UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility
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The Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility advances interdisciplinary research on the origins and nature of contemporary inequalities.
We know family income matters, but new research reveals when it matters most for adult earnings. Using a low-assumption, trajectory-based approach, Chang et al. find the largest impacts in middle childhood & adolescence, and that income & family structure are complementary.
Read now → bit.ly/48tPxX2
Read now → bit.ly/48tPxX2
November 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We know family income matters, but new research reveals when it matters most for adult earnings. Using a low-assumption, trajectory-based approach, Chang et al. find the largest impacts in middle childhood & adolescence, and that income & family structure are complementary.
Read now → bit.ly/48tPxX2
Read now → bit.ly/48tPxX2
Doug Downey wants to convince you that schools actually reduce inequality, not expand it. In his conversation with @gtwodtke.bsky.social, they examine how the education system likely compensates for SES gaps and why school reforms are a band-aid fix to root problems.
Listen now → bit.ly/48nPLij
Listen now → bit.ly/48nPLij
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Doug Downey wants to convince you that schools actually reduce inequality, not expand it. In his conversation with @gtwodtke.bsky.social, they examine how the education system likely compensates for SES gaps and why school reforms are a band-aid fix to root problems.
Listen now → bit.ly/48nPLij
Listen now → bit.ly/48nPLij
Decades of research on gender disparities, one fascinating conversation. Nicole Fortin (@stone-centre-ubc.bsky.social) joins @durlauf.bsky.social to discuss decomposition methods, women’s underrepresentation in economics, & shifting views on minimum wage.
Listen now → bit.ly/49MQU48
Listen now → bit.ly/49MQU48
November 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Decades of research on gender disparities, one fascinating conversation. Nicole Fortin (@stone-centre-ubc.bsky.social) joins @durlauf.bsky.social to discuss decomposition methods, women’s underrepresentation in economics, & shifting views on minimum wage.
Listen now → bit.ly/49MQU48
Listen now → bit.ly/49MQU48
The right time to have a baby isn't just personal – it's economic. This Friday, Professor Yana Gallen explores how the timing of motherhood can influence women's career trajectories and why delay is often a strategic choice.
Register here → bit.ly/47z4qWg
Register here → bit.ly/47z4qWg
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The right time to have a baby isn't just personal – it's economic. This Friday, Professor Yana Gallen explores how the timing of motherhood can influence women's career trajectories and why delay is often a strategic choice.
Register here → bit.ly/47z4qWg
Register here → bit.ly/47z4qWg
Textbooks can meaningfully shape children's worldviews. Using computational methods, @aadukia.bsky.social & Emileigh Harrison find that while Texas and California public school texts are similar, religious versions depict fewer women, lighter skin, and more faith content. Read more → bit.ly/43pvNRC
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Textbooks can meaningfully shape children's worldviews. Using computational methods, @aadukia.bsky.social & Emileigh Harrison find that while Texas and California public school texts are similar, religious versions depict fewer women, lighter skin, and more faith content. Read more → bit.ly/43pvNRC
Tonight at Harris School of Public Policy: Why Economic Inequalities Endure. For decades, Sam Bowles has challenged how we think about economics, democracy, and inequality. Ahead of his talk, hear him compare capitalism and democracy on The Inequality Podcast.
Listen → bit.ly/43Qi8mz
Listen → bit.ly/43Qi8mz
November 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Tonight at Harris School of Public Policy: Why Economic Inequalities Endure. For decades, Sam Bowles has challenged how we think about economics, democracy, and inequality. Ahead of his talk, hear him compare capitalism and democracy on The Inequality Podcast.
Listen → bit.ly/43Qi8mz
Listen → bit.ly/43Qi8mz
Inequality Reconsidered: A Week with the Stone Center begins today! Missed the registration window for our Nov. 4 lecture with Sam Bowles? Don’t worry, you can still join “Why Economic Inequalities Endure” on Thursday, Nov. 6.
Seats are limited, don't wait → cvent.me/aWXMPq
Seats are limited, don't wait → cvent.me/aWXMPq
November 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Inequality Reconsidered: A Week with the Stone Center begins today! Missed the registration window for our Nov. 4 lecture with Sam Bowles? Don’t worry, you can still join “Why Economic Inequalities Endure” on Thursday, Nov. 6.
Seats are limited, don't wait → cvent.me/aWXMPq
Seats are limited, don't wait → cvent.me/aWXMPq
In under two weeks, Inequality Reconsidered: A Week with the Stone Center begins. Join Samuel Bowles & Steven Durlauf at the Harris School of Public Policy on November 4th and 6th to unpack why economic inequalities endure.
