Biography

Zachary Parolin is the Director of the Economics, Inequality, and Opportunity programme at INET Oxford, as well as Professor of Social Policy, Inequality, and Opportunity in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention and Professorial Fellow at Nuffield College. His research focuses on the measurement, causes, and consequences of poverty, inequality, and social mobility across the United States and European Union. Parolin has published one book and more than 50 peer-reviewed articles across top journals in economics, sociology, social policy, industrial relations, and demography. 

Recent Publications

Oct 2025
INET Oxford Working Paper
No. 2025-23 - The Effects of Minimum Wage Increases on Poverty and Food Hardship
Lukas Lehner ,  Hannah Massenbauer ,  Zachary Parolin ,  Rafael Pintro Schmitt
Oct 2025
INET Oxford Working Paper
No. 2025-22 - The Earned Income Tax Credit and the Intergenerational Persistence of Poverty
Zachary Parolin ,  Benjamin Glasner ,  Ronald Mincy ,  Christopher Wimer
Sept 2024
INET Oxford Working Paper
No. 2024-07 - Monopsony Power and Poverty: The Consequences of Walmart Supercenter Openings
Lukas Lehner ,  Zachary Parolin ,  Clemente Pignatti ,  Rafael Pintro Schmitt
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Forthcoming Events

14 May 26
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Labor market impacts of AI: A new measure and early evidence

INET Oxford Inequality Working Group

Maxim Massenkoff (Anthropic)

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26 May 26
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The EU Anti-Poverty Strategy: A Discussion with the European Commission and an Expert Panel

INET Oxford Inequality Working Group

Sonia Vila Nuñez (European Commission), Bea Cantillon (University of Antwerp), and Amílcar Moreira (University of Lisbon)

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Recent Events

17 Feb 26
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Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World

INET Oxford Inequality Working Group

Dani Rodrik, Harvard University

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