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Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics
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We produce cutting-edge research on social inequality, train the next generation of scholars, build data infrastructure, and increase data accessibility at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan. Learn more at inequality.umich.edu.
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stone-lis.bsky.social
Rising wealth concentration tends to undermine democracy, according to a Stone Center Working Paper by @schechtlm.bsky.social. In this interview, he discusses how he drew on two new sources of data to compare democratic backsliding in 50 U.S. states.
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The Effect of Increasing Wealth Inequality on U.S. Democracy at the State Level - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
Manuel Schechtl, a 2022–2024 Stone Center postdoctoral scholar, discusses his Stone Center Working Paper, which combines two new sources of data to compare the extent of democratic backsliding in all ...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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jeremylevine.bsky.social
Coverage of forthcoming collaborative research in Race & Justice: stateline.org/2025/11/12/b...
Black homicide victims’ families most likely to be denied compensation • Stateline
Families of Black homicide victims in the United States are more likely than any other group to seek financial assistance through state victim compensation programs — and they are the most likely to b...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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sashakillewald.bsky.social
I'm facilitating a causal inference reading group next semester for Sociology PhD students. (I will also be learning!) If there are (1) pedagogical articles or (2) empirical examples in soc that you ❤️, will you share in the comments? [And please RT to help me crowd-source!]
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
umichstonecid.bsky.social
Tomorrow! We’re excited to host Laura Tach in #AnnArbor as she presents “The Cumulative Impact of Federal Place-Based Policies on Neighborhood Inequality, 1990-2019.” Get the details to join us in person: 👇 #AcademicSky #PublicPolicy #Umich

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Laura Tach will present, “The Cumulative Impact of Federal Place-Based Policies on Neighborhood Inequality, 1990-2019” at the Institute for Social Research on Tuesday, November 11 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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umisr.bsky.social
Join us Nov. 11 at ISR for Laura Tach's in-person talk hosted by @umichstonecid.bsky.social on the impact of federal place-based policies and neighborhood inequality.

RSVP now to attend: inequality.umich.edu/laura-tach/
CID event graphic with ISR logo and Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics branding; title reads: “The Cumulative Impact of Federal Place-Based Policies on Neighborhood Inequality, 1990–2019”; yellow label says “CID Speaker Series”; event details: Laura Tach, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM, ISR 1430 BD (426 Thompson St.); bottom right corner reads “Learn more: inequality.umich.edu” with headshot of Laura Tach inside a circular frame on a blue gradient background.
November 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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ICYMI: Our own Assistant Director @ninsolera.bsky.social was featured by @umichstonecid.bsky.social, highlighting Noura's #research on how income #inequality affects health and educational outcomes over the life course and across generations. #econsky #academicsky

Read it: myumi.ch/G2x7z
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October 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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ninsolera.bsky.social
I published this piece two years ago (almost to the day) about the immediate impacts of a government shutdown to American families in need.

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2 in 5 US babies benefit from the WIC nutrition program
Funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children quickly halts during government shutdowns.
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October 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Join @umichstonecid.bsky.social for Emilio Borghesan (Assistant Professor of Economics at UM): A Dynamic Evaluation of Parental Marriage and Children’s Skills
Tuesday, October 21, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm EDT
ISR 1430 BD (426 Thompson St.)
Details including abstract: events.umich.edu/event/140473
Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics "A Dynamic Evaluation of Parental Marriage and Children’s Skills" CID Speaker Series Emilio Borghesan Tuesday, October 21 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. ISR 1430 BD (426 Thompson St.)
October 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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sashakillewald.bsky.social
Being featured (at about 39:50) on a podcast with the tagline "where sanity takes a backseat and laughter rides shotgun" and the episode title "Radioactive Shrimp" wasn't on my professorial bingo card, but it was a pleasure!
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Radioactive Shrimp - September 23, 2025 | The Last Show with David Cooper
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September 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Thank you so much @davonnorris.bsky.social for the time you spent with the CRELS & CSS fellows and us yesterday, answering our questions and sharing your experiences. .. and then a full house at the Social Science Matrix for your talk.

A memorable experience, including the earthquake❗ 🫨
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September 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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umisr.bsky.social
Women now earn 85% of what men do, up from 65% in the ‘80s.

ISR’s Sasha Killewald finds fewer children per family helped narrow the gap. But parenthood still impacts women’s pay more than men’s.

Read more: myumi.ch/qZEp1
Graphic showing a diverse group of smiling women in the background with a translucent overlay. At the top left is the University of Michigan ISR logo. Main text reads: "Women now earn 85% of men’s hourly wages —". In the center, a comparison chart shows two female icons: one labeled “1980s” standing on a block labeled “65%,” and one labeled “2024” standing on a taller block labeled “85%.” Below, bold text asks: "Could fewer kids be the reason?" Source listed at the bottom reads: “Source: Pew Research Center, 2025.”
September 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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umichstonecid.bsky.social
Did you know that declining birth rates help explain U.S. women's progress toward pay #equality with men? Learn more in the new article out now from our own @sashakillewald.bsky.social in the @us.theconversation.com

