Manuel Schechtl
@schechtlm.bsky.social
Assistant Prof. at UNC-Chapel Hill | previously Postdoc at the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality | PhD from Humboldt University Berlin | inequality, wealth, poverty, taxes, redistribution, social & public policy. https://schechtl.github.io
One pathway through which childhood exposure to local wealth inequality might influence upward mobility of low-income kids is through its association with educational outcomes.
October 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
One pathway through which childhood exposure to local wealth inequality might influence upward mobility of low-income kids is through its association with educational outcomes.
Simulation exercises suggest that childhood exposure to local wealth inequality is more central to upward mobility than exposure to local income inequality itself.
October 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Simulation exercises suggest that childhood exposure to local wealth inequality is more central to upward mobility than exposure to local income inequality itself.
Combining wealth estimates from geowealth-us and mobility data from opportunity insights, I demonstrate a negative association between childhood exposure to wealth inequality and upward income mobility outcomes later in life.
October 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Combining wealth estimates from geowealth-us and mobility data from opportunity insights, I demonstrate a negative association between childhood exposure to wealth inequality and upward income mobility outcomes later in life.
Is childhood exposure to local wealth inequality associated with upward income mobility achieved in adulthood? Yes! Check out my new paper, just published in @natureportfolio.nature.com here: doi.org/10.1038/s414... #EconSky #Sociology #Demography
October 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Is childhood exposure to local wealth inequality associated with upward income mobility achieved in adulthood? Yes! Check out my new paper, just published in @natureportfolio.nature.com here: doi.org/10.1038/s414... #EconSky #Sociology #Demography
I am organizing session 711 Wealth Inequality: International
Comparative Perspectives at PAA 2026. Deadline for submissions is Oct 5th. Non-comparative papers on wealth inequality are also welcome.
Comparative Perspectives at PAA 2026. Deadline for submissions is Oct 5th. Non-comparative papers on wealth inequality are also welcome.
October 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I am organizing session 711 Wealth Inequality: International
Comparative Perspectives at PAA 2026. Deadline for submissions is Oct 5th. Non-comparative papers on wealth inequality are also welcome.
Comparative Perspectives at PAA 2026. Deadline for submissions is Oct 5th. Non-comparative papers on wealth inequality are also welcome.
This is based on the geowealth-us data (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) and the state democracy index (democracypolicylab.berkeley.edu/state-democr...)
July 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This is based on the geowealth-us data (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) and the state democracy index (democracypolicylab.berkeley.edu/state-democr...)
⚠️ New timely WP ⚠️ Rising wealth inequality and democratic backsliding at the US state-level #EconSky #Sociology #PolicySky
@stone-lis.bsky.social WP here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...
@stone-lis.bsky.social WP here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...
July 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
⚠️ New timely WP ⚠️ Rising wealth inequality and democratic backsliding at the US state-level #EconSky #Sociology #PolicySky
@stone-lis.bsky.social WP here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...
@stone-lis.bsky.social WP here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...
Very happy to announce I received the University of Michigan Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics visiting fellowship 2025-2026! I am looking forward to be a part of the community @umichstonecid.bsky.social
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April 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Very happy to announce I received the University of Michigan Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics visiting fellowship 2025-2026! I am looking forward to be a part of the community @umichstonecid.bsky.social
inequality.umich.edu/25-26-visiti...
inequality.umich.edu/25-26-visiti...
🚨Now published in issue 🚨
What happens to female labor market supply when their male partner starts to earn payroll tax exempt income? Joint work w/ @andreashaupt.bsky.social, now open access at JMF: doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
#sociology #gendersky #polisky #econsky
What happens to female labor market supply when their male partner starts to earn payroll tax exempt income? Joint work w/ @andreashaupt.bsky.social, now open access at JMF: doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
#sociology #gendersky #polisky #econsky
March 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
🚨Now published in issue 🚨
What happens to female labor market supply when their male partner starts to earn payroll tax exempt income? Joint work w/ @andreashaupt.bsky.social, now open access at JMF: doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
#sociology #gendersky #polisky #econsky
What happens to female labor market supply when their male partner starts to earn payroll tax exempt income? Joint work w/ @andreashaupt.bsky.social, now open access at JMF: doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
#sociology #gendersky #polisky #econsky
🚨New publication alert🚨
What happens to female labor market supply when their male partner starts to earn payroll tax exempt income? Joint work w/ @andreashaupt.bsky.social, now open access at JMF: doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
#sociology #gendersky #polisky #econsky
What happens to female labor market supply when their male partner starts to earn payroll tax exempt income? Joint work w/ @andreashaupt.bsky.social, now open access at JMF: doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
#sociology #gendersky #polisky #econsky
December 9, 2024 at 1:18 PM
🚨New publication alert🚨
What happens to female labor market supply when their male partner starts to earn payroll tax exempt income? Joint work w/ @andreashaupt.bsky.social, now open access at JMF: doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
#sociology #gendersky #polisky #econsky
What happens to female labor market supply when their male partner starts to earn payroll tax exempt income? Joint work w/ @andreashaupt.bsky.social, now open access at JMF: doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
#sociology #gendersky #polisky #econsky
In their 2019 paper, Chetty et al find a gap in economic mobility between Black and White males.
@rourkeobrien.bsky.social & I show that municipal police is a key explanation for why we observe a racial mobility gap for males (but not females). #Sociology #EconSky doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2024.100981
@rourkeobrien.bsky.social & I show that municipal police is a key explanation for why we observe a racial mobility gap for males (but not females). #Sociology #EconSky doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2024.100981
September 6, 2024 at 1:07 PM
In their 2019 paper, Chetty et al find a gap in economic mobility between Black and White males.
@rourkeobrien.bsky.social & I show that municipal police is a key explanation for why we observe a racial mobility gap for males (but not females). #Sociology #EconSky doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2024.100981
@rourkeobrien.bsky.social & I show that municipal police is a key explanation for why we observe a racial mobility gap for males (but not females). #Sociology #EconSky doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2024.100981
🚨New paper alert 🚨 This paper is a cautionary note for those interested in wealth-income inequality correlates across countries: Don't forget about the role of public redistribution! Published OA in Socius, joint work with @norawaitkus.bsky.social. #Sociology #Polisky
doi.org/10.1177/2378...
doi.org/10.1177/2378...
July 31, 2024 at 3:43 PM
🚨New paper alert 🚨 This paper is a cautionary note for those interested in wealth-income inequality correlates across countries: Don't forget about the role of public redistribution! Published OA in Socius, joint work with @norawaitkus.bsky.social. #Sociology #Polisky
doi.org/10.1177/2378...
doi.org/10.1177/2378...
🚨New WP Altert 🚨 Low-income children growing up in CZs with higher wealth inequality achieve lower incomes in adulthood compared to their peers growing up in CZs with lower wealth inequality: doi.org/10.31219/osf... EconSky PoliSky Sociology
March 21, 2024 at 12:09 PM
🚨New WP Altert 🚨 Low-income children growing up in CZs with higher wealth inequality achieve lower incomes in adulthood compared to their peers growing up in CZs with lower wealth inequality: doi.org/10.31219/osf... EconSky PoliSky Sociology
Thrilled to announce that I am joining UNC-Chapel Hill this fall as Assistant Professor of Public Policy! Many thanks to @stone-lis.bsky.social and everyone who helped me get there.
March 7, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Thrilled to announce that I am joining UNC-Chapel Hill this fall as Assistant Professor of Public Policy! Many thanks to @stone-lis.bsky.social and everyone who helped me get there.
Quick look at the UK inheritance tax discussion using the wealthproject.gc.cuny.edu/EIG/ In 2021, the UK raised 0,78% of total tax revenue from inheritance and gifts vs 1,65% in France (in the 1960s, the UK collected over 2,66%!). The UK annually collects about $12 Billion less than France. #EconSky
November 19, 2023 at 6:54 PM
Quick look at the UK inheritance tax discussion using the wealthproject.gc.cuny.edu/EIG/ In 2021, the UK raised 0,78% of total tax revenue from inheritance and gifts vs 1,65% in France (in the 1960s, the UK collected over 2,66%!). The UK annually collects about $12 Billion less than France. #EconSky
Join me at @appam.bsky.social on Saturday 13.45 for my presentation on the payroll tax contribution limit and married women's labor market outcomes! Session on women's agency. Also happy to meet anyone interested throughout the conference! #GenderSky #Sociology #EconSky #PoliSky
November 9, 2023 at 4:57 PM
Join me at @appam.bsky.social on Saturday 13.45 for my presentation on the payroll tax contribution limit and married women's labor market outcomes! Session on women's agency. Also happy to meet anyone interested throughout the conference! #GenderSky #Sociology #EconSky #PoliSky
'Fiscal Impoverishment in Rich Democracies', joint work with @rourkeobrien.bsky.social, now published in @sfjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
We invert standard analyses of welfare state policy and poverty by focusing not on poverty alleviation but creation. #Polisky #EconSky #Sociology
We invert standard analyses of welfare state policy and poverty by focusing not on poverty alleviation but creation. #Polisky #EconSky #Sociology
October 25, 2023 at 11:05 AM
'Fiscal Impoverishment in Rich Democracies', joint work with @rourkeobrien.bsky.social, now published in @sfjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
We invert standard analyses of welfare state policy and poverty by focusing not on poverty alleviation but creation. #Polisky #EconSky #Sociology
We invert standard analyses of welfare state policy and poverty by focusing not on poverty alleviation but creation. #Polisky #EconSky #Sociology
Visualizing the evolution of estate and inheritance tax exemptions over time. What an insane development! #EconSky and #Polisci, check our interactive website with many other features here: wealthproject.gc.cuny.edu/EIG/graphs/#...
September 25, 2023 at 12:48 AM
Visualizing the evolution of estate and inheritance tax exemptions over time. What an insane development! #EconSky and #Polisci, check our interactive website with many other features here: wealthproject.gc.cuny.edu/EIG/graphs/#...
Favorite figures time? From my Socio-Economic Review paper with Daria Tisch from earlier this year (here: doi.org/10.1093/ser/...) showing how support for a wealth tax drops dramatically among wealthy! #sociology #polisci
September 20, 2023 at 3:28 PM
Favorite figures time? From my Socio-Economic Review paper with Daria Tisch from earlier this year (here: doi.org/10.1093/ser/...) showing how support for a wealth tax drops dramatically among wealthy! #sociology #polisci