Stratification Economics Research Database

This database is maintained by Stephan Lefebvre. Please email s.lefebvre@bucknell.edu to suggest any additions. You can suggest additions from your own work or others.

The goal of the stratification economics research database (SERD) is to compile a comprehensive list of peer reviewed works in stratification economics (SE).

SERD is intended (1) to give scholars a way to find relevant work in SE, (2) to help promote scholarship in SE by bringing greater attention to lesser-known works and authors, and (3) to serve as a research tool/aid for understanding and contributing to SE and related intellectual projects.

• Comprehensive: The scope of this project is peer reviewed works that engage with stratification economics (SE). This usually means that the work references SE explicitly and substantively engages with this framework. In some cases, works in line with SE are included when they were published before this term was widely in circulation, usually authored by individuals latter associated with SE. (It is not our intention to leave out any papers that engage substantively with SE, including critical perspectives of SE, however we do not include in this database work in economics or by academic economists on race or racial inequality if it does not substantively engage with SE.)
• Peer reviewed: Although the focus is on academic publications, we also include a limited number of high quality non-peer reviewed research that engages with stratification economics. These works, labeled “NGO report” below, are included because they can be particularly helpful for teaching, they can serve as accessible demonstrations of stratification economics for non-economists, and academic peer review conventions make it difficult to publish certain kinds of work that are nevertheless important for the development of stratification economics (e.g. narrow, technical policy reports or important but not novel descriptive statistics).

Database in progress disclaimer: This database was made public on 5/11/2023 in order to complete the process of compiling the publication list. This message will be deleted in approximately one month when sufficient efforts have been made to ensure the list is as comprehensive as possible. We are working through and adding to a list of known issues. In the meantime, please consider the list in progress and please excuse any technical difficulties you have with the website. You are welcome to email Dr. Lefebvre to report technical difficulties.