measuring the Regional Economic Cost of Brexit: Evidence as of 2026" w @edenhofer_jacob @fetzert & @ShizhuoWangEcon Here's what the data say about who paid the price in these 10 years from the referendum 1/…
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Interesting paper! (that I'd argue supports the UI Theory of Everything™️) Policy discussions on how unemployment benefits impact job transitions often are too one-dimensional -- singling out how more generous UI can delay returns to work -- without considering other dynamics...
New working paper out today for the real UI heads, from me and @dwasser2: ⬆️ UI generosity - ⬆️ wages - for UE, J2J, and EE workers - especially at the bottom - ⬇️ hiring from U - ⬇️ LF exit - maybe ⬇️ job postings - ⬆️ posted wages - ⬆️ new entrant hiring - and more!
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Blue states cannot redistribute their way out of housing shortages. Here's my take for @TheArgumentMag based on several analyses of how housing costs affect poverty rates. ⬇️
Blue states have built some of the country’s most generous safety net programs. But in places like California and New York, those gains are being swallowed by the cost of housing. That’s the core problem: Poverty isn’t just about how much money people have. It’s also about how much it costs to meet basic needs. Cash transfers, SNAP, and the Child Tax Credit still matter, but in high-cost states, redistribution can only go so far if rent keeps rising faster than income. Read Zach Parolin on why building more housing is an anti-poverty strategy: theargumentmag.com/p/you-can…
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“Redistribution is important. But it is not enough.” It is not enough because, in high-cost regions, income transfers are increasingly inefficient at reducing poverty [...] “Abundance” is, itself, an anti-poverty strategy. A must-read from @ZParolin: theargumentmag.com/p/you-can…
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The Atkinson Conference on Economic and Social Inequality will take place on 10-11 September at Nuffield College (Oxford). ▶️Plenaries: Philippe Aghion, @JanetGornick & roundable moderated by FT's Sarah O'Connor. 🚩CfP Deadline: 22 May. Join us in Oxford: atkinsonconference.github.io…
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New issue of Journal of Policy Analysis and Management has an interested debate between Harry Holzer and Katherine Michelmore on the merits and impact of a fully refundable child tax credit. ⤵️
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Graduate students, postdocs, and early career faculty across the social sciences, please apply to this Summer School on Socioeconomic Opportunity and Mobility! The school is co-organized by the Dondena Center at @Unibocconi, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale @ispionline, and the Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility @UCStoneCenter. The interdisciplinary team of lecturers is Guido Alfani @guido_alfani, Béatrice Cherrier @Undercoverhist, Ariel Kalil @ariel_kalil, Zachary Parolin @ZParolin , Paola Profeta @Paola_Profeta, Antonio Villafranca @AntVillafranca, and me.
Early-career researchers — Milan is calling 🇮🇹 Join us for the Summer School on Socioeconomic Opportunity and Inequality, hosted with the Dondena Centre at @Unibocconi and @ispionline. Your spot is waiting. Apply now: bit.ly/4ma5k2H
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📢 Join us for the next London Inequality Workshop! 🗓 Wed, 3 Dec 2025 | ⏰ 4–6pm 📍 KCL, Bush House (Room 2.02) Speakers: Jeanne Bomare, @valengabrielli (LSE) @MorelliSal (Roma Tre) Register 👉 eventbrite.co.uk/e/12th-lond… #Inequality #EconTwitter
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Today is a good day to remember that housing policy is also anti-poverty policy. ICYMI⤵️
In my new report for @NiskanenCenter, I argue that housing policy should be as central to anti-poverty strategies as direct cash redistribution. Focusing on California, I highlight a few key findings to support this general argument. 🧵 niskanencenter.org/housing-p…
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I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ_uzh at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics. 🧵 1/7
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FOUR new positions available at INET Oxford! @ZParolin is hiring: 🠺 1x FT Post-Doctoral Researcher in Inequality, Social Policy, and Social Mobility 🠺 3x PT Researchers in Inequality, Social Policy, and Social Mobility Find out more & apply ➵ inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
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Join us at @INETOxford! I'm hiring one post-doctoral researcher and three research assistants in the field of inequality, social policy, and social mobility to join our research team. Deadline: October 24. Read more and apply: inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
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2/ Due to conditions of the grant used to hire, candidates should have eligibility to work in the UK (we'll hire without this condition in the future). Desired start date: Jan 2026 or as soon as possible afterward. Great post-doc opp for those currently in need of funding.
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3/3 -- For the part-time RA positions -- Great opportunity for PhD/DPhils or advanced masters students studying in the UK and/or from the UK to join our growing research team. See call for more specifics.
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