Associate Professor
Department of Social and Political Sciences
Biographical note
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social and Political Sciences and a Senior Fellow at Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy. My research focuses on the measurement and sources of poverty and social inequality in high-income countries. My work has been published in journals such as American Sociological Review, Nature Human Behavior, Demography, The Annals of the American Academy of Social and Political Sciences, Social Forces, and more. Prior to arriving at Bocconi, I worked and studied at Columbia University, University of Antwerp, and Oxford University.
Working papers
Parolin, Z., Gornick, J.
Pathways toward Inclusive Income Growth: A Comparative Decomposition of National Growth Profiles (Forthcoming)
American Sociological Review
Pathways toward Inclusive Income Growth: A Comparative Decomposition of National Growth Profiles (Forthcoming)
American Sociological Review
Selected Publications
Parolin, Zachary; Lee, Emma K.
Large socio-economic, geographic, and demographic disparities exist in exposure to school closures
NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR, 2021
Large socio-economic, geographic, and demographic disparities exist in exposure to school closures
NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR, 2021
Parolin, Zachary
Decomposing the decline of cash assistance in the United States, 1993 to 2016
DEMOGRAPHY, 2021
Decomposing the decline of cash assistance in the United States, 1993 to 2016
DEMOGRAPHY, 2021
Parolin, Zachary
Income support policies and the rise of student and family homelessness
ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, 2021
Income support policies and the rise of student and family homelessness
ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, 2021
Parolin, Zachary
Automation, occupational earnings trends, and the moderating role of organized labor
SOCIAL FORCES, 2021
Automation, occupational earnings trends, and the moderating role of organized labor
SOCIAL FORCES, 2021