myumi.ch/qZEp1

#AcademicSky #sociology #umich @um-src.bsky.social
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September 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Congratulations @christinajcross.bsky.social ! #AcademicSky
christinajcross.bsky.social Christina J. Cross @christinajcross.bsky.social · Sep 16
Publication day is finally here 🎊 Many thanks to my team for helping bring INHERITED INEQUALITY to life & many thanks to you all for making it #1! Please be sure to leave a review—it REALLY makes a difference.
September 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
umichstonecid.bsky.social
Did you know that declining birth rates help explain U.S. women's progress toward pay #equality with men? Learn more in the new article out now from our own @sashakillewald.bsky.social in the @us.theconversation.com

myumi.ch/qZEp1

#AcademicSky #sociology #umich @um-src.bsky.social
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September 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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@sashakillewald.bsky.social in @us.theconversation.com:
"The number of children Americans have affects the gender pay gap only because parenthood decreases women’s wages while increasing men’s wages." @umichstonecid.bsky.social
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US women narrowed the pay gap with men by having fewer kids
Two sociologists found that when the pace at which family sizes was shrinking slowed down, starting in the 1990s, progress toward closing the gender pay gap grew sluggish too.
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September 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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umpsid.bsky.social
Did you know that, despite the pandemic, American families reported less food insecurity from 2019-2021 – even for socially disadvantaged groups? Learn more in the new publication by Elise Sheinberg, our own @ninsolera.bsky.social, & Nour Hammad, out now from @jamahealthforum.com: myumi.ch/z9yy2
September 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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asanews.bsky.social
Free to read! New research in Socius from ASA member Spencer Allen @spencerallen.bsky.social @um-psc.bsky.social shows that, while broadband access has increased in the U.S. since 2013, gaps by race, education, and poverty still persist. @sociusjournal.bsky.social‬
Trends and Disparities in Broadband Internet Access in the United States, 2013 to 2023 - Spencer Allen, 2025
Since the turn of the century, sociologists and other scholars concerned about digital inequality have most often been concerned about disparities in the qualit...
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August 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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ICYMI: See what we're up to in September: mailchi.mp/umich/cid-se...
First up: @schechtlm.bsky.social on September 9! #AcademicSky #PublicPolicy #WealthInequality
Manuel Schechtl will join us at the Stone Center on September 9 to present Rising Wealth Concentration and Disparities in Social Outcomes Across the United States.
August 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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sashakillewald.bsky.social
It was an absolute honor to share a @umpsid.bsky.social RA office with @ninsolera.bsky.social more years ago than either of us care to remember, and it's a joy to have her as part of the @umichstonecid.bsky.social team now!
umichstonecid.bsky.social Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics @umichstonecid.bsky.social · Aug 26
Get to know our faculty associate & @umpsid.bsky.social Asst. Dir. Noura Insolera @ninsolera.bsky.social‬ whose #research explores how income #inequality affects health & educational outcomes over the life course & across generations. #econsky #academicsky

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An image of Noura Insolera is on the left with the headline on the right on a blue background. It reads Inequality Scholar Spotlight: Noura Insolera. Satisfying Interdisciplinary Instincts with Economics, Sociology, and Statistics. The Stone Center logo is on the bottom.
August 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
umichstonecid.bsky.social
Get to know our faculty associate & @umpsid.bsky.social Asst. Dir. Noura Insolera @ninsolera.bsky.social‬ whose #research explores how income #inequality affects health & educational outcomes over the life course & across generations. #econsky #academicsky

inequality.umich.edu/iss-noura-in...
An image of Noura Insolera is on the left with the headline on the right on a blue background. It reads Inequality Scholar Spotlight: Noura Insolera. Satisfying Interdisciplinary Instincts with Economics, Sociology, and Statistics. The Stone Center logo is on the bottom.
August 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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brendannyhan.bsky.social
New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357

Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!
August 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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um-psc.bsky.social
Davis Daumler and Jane Furey, 2025 Sociology graduates of the PSC training program and @umichstonecid.bsky.social, won recognitions from @asanews.bsky.social for their work that's helped us better understand inequality in America. Read more & congrats @umich.edu!
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PSC and Stone Center Trainees Win ASA Recognitions for Work on US Inequality
The University of Michigan distinguished itself this week as the most awarded university at the annual conference of the American Sociological Association (ASA) in Chicago, sweeping in 19 awards– 11 o...
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August 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
umichstonecid.bsky.social
From the @theconversation.com today by @maggielevenstein.bsky.social & @johnkubale.bsky.social “Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it.”‬
#academicsky #data #umich
@icpsr.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social
Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it
Detailed data that US government agencies collect and make available has underpinned research about people, medicine, science, crime, jobs, housing, climate and the economy.
theconversation.com
August 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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jeremylevine.bsky.social
I posted a comment on Rubin's Theory & Society article, "Normativity is not a replacement for theory" in @socarxiv.bsky.social. The theory, that activism-motivated scholars caused the decline in theory, is unsupported by the evidence and fails on its own terms. Download here: osf.io/fyvdr_v1/dow...
August 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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jeremylevine.bsky.social
Really awesome semester in the works, showcasing a nice range of scholarship on inequality.
umichstonecid.bsky.social Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics @umichstonecid.bsky.social · Aug 5
Have you seen what we're up to next semester? 👀 From #Econ & Public #Policy to #Sociology & Urban Planning, our fall lineup of speakers represent an array of fields studying social #inequality. #AcademicSky We hope you can joins us! 👇

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Join the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics on Tuesdays from 10:30-12 noon as we host our Fall 2025 Speaker Series.
August 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM