Hi, I’m Zach.

My research focuses on the measurement, causes, and consequences of poverty and social inequality across the United States and European Union.

Affiliations

Assistant Professor, Bocconi University

Senior Fellow, Center on Poverty & Social Policy, Columbia University

Research

Social policy (U.S., European Union)
Poverty and inequality
Labour markets

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Recent Research

Parolin, Z. and Lee, E. (Forthcoming). “Large Socio-Economic, Geographic, and Demographic Disparities Exist in Exposure to School Closures.” Nature Human Behaviour.
Parolin, Z. (Forthcoming). “Decomposing the Decline of Cash Assistance in the United States.” Demography.
Wimer, C., Parolin, Z., Fox, L., Fenton, A., & Jencks, C. (2020.) “The Direct Effect of Taxes & Transfers on Changes in the U.S. Income Distribution, 1967-2015.” Demography.
Brady, D. & Parolin, Z. (2020). “The Levels and Trends of Deep and Extreme Poverty in the U.S., 1993-2016.” Demography.
Parolin, Z. (2020) “Automation, Occupational Earnings Trends, and the Moderating Role of Organized Labor.” Social Forces.