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Overview

Miles Corak is affiliated with the City University of New York in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within the social sciences, with an emphasis on economics, econometrics, and finance.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Subfields of study highlight a focus on sociology, political science, and international relations alongside economics and econometrics:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Economics and Econometrics

Their research topics concentrate primarily on intergenerational and educational inequality, social policy and reform, youth education, societal dynamics, as well as labor market dynamics and wage inequality.

Main topics of work include:

  • Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
  • Labor market dynamics and wage inequality

Miles Corak has published in the Australian Economic Review. Their recent paper is titled "Intergenerational Mobility: What Do We Care About? What Should We Care About?", published in 2020 by the Australian Economic Review. This paper has received citations indicating engagement within the academic community.

The scientist has not been noted to have frequent co-authors, and no book publications are recorded.

Best Publications

  • Income Inequality, Equality of Opportunity, and Intergenerational Mobility

    Miles Corak

  • Do Poor Children Become Poor Adults? Lessons from a Cross Country Comparison of Generational Earnings Mobility

    Miles Corak

  • The Intergenerational Earnings and Income Mobility of Canadian Men: Evidence from Longitudinal Income Tax Data

    Miles Corak;Andrew Heisz

  • Do Poor Children Become Poor Adults? Lessons from a Cross-Country Comparison of Generational Earnings Mobility

    Miles Corak;Miles Corak;Miles Corak

  • Generational income mobility in North America and Europe

    Miles Corak

  • Too Many Children Left Behind: The U.S. Achievement Gap in Comparative Perspective

    Bruce Bradbury;Miles Corak;Jane Waldfogel;Elizabeth Washbrook

  • The Intergenerational Transmission of Employers

    Miles Corak;Patrizio Piraino

  • Death and Divorce: The Long‐Term Consequences of Parental Loss on Adolescents

    Miles Corak

  • A Comparison of Upward and Downward Intergenerational Mobility in Canada, Sweden and the United States

    Miles Corak;Matthew Lindquist;Bhashkar Mazumder

  • A comparison of upward and downward intergenerational mobility in Canada, Sweden and the United States ☆

    Miles Corak;Matthew J. Lindquist;Bhashkar Mazumder

  • Family Income and Participation in Post-secondary Education

    John Zhao;Garth Lipps;Miles Corak

  • Child Poverty and Changes in Child Poverty

    Wen-Hao Chen;Miles Corak

  • Intergenerational Education Mobility among the Children of Canadian Immigrants

    Abdurrahman Bekir Aydemir;Wen-Hao Chen;Miles Corak

  • The Impact of Tax and Transfer Systems on Children in the European Union

    Miles Corak;Christine Lietz;Holly Sutherland

  • Inequality from Generation to Generation: The United States in Comparison

    Miles Corak

  • A Portrait of Child Poverty in Germany

    Miles Corak;Michael Fertig;Marcus Tamm

  • The Development of Young Children of Immigrants in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States

    Elizabeth Washbrook;Jane Waldfogel;Bruce Bradbury;Miles Corak

  • Age at Immigration and the Adult Attainments of Child Migrants to the United States

    Audrey Beck;Miles Corak;Marta Tienda

  • PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICALITIES IN MEASURING CHILD POVERTY FOR THE RICH COUNTRIES

    Miles Corak

  • Income Inequality, Equality of Opportunity, and Intergenerational Mobility

    Miles Corak;Miles Corak;Miles Corak

  • Realizing the potential of immigrant youth

    Ann S. Masten;Karmela Liebkind;Donald J. Hernandez

  • Age at immigration and the education outcomes of children

    Miles Corak

  • Intergenerational Influences on the Receipt of Unemployment Insurance in Canada and Sweden

    Miles Corak;Miles Corak;Miles Corak;Björn Gustafsson;Björn Gustafsson;Torun Osterberg

  • Early Maternal Employment and Child Development in Five OECD Countries

    Maria del Carmen Huerta;Willem Adema;Jennifer Baxter;Miles Corak

  • Principles and Practicalities for Measuring Child Poverty

    Miles Corak

  • Unemployment Insurance Once Again: The Incidence of Repeat Participation in the Canadian UI Program

    Miles Corak

  • Is Unemployment Insurance Addictive? Evidence from the Benefit Durations of Repeat Users

    Miles Corak

  • Are the Kids All Right? Intergenerational Mobility and Child Well-being in Canada

    Miles Corak

  • Unemployment Insurance, Temporary Layoffs, and Recall Expectations

    Miles Corak

  • The Intergenerational Transmission of Employers in Canada and Denmark

    Paul Bingley;Miles Corak;Miles Corak;Miles Corak;Niels Westergaard-Nielsen;Niels Westergaard-Nielsen

  • Inequality in early childhood outcomes

    Bruce Bradbury;Miles Corak;Jane Waldfogel;E.V Washbrook

  • DEATH AND DIVORCE: THE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES OF PARENTAL LOSS*

    Miles Corak

Frequent Co-Authors

Jane Waldfogel
Jane Waldfogel Columbia University
Björn Gustafsson
Björn Gustafsson University of Gothenburg
Holly Sutherland
Holly Sutherland University of Essex
Bhashkar Mazumder
Bhashkar Mazumder University of California, Irvine
Daniele Checchi
Daniele Checchi University of Milan
Francisco H. G. Ferreira
Francisco H. G. Ferreira London School of Economics and Political Science
Wen Jui Han
Wen Jui Han New York University
Lars Osberg
Lars Osberg Dalhousie University
Marta Tienda
Marta Tienda Princeton University
Stephen P. Jenkins
Stephen P. Jenkins London School of Economics and Political Science

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