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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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Join the @umichstonecid.bsky.social for Ségal Le Guern Herry (@amse-aixmarseille.fr): Wealth Taxation and Portfolio Allocation
Tuesday, February 17, 10:30am-12:00pm EDT
RSVP to save your seat: myumi.ch/VVmqe
6050 ISR-Thompson
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February 13, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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Tuesday, we welcome #economist Ségal Le Guern Herry to #Umich as he presents, “Wealth Taxation and Portfolio Allocation.” Join us February 17 at @umisr.bsky.social. #AcademicSky

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Event flyer from the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics at the University of Michigan, featuring “Wealth Taxation and Portfolio Allocation.” Scheduled for Tuesday, February 17 from 10:30 am to 12 pm at ISR 6050, 426 Thompson Street. The speaker is Ségal Le Guern Herry, PhD, Assistant Professor at Aix-Marseille School of Economics. A prompt to learn more directs to inequality.umich.edu.
February 13, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Check it out @asanews.bsky.social #ASA2026 attendees!
joelabriola.bsky.social Joe LaBriola @joelabriola.bsky.social · 3d
Urban sociologists! I'm organizing a Community and Urban Sociology Section session at the 2026 ASA Annual Meeting titled "Housing as an Asset." Please submit extended abstracts or full papers related to topics on homeownership, house values, taxation, mortgages, etc. Deadline is 2/25. bit.ly/3Zx2eez
American Sociological Association 2026
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February 13, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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Did you miss Monica's presentation on Tuesday? Catch the recording on YouTube: youtu.be/RYFlbsPPHxc
February 13, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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Really excited to present work on tax base fragmentation at @umisr.bsky.social tomorrow! Come check it out!
February 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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🔔 Join us for the "ICPSR Live Demo: Data Fair Edition" today at #LoveData26! 📊

🗓️ Tuesday, February 10, 2026
🕛 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET
🔗 Register at myumi.ch/kPW59

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Announcement for ICPSR Live Demo: Data Fair Edition on February 10, 2026, from 3 to 4 p.m. ET with registration link provided.
February 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Research ethics ? (please send resources!): I'm writing about publicly available court cases from 1970s describing gender-based violence (SA, DV). Victims' names are listed. Citations for the cases is "In Re [victim name]..." Ok to name victims in text? Feels violating, but maybe I'm overthinking.
February 10, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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Tomorrow at 10:30 am EST! Monica Prasad joins @umichstonecid.bsky.social as she presents “Solving the Biggest Problems: Problem-Solving Sociology and American Populism.” #AcademicSky #Sociology

Get the details to join us at @umisr.bsky.social and save your seat: myumi.ch/kPEMp
Event announcement for a CID Speaker Series talk on problem-solving sociology and American populism with Monica Prasad.
February 9, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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Motherhood costs Danish women an average of $120,000 in earnings over two decades, according to a sociologist who researches family and economics. Generous government benefits like paid leave, childcare and child allowances recovered about $100,000 of that loss. buff.ly/pAtuCS0
Denmark’s generous child care and parental leave policies erase 80% of the ‘motherhood penalty’ for working moms
Two researchers found that Danish government benefits do not fully offset moms’ lost earnings. But they do help offset lost income for working women with kids.
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February 3, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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ICYMI: our own Stone Center Director @sashakillewald.bsky.social explores the costly ‘motherhood penalty’ and how one country is erasing it. Learn more in her article from the@us.theconversation.com:

