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Zach Parolin
@ZParolin
Professor of Social Policy, Inequality, and Opportunity at University of Oxford. Director, Inequality Programme at INET Oxford. Fellow at Nuffield College.
Oxford, UK
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    Zach Parolin
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    Aug 2, 2024
    Among the many ways Finland makes life more manageable for families with kids: here's a look at the playground + library inside our train compartment. Five-hour train journey with our one-year-old made easy! Our last Amtrak, by contrast, had no changing tables on board. 👀
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    Zach Parolin
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    Jul 24, 2020
    The NYU scholar credited with "providing the main theoretical basis" for welfare reform has a new paper out today. I share this clip in case anyone still doubts that (1) racism is central to the modern U.S. welfare state and (2) U.S. poverty research has so much progress to make.
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    Zach Parolin
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    Sep 12, 2023
    Census announces SPM child poverty rate of 12.4% in 2022. Context: from 1967 to 2021, the largest year-over-year increase in SPM child poverty rate was 10.7% (or 2.1 pp, 1980-1981). We now easily have a record increase in child poverty: a 139% increase (or 7.2 pp) from 2021-2022.
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    Catherine Rampell
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    Sep 12, 2023
    holy moly, child poverty rate rose from all-time low of 5.2% in 2021 to 12.4% (!!!) in 2022, reflecting end of temporary child allowance and other programs.
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    Zach Parolin
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    Oct 3, 2024
    New WP: “Monopsony Power and Poverty.” What happens to poverty & public finances when a Walmart Supercenter enters a local labor market? Poverty increases by 2 pp (16%) in 10 years after, driven by declining earnings. Income transfers up, taxes paid down. iza.org/publications/d…
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    Zach Parolin
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    Jan 31, 2021
    Belated news: early in 2020, I became an Italian citizen and, soon after, accepted a position at Bocconi. My partner and I moved from NYC to Milan earlier this month, one century after my grandparents migrated from Northern Italy to NYC. Tomorrow is day one as Asst. Professor. 🙂
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    Zach Parolin
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    Jul 24, 2020
    Replying to @ZParolin
    I want to emphasize that this paper is not from some obscure academic. I would not have shared it if so. Mead's views were influential in shaping TANF. See this excerpt below from Haskins's "Work Over Welfare: The Inside Story of the 1996 Welfare Reform Law" (pg. 10):
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    Zach Parolin
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    May 30, 2023
    New pre-print w/ Gøsta Esping-Andersen, Rafael Pintro Schmitt & @PFallesen: "The Intergenerational Persistence of Poverty in High-Income Countries" We harmonize US, UK, DK, DE & AU panel data to study strength of (& mechanisms behind) intergen. poverty. osf.io/tb3qz/
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    Zach Parolin
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    Jan 8, 2025
    Child poverty in the US is four times as likely to lead to adult poverty than in Denmark and Germany, and twice as likely than in the UK and Australia. Why? I write about our findings on "the intergenerational persistence of poverty" today in The Atlantic:
    Why Poor American Kids Are So Likely to Become Poor Adults
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    Zach Parolin
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    Jul 24, 2020
    Replying to @ZParolin
    The full paper, for those in need of a case study on how racism shapes poverty: link.springer.com/article/10.100….
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    Zach Parolin
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    Oct 28, 2024
    New at Nature Human Behaviour w/ Esping-Andersen, Pintro-Schmitt & @PFallesen: The intergenerational persistence of poverty (the link between poverty in childhood vs. adulthood) is 4x stronger in the US than in Denmark and 2x stronger than in UK/AUS. Why? nature.com/articles/s4156…
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    Zach Parolin
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    Jun 17, 2024
    How does an unconditional cash allowance to families with children affect parents' mental health? @clpignatti & I find that cash leads to a decline in bad mental health days, especially for lower-income and younger parents. Open access at Health Economics: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…
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    Zach Parolin
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    Feb 22, 2022
    I'm very grateful for this opportunity to improve our measurement and understanding of poverty across the EU. I will soon be hiring several post-docs and RAs to join me at @Unibocconi as part of this five-year ERC Starting Grant. Keep an eye out here if potentially interested.
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    Università Bocconi
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    Feb 22, 2022
    .@ZParolin obtains an @ERC_Research Starting Grant for a project about poverty in the post industrial economy knowledge.unibocconi.eu/notizia.php?id…
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    Zach Parolin
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    Apr 15, 2022
    🚨Job Vacancy!🚨 I'm hiring a post-doctoral researcher (2 yr contract) as part of an ERC Starting Grant on the measurement, sources, consequences, and perceptions of poverty and social inequality in high-income countries. Details and FAQ here and below: zachparolin.com/hiring/
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    Zach Parolin
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    May 5, 2023
    - How did poverty influence the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic? - And with what lessons for the way we conceptualize poverty? - What policy lessons should we carry forward from the record-low U.S. poverty rates of 2020 & 2021? This and more, on bookshelves in Sept 2023.
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