Biography

Rafael Carranza is an Assistant Professor at the School of Government at PUC Chile. Between 2020 and 2023, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Department for Social Policy and Intervention at the University of Oxford. He obtained a PhD in Social Policy at the LSE in 2020. Rafael’s work explores the causes and consequences of economic inequality, including topics such as the measurement of income and wealth inequality, intergenerational mobility, redistribution, among others.

Recent Publications

Mar 2025
INET Working Paper
No. 2025-07 - Intergenerational Poverty in Europe: A Latent Class Analysis
Michele Bavaro ,  Rafael Carranza ,  Brian Nolan
Oct 2024
Blog
Intergenerational poverty persistence in Europe and the Great Gatsby curve
Michele Bavaro ,  Rafael Carranza ,  Brian Nolan
Oct 2024
Journal
Intergenerational Poverty Persistence in Europe - Is There a 'Great Gatsby Curve' for Poverty?
in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
Michele Bavaro ,  Rafael Carranza ,  Brian Nolan
Jun 2024
Journal
Assessing income redistribution: what are the key analytic choices?
in Fiscal Studies
Rafael Carranza ,  Brian Nolan
Dec 2023
INET Working Paper
Jun 2023
Working Paper
Wealth inequality in Latin America
Rafael Carranza ,  Mauricio De Rosa ,  Ignacio Flores
Oct 2022
Journal
Aug 2022
Journal
Unemployment Insurance in Transition and Developing Countries: Moral Hazard vs. Liquidity Constraints in Chile
in Journal of Development Studies
Kirsten Sehnbruch ,  Rafael Carranza ,  Dante Contreras
Jul 2022
Blog
Capturing top incomes and measuring inequality in Europe
Marc Morgan ,  Brian Nolan ,  Rafael Carranza
Jun 2022
Journal
Top Income Adjustments and Inequality: An Investigation of the EU-SILC
in The Review of Income and Wealth
Rafael Carranza ,  Marc Morgan ,  Brian Nolan
Jun 2021
INET Working Paper
May 2021
Journal
Spatial divisions of poverty and wealth: Does segregation affect educational achievement?
in Socio-Economic Review
Gabriel Otero ,  Rafael Carranza ,  Dante Contreras
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