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Denmark’s generous child care and parental leave policies erase 80% of the ‘motherhood penalty’ for working moms
Two researchers found that Danish government benefits do not fully offset moms’ lost earnings. But they do help offset lost income for working women with kids.
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February 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Yet *another* paper from this project: "Racial Disparities in Victim Compensation Program Claim Approvals for Adult Survivors of Sexual Assault: 18 US States, 2015–2023," forth. in the American Journal of Public Health with more A+ coauthors. Open access 🔗: ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/epdf/10....
Objectives. To examine racial/ethnic disparities in victim compensation claim approval rates for adult survivors of sexual assault. Methods. We analyzed administrative data from 18 US state victim compensation programs (2015–2023), covering 45 934 claims from adult sexual assault survivors. We used multivariable linear probability models to examine predictors of claim approval, adjusting for survivor age and state and year fixed effects. Results. Of all claims, 93.4% were from women; 41.7% were from White, 20.8% were from Latina, and 15% were from Black applicants. Black and Indigenous women’s claims were less likely to be approved than were White women’s (P < .001). The most common denial reason was lack of evidence that a crime had occurred (34.4%). Racial/ethnic disparities appear to be driven by administrative paperwork burdens. Approval rates varied widely, from 29.4% in Illinois to 94.1% in New Hampshire. Claims referred by hospitals or law enforcement had higher probabilities of approval than did those referred by other sources. Conclusions. Racial disparities exist in victim compensation claim approvals. FIGURE 2— Denied Claims for Women Sexual Assault Survivors by Denial Reason: 18 US States, 2015–2023
February 6, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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So excited for our own #UmichSociology @robertmanduca.bsky.social's talk next week. 🥳 Get the deets: events.umich.edu/event/136463
February 6, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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Up next @umichstonecid.bsky.social! We’re excited to host Monica Prasad as she presents “Solving the Biggest Problems: Problem-Solving Sociology and American Populism.” #AcademicSky #Sociology

Get the details to join us at @umisr.bsky.social and save your seat: myumi.ch/kPEMp
Event announcement for a CID Speaker Series talk on problem-solving sociology and American populism with Monica Prasad.
February 6, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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Proud to share *another* paper from this project, with a group go amazing coauthors: "Racial Disparities in Victim Compensation Among Homicide Survivors in the United States", forthcoming in Race and Justice. Link below 👇: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
This study investigates racial disparities in victim compensation among families of homicide victims across 18 U.S. states from 2015 to 2023. Using individual-level administrative data and national expenditure records, we find that families of Black homicide victims file more claims than any other group but have lower approval rates than families of White victims. We document statistically significant racial disparities in claim approvals, even after controlling for gender, state, and application year. The disparity is especially pronounced in denials attributed to “contributory misconduct,” a discretionary determination made largely by law enforcement assessing whether the deceased was engaged in conduct, broadly defined, that may have contributed to their victimization. Contributory misconduct accounted for nearly one-third of all denials, and families of Black victims comprised 57% of such denials despite accounting for only 46% of claims. Our findings show that this mechanism, alongside others such as incomplete applications and statutory ineligibility, disproportionately impacts Black families. These patterns suggest that discretionary and potentially racially biased judgments embedded in the compensation process can exacerbate structural inequalities in access to victim services. Our findings support recent but withdrawn proposals to revise the federal Victims of Crime Act Compensation Guidelines. Figure 3. Black–White Gaps in Predicted Probability of Claim Approval for Families of Homicide Victims
February 5, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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Proud to share my recently published article in Law & Society Review: "Whose victimization pays? Policing innocent
victimhood in victim compensation law". The article explores how policing affects the recognition of crime victims under victim compensation law. 🔗👇: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Abstract Front-line workers mediate law on the books and law in action, translating higher-level laws into local policy. One important mediating institution is the police. Whereas most research analyzes how the law empowers police to label certain denizens “criminals” – both within and outside criminal legal contexts – this article demonstrates how policing also affects who is recognized as an innocent crime victim. Synthesizing existing scholarship, I theorize three paths through which police can affect legal recognition of crime victims: criminalization, minimization, and legal estrangement. I then test the extent to which these processes affect victims’ access to public benefits provided under victim compensation law. Drawing on never-before-analyzed administrative data from 18 U.S. states (N = 768,382), I find police account for more than half of all victim benefits denials. These denials are racialized and gendered: Police are significantly more likely to criminalize and be estranged from Black male victims and significantly more likely to minimize the injuries of Black female victims. Additional qualitative data suggest police systematically perceive Black men as not truly innocent and Black survivors of gender-based violence as not truly victims. These findings advance our understanding of the expansive role of police in society as well as the porous boundary between social provision and social control. Figure 6. Predicted probability of “failure to cooperate” denials.
February 4, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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Excited to share the findings from Therese Christensen's and my article! In a nutshell: living in Denmark doesn't prevent you from experiencing a motherhood earnings penalty, but it does give you access to government benefits that help offset those financial losses.
February 2, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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#Umich @umichstonecid.bsky.social Director @sashakillewald.bsky.social asks, “Can government programs that provide financial support to parents offset the motherhood penalty in earnings?” Learn more in the article in the @us.theconversation.com 🧵 (1/2) #SocialInequality

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Denmark’s generous child care and parental leave policies erase 80% of the ‘motherhood penalty’ for working moms
Two researchers found that Danish government benefits do not fully offset moms’ lost earnings. But they do help offset lost income for working women with kids.
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February 2, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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Who should care for older adults, especially when dementia is involved?

