Our funding interests are organized around the following four drivers of economic growth: macroeconomics and inequality, market structure, the labor market, and human capital and wellbeing. We consider proposals that investigate the consequences of economic inequality, as well as group dimensions of inequality; the causes of inequality to the extent that understanding these causal pathways will help us identify and understand key channels through which inequality may affect growth and stability; and the ways in which public policies affect the relationship between inequality and growth.
Explore the Grants We've Awarded
The redistributional consequences of multiple minimum wages
Grant Year: 2020
Grant Amount: $15,000
Grant Type: doctoral
The long-term evolution of inequality: Poverty, pollution, and human capital
Grant Year: 2020
Grant Amount: $61,000
Grant Type: academic
Recessions during young adulthood and U.S. racial income inequality
Grant Year: 2020
Grant Amount: $20,000
Grant Type: academic
Where does new work come from?
Grant Year: 2020
Grant Amount: $76,000
Grant Type: academic
Domestic outsourcing in the United States
Grant Year: 2020
Grant Amount: $70,000
Grant Type: academic
The impact of a tuition credit program on Pell-eligible student outcomes
Grant Year: 2020
Grant Amount: $67,000
Grant Type: academic
Funded research
Human Capital and WellbeingHow does economic inequality affect the development of human capital, and to what extent do aggregate trends in human capital explain inequality dynamics?
Funded research
Macroeconomics and InequalityWhat are the implications of inequality on the long-term stability of our economy and its growth potential?
Funded research
Market StructureAre markets becoming less competitive and, if so, why, and what are the larger implications?
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The Labor MarketHow does the labor market affect equitable growth? How does inequality in turn affect the labor market?