Overview

This research programme, a partnership between INET and the University’s Department of Social Policy and Intervention, seeks to understand the drivers and implications of economic inequality across rich countries and what is required to produce better, fairer growth and opportunity. The programme was initially established with support from the Resolution Foundation from 2014-18, with a particular focus on how working-age households around and below the middle of the distribution were faring and how this could be improved. The Oxford Martin Programme on Inequality and Prosperity supported by Citi from 2016-21 continued to probe the sources and implications of economic inequality, how inequality affects economic growth and living standards as well as intergenerational mobility and opportunity, the political consequences of inequality, and policy responses. The programme is currently funded primarily through a 6-year Synergy Grant from the European Research Council for Towards Distributional National Accounts, with Brian Nolan leading the Oxford team in a collaboration with Thomas Piketty (Paris School of Economics) and Emmanuel Saez (University of California-Berkeley). Between 2014 & 2024 this programme was known as the Employment Equity and Growth (EEG) programme; a reading list of core EEG publications can be accessed here.

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Recent Publications

Oct 2025
INET 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 Working Paper
No. 2025-22 - The Earned Income Tax Credit and the Intergenerational Persistence of Poverty
Zachary Parolin ,  Benjamin Glasner ,  Ronald Mincy ,  Christopher Wimer
Oct 2025
Article
Sept 2025
Journal
Cultivating trust? The role of European Union investments in bridging rural-urban divides
in Electoral Studies
Paul Maneuvrier-Hervieu ,  Leo Azzollini ,  Anne-Marie Jeannet
Sept 2025
Working Paper
Beyond pay: AI skills reward more job benefits
Alejandra Mira ,  Matthew Bone ,  Fabian Stephany
Sept 2025
Article
Sept 2025
Podcast
Jul 2025
Working Paper
Cash Transfers, Mental Health and Agency: Evidence from an RCT in Germany
Sandra Bohmann ,  Susann Fiedler ,  Maximilian Kasy ,  Jürgen Schupp ,  Frederik Schwerter
Jul 2025
Journal
The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption
in British Journal of Political Science
David Weisstanner ,  Sarah Engler
Jul 2025
Article
Jun 2025
Working Paper
Regional Wealth Inequality in Spain: Evidence from the Spain Wealth Atlas
Gustavo A. Marrero ,  Clara Martínez-Toledano ,  Juan C. Palomino ,  Dmitry Petrov
Jun 2025
Policy Briefing
The inequality of wealth between autonomous communities
Clara Martínez-Toledano ,  Gustavo A. Marrero ,  Juan C. Palomino ,  Dmitry Petrov
Jun 2025
Policy Briefing
Jun 2025
Working Paper
Basic Income and Labor Supply: Evidence from an RCT in Germany
Sarah Bernhard ,  Sandra Bohmann ,  Susann Fiedler ,  Maximilian Kasy ,  Jürgen Schupp ,  Frederik Schwerter
Jun 2025
Journal
Better pay, clearer guidance: Investing in the working conditions of artificial intelligence data workers
in Big Data & Society
Johann Laux ,  Fabian Stephany ,  Alice Liefgreen
Jun 2025
Article
Jun 2025
INET Working Paper
Jun 2025
Working Paper
May 2025
Article
May 2025
Journal
The influence of inheritances on wealth inequality in rich countries
in Journal of Public Economics
Salvatore Morelli ,  Brian Nolan ,  Juan C. Palomino ,  Philippe van Kerm
May 2025
Journal
Where I stand and what I stand for: Subjective status, class, and redistribution
in Social Science Research
Giacomo Melli ,  Leo Azzollini
May 2025
Journal
Attitudes towards immigrants in European contexts
in Vienna Yearbook of Population Research
Leo Azzollini ,  Daniela Bellani ,  Giulia Rivellini
May 2025
Journal
Mar 2025
Article
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