New ISR research led by @spattersearch.bsky.social finds strong expectations for family caregiving, even as families shrink and needs grow.

Learn more about this study on caregiving expectations: myumi.ch/kPEqj
Graphic with a quote and a photo of Sarah Patterson, Research Assistant Professor at the Institute for Social Research. Quote text reads: “Our findings show that the public continues to see the family as highly responsible for the care of older adults, but that levels of responsibility vary by relationship type.” Sarah Patterson is smiling, wearing glasses, a yellow cardigan, and black top, with the ISR building in the background.
January 29, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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SRC director, @umpamdk.bsky.social, says, "This generous support allows us to continue to address some of the most pressing research questions of our time."
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@umichstonecid.bsky.social at ISR has received a 5 million dollar gift from the Stone Foundation to advance research on wealth inequality and mobility.

Learn more about this gift to the Stone Center: myumi.ch/Nr4pD
graphic for the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics. A quote from Alexander Adames reads: “The community and opportunities provided by the Stone Center made Michigan the choice in deciding where to start my career as a wealth scholar.” To the right is a headshot of Alexander Adames, a smiling man with short curly hair wearing a white button-up shirt. The graphic includes the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics logo at the bottom.
January 26, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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We’re thrilled to share that @umichstonecid.bsky.social has received a new $5M gift from the Stone Foundation to continue our critical work to produce research on social inequality and train the next generation of #inequality scholars. Learn more:

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January 26, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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The deadline for ISR’s Junior Professional Researcher Program is approaching. ISR Director Kate Cagney recently highlighted how JPR launches social science research careers in a Look to Leadership column. Apply by February 1, 2026!

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Look to Leadership: ISR Junior Professional Researcher Program opens doors to careers in social science research | The University Record
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January 21, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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For Martin Luther King Jr Day, join Extending the Legacy: Innovations of the 25 Year Follow up of the National Survey of American Life, a hybrid event on what 25 years of data reveal about stress, resilience, and dementia in Black communities

Join us at 2 pm at ISR or virtually!
Event flyer titled "Extending the Legacy: Innovations of the 25-Year Follow-up of the National Survey of American Life." Event date: January 19, 2026, lecture at 2 p.m., reception to follow. Location: Institute for Social Research, 426 Thompson St, Room 1430. On the right side is the NSAL 25-Year Follow-Up logo and headshots with names of six featured participants: Stephanie Chardoul, Briana Mezuk, Evyonne Mixon, Norma Reed, Deborah Robinson, and Belinda Tucker. ISR logo appears at the bottom left.
January 19, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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Did you miss @joelabriola.bsky.social's talk? It's now available online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvsK...
January 15, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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Today at 12 EST at #umich @umisr.bsky.social! We’re thrilled to host our own @joelabriola.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social faculty as he presents, “The Tax Treatment of Housing as a Source of Racial Inequality.” Join us in person or Zoom – 📧 DM us for the link.🥳

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University of Michigan Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics announces the CID Speaker Series featuring Joe LaBriola on “The Tax Treatment of Housing as a Source of Racial Inequality.” Event scheduled for Wednesday, January 14, noon to 1:30 p.m. at ISR 6050, with a link for more information.
January 14, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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Tomorrow at 10:30 AM EDT! We're excited to host @johnvoorheis.bsky.social from the US Census as he presents, "Housing Capital & Intergenerational Mobility in the US." #AcademicSky #EconSky

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University of Michigan Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics presents the CID Speaker Series with John Voorheis discussing “Housing Capital and Intergenerational Mobility in the United States” on Tuesday, January 13, 10:30 a.m.–12 noon at ISR 1430, 426 Thompson St.
January 12, 2026 at 5:29 PM