Kristina Butaeva
@butaevak.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Scholar, Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Reposted by Kristina Butaeva
Using a new method for measuring an income distribution from survey data, research by Stone Center Postdoctoral Scholar @butaevak.bsky.social obtains new estimates of income inequality in China which are robust to top-tail outliers.
Read more: bit.ly/3Q254UN
Read more: bit.ly/3Q254UN
April 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Using a new method for measuring an income distribution from survey data, research by Stone Center Postdoctoral Scholar @butaevak.bsky.social obtains new estimates of income inequality in China which are robust to top-tail outliers.
Read more: bit.ly/3Q254UN
Read more: bit.ly/3Q254UN
Reposted by Kristina Butaeva
Stone Center Postdoctoral Scholar @butaevak.bsky.social explores intergenerational mobility in imperial China. Her findings trace how major historical crises impacted mobility and inequality.
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April 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Stone Center Postdoctoral Scholar @butaevak.bsky.social explores intergenerational mobility in imperial China. Her findings trace how major historical crises impacted mobility and inequality.
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Reposted by Kristina Butaeva
New from the Stone Center!
How do we compare intergenerational mobility in countries undergoing structural economic shifts to those that aren’t?
Our affiliates take on this complex question in their latest paper.
How do we compare intergenerational mobility in countries undergoing structural economic shifts to those that aren’t?
Our affiliates take on this complex question in their latest paper.
Measuring intergenerational educational and occupational mobility in China and Russia during the transition to market economies, using new Markov chain methods, from Kristina Butaeva, Lian Chen, Steven N. Durlauf, and Albert Park https://www.nber.org/papers/w34124
August 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
New from the Stone Center!
How do we compare intergenerational mobility in countries undergoing structural economic shifts to those that aren’t?
Our affiliates take on this complex question in their latest paper.
How do we compare intergenerational mobility in countries undergoing structural economic shifts to those that aren’t?
Our affiliates take on this complex question in their latest paper.
Reposted by Kristina Butaeva
Inter-province income/education inequality in China isn’t new; intra-province inequality might be. @butaevak.bsky.social & Park show that poorer provinces have higher inequality because of higher educational inequality, higher returns to schooling & lower average attainment. Read now→ bit.ly/3Vhf8Lz
September 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Inter-province income/education inequality in China isn’t new; intra-province inequality might be. @butaevak.bsky.social & Park show that poorer provinces have higher inequality because of higher educational inequality, higher returns to schooling & lower average attainment. Read now→ bit.ly/3Vhf8Lz
Reposted by Kristina Butaeva
Slide from an amazing talk by @durlauf.bsky.social on trends in status mobility in historical and contemporary China that used our public data, and my reaction to seeing the mention of CMGPD-LN.
December 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Slide from an amazing talk by @durlauf.bsky.social on trends in status mobility in historical and contemporary China that used our public data, and my reaction to seeing the mention of CMGPD-LN.