Current research (selection)
Social class and earnings inequality in Chile: A decomposition over the long run (with Gabriel Otero).
The concentration of children over time and its consequences for income inequality and poverty (with Berkay Özcan)
The size and progressivity of taxes and transfers when the income concept changes (with Brian Nolan)
Intergenerational Poverty in Europe: A Latent Class Analysis (with Michele Bavaro and Brian Nolan)
Published papers
2025
Carranza, R., Prieto, J., & Sehnbruch, K. (2025). Job loss and earnings inequality: Distributional effects of formal re-employment in Chile. Economic Analysis and Policy (online view).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2025.02.021
Carranza, R., De Rosa, M. & Flores, I. (2025) Wealth inequality in Latin America (2000–2020): data, facts and conjectures. Oxford Open Economics 4(1), pp. i36–i54.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ooec/odae036
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2024
Bavaro, M., Carranza, R., & Nolan, B. (2024). Intergenerational poverty persistence in Europe - Is there a 'Great Gatsby Curve' for poverty? Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 94.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2024.100991
Carranza, R., & Nolan, B. (2024), Assessing income redistribution: what are the key analytic choices? Fiscal Studies 45(4), pp. 501-519.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-5890.12371
Carranza R., Contreras, D., Otero G. (2024) What makes elites more or less egalitarian? Variations in attitudes towards inequality within the economic, political and cultural elites in Chile. Socio-Economic Review 22(3). (Available here)
https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwae008
Otero, G., Quentin, R., Méndez, M.L., Carranza, R., Link, F., Ruiz-Tagle, J. (2024) The damages of stigma, the benefits of prestige: examining the consequences of perceived residential reputations on neighbourhood attachment. Urban Studies 61(3). (Available here).
https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980231186141
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2023
Carranza, R. (2023) Upper and lower bound estimates of inequality of opportunity: A cross-national comparison for Europe. Review of Income and Wealth 69(4).
https://doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12622
Carranza, R. (2023) How much of intergenerational immobility can be attributed to differences in childhood circumstances? Research on Economic Inequality: Mobility and Inequality Trends. Volume 30, Chapter 3. ISBN 978-1-80382-902-9. (Available here).
doi.org/10.1108/S1049-258520230000030003
Otero, G., Carranza, R. & Contreras, D. (2023). Spatial divisions of poverty and wealth: Does segregation affect educational achievement? Socio-Economic Review 21(1).
https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwab022
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2022
Sehnbruch, K., Carranza, R. & Contreras, D. (2022) Unemployment Insurance in Transition and Developing Countries: Moral Hazard vs. Liquidity Constraints in Chile. Journal of Development Studies 58(10).
https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2022.2096444
Carranza, R., Morgan, M. & Nolan, B. (2022). Top Income Adjustments and Inequality: An Investigation of the EU-SILC. Review of Income and Wealth 69(3).
https://doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12591
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2018
Sehnbruch, K., Carranza, R. & Prieto, J.J. (2018). The Political Economy of Unemployment Insurance Individual Savings Accounts. Development and Change 50(4).
https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12457
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2017
Otero, G., Carranza, R. & Contreras, D. (2017). Neighbourhood effects’ on children’s educational achievement in Chile: The effects of inequality and polarization. Environment and Planning A 49(11).
PhD Thesis
Carranza, R. (2021). Essays on inequality of opportunity: measurement, drivers and consequences. London School of Economics and Political Science.
Available at etheses.lse.ac.uk/4270.
Working papers
Carranza, R., Flores, J. & Flores, C. (2024) Intergenerational Persistence in Income and Earnings: The case of Chile. Centro de Estudios de Conflicto y Cohesión Social (COES). https://coes.cl/wp-content/uploads/Intergenerational-persistence-in-income-and-earnings_The-case-of-Chile.pdf
Carranza, R., De Rosa, M., Flores, I. (2023) Wealth Inequality in Latin America. Review article for the Latin America and Caribbean Inequality Review (LACIR), accepted at Oxford Open Economics. lacir.lse.ac.uk/en-gb/publications/wealth-inequality-in-latin-america
Bavaro, M., Carranza, R. & Nolan, B. (2023). 'Intergenerational Poverty Persistence in Europe - Is There a ‘Great Gatsby Curve’ for Poverty?'. INET Oxford Working Paper No. 2023-22. https://www.inet.ox.ac.uk/publications/no-2023-22-intergenerational-poverty-persistence-in-europe/
Carranza, R., Morgan, M. & Nolan, B. (2021). Top Income Adjustments and Inequality: An Investigation of the EU-SILC (Joint with Brian Nolan and Marc Morgan). www.inet.ox.ac.uk/publications/no-2021-16-top-income-adjustments-and-inequality-an-investigation-of-the-eu-silc/.
Carranza (2020). Inequality of Outcomes, Inequality of Opportunity, and Economic Growth. bit.ly/2A0CwH8.
Carranza (2020). Upper and lower bound estimates of inequality of opportunity: A cross-national comparison for Europe. bit.ly/2Nyza0r.
Otero, G., Carranza, R., Contreras, D. (2020) Living in wealthy areas: How much does it matter for educational achievement? bit.ly/2MOnKWP.
Otero, G., Carranza, R., Contreras, D. (2016) Los ‘efectos del barrio’ en el rendimiento educacional de los niños en Chile: los efectos de la organización local, polarización y desigualdad. bit.ly/2xuBGRf.
Carranza, R. & Hojman, D. (2016). Inequality of Opportunity in Health and Cognitive Abilities: The Case of Chile. bit.ly/2TYtfp5.
Sehnbruch, K. & Carranza, R. (2015) Unemployment Insurance based on Individual Savings Accounts: Lessons for other Latin American and Developing Countries from Chile. bit.ly/38Hh0m8.