My response with Raj to Heckman and Eshaghnia in the WSJ: wsj.com/opinion/the-be…

Welcome to DSPI, Professor Zach Parolin! 👋 Prof Parolin joins us in October as Professor of Social Policy, Inequality & Opportunity. He will also hold posts at INET Oxford and Nuffield College - find out more: spi.ox.ac.uk/article/profes… #SocialMobility #Inequality #Poverty

New WP: We study how minimum wage increases affect poverty and food hardship in the U.S from 1981-2019. Different from recent work, we study the Supplemental Poverty Measure + two measures of food hardship, factor in cost-of-living differences, and more. iza.org/publications/d…

I'm truly honored to receive the 2025 Kershaw Award. I entered the policy research world almost by accident after a failed run in the Australian Baseball League. Any recognition of my work is a testament to the wonderful mentors & colleagues I've learned from these past 10 years.

FOUR new positions available at INET Oxford! Zach Parolin is hiring: 🠺 1x FT Post-Doctoral Researcher in Inequality, Social Policy, and Social Mobility 🠺 3x PT Researchers in Inequality, Social Policy, and Social Mobility Find out more & apply ➵ inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics Economics at Zurich at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics. 🧵 1/7

Today is a good day to remember that housing policy is also anti-poverty policy. ICYMI⤵️

Have you picked up your copy of Inherited Inequality yet? You should! Congratulations to Christina J. Cross on this data-driven, accessible, and profoundly important account of why family structure does not explain the relative disadvantages of Black youth.