Reserve your seat → cvent.me/aWXMPq
Reserve your seat → cvent.me/aWXMPq
October 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
In under two weeks, Inequality Reconsidered: A Week with the Stone Center begins. Join Samuel Bowles & Steven Durlauf at the Harris School of Public Policy on November 4th and 6th to unpack why economic inequalities endure.
Reserve your seat → cvent.me/aWXMPq
Reserve your seat → cvent.me/aWXMPq
Join Professor Joe Soss on Friday morning to hear about the legal plunder of the justice system. Soss will discuss the origins, operations, and consequences of revenue shifts from communities to governments and corporations.
Join us by registering here → zurl.co/LbUc5
Join us by registering here → zurl.co/LbUc5
October 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Join Professor Joe Soss on Friday morning to hear about the legal plunder of the justice system. Soss will discuss the origins, operations, and consequences of revenue shifts from communities to governments and corporations.
Join us by registering here → zurl.co/LbUc5
Join us by registering here → zurl.co/LbUc5
It’s not every day we interview one of our own directors on the Podcast, but when we do, it’s worth a listen. @durlauf.bsky.social talks with @nomadj1s.bsky.social about household finance, UBI, editing a special issue of the JEL, and what an individualistic perspective might omit.
🎧→ bit.ly/4qlcFOt
🎧→ bit.ly/4qlcFOt
October 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
It’s not every day we interview one of our own directors on the Podcast, but when we do, it’s worth a listen. @durlauf.bsky.social talks with @nomadj1s.bsky.social about household finance, UBI, editing a special issue of the JEL, and what an individualistic perspective might omit.
🎧→ bit.ly/4qlcFOt
🎧→ bit.ly/4qlcFOt
Criminal justice institutions generate billions—but who benefits? This Friday, join Professor Joe Soss to discuss racial capitalism, legal plunder, and political resistance.
Register here to join the conversation → forms.gle/bbnp8ZgfBxE7NAJC8
Register here to join the conversation → forms.gle/bbnp8ZgfBxE7NAJC8
October 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Criminal justice institutions generate billions—but who benefits? This Friday, join Professor Joe Soss to discuss racial capitalism, legal plunder, and political resistance.
Register here to join the conversation → forms.gle/bbnp8ZgfBxE7NAJC8
Register here to join the conversation → forms.gle/bbnp8ZgfBxE7NAJC8
Inequality persists not by accident, but by architecture. Join Samuel Bowles & @durlauf.bsky.social for Inequality Reconsidered: A Week with the Stone Center featuring insightful exchanges on research, policy, and the path forward.
Systems won't change themselves. Be a Part of It → cvent.me/aWXMPq
Systems won't change themselves. Be a Part of It → cvent.me/aWXMPq
October 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Inequality persists not by accident, but by architecture. Join Samuel Bowles & @durlauf.bsky.social for Inequality Reconsidered: A Week with the Stone Center featuring insightful exchanges on research, policy, and the path forward.
Systems won't change themselves. Be a Part of It → cvent.me/aWXMPq
Systems won't change themselves. Be a Part of It → cvent.me/aWXMPq
Discussions about student loans are in the news more than ever. This Friday, we’ll hear from an expert who's using administrative credit bureau data to study the effects of loan forgiveness. Register now to be part of the conversation → zurl.co/sZ9VG
October 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Discussions about student loans are in the news more than ever. This Friday, we’ll hear from an expert who's using administrative credit bureau data to study the effects of loan forgiveness. Register now to be part of the conversation → zurl.co/sZ9VG
Registration for the Autumn 2025 Inequality Workshop is now open → forms.gle/bbnp8ZgfBxE7...
We'll see you there!
We'll see you there!
October 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Registration for the Autumn 2025 Inequality Workshop is now open → forms.gle/bbnp8ZgfBxE7...
We'll see you there!
We'll see you there!
Measuring inequality of opportunity must account for the context in which choices are made. Using linear Bayesian model averaging & machine-learning methods, researchers show how estimates of opportunity inequality vary across model specifications and EU countries.
Read the paper → zurl.co/WD1ej
Read the paper → zurl.co/WD1ej
October 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Measuring inequality of opportunity must account for the context in which choices are made. Using linear Bayesian model averaging & machine-learning methods, researchers show how estimates of opportunity inequality vary across model specifications and EU countries.
Read the paper → zurl.co/WD1ej
Read the paper → zurl.co/WD1ej
What if the goal isn’t equal outcomes, but equal access? This week on the podcast, @durlauf.bsky.social and @fishkin.bsky.social discuss opportunity pluralism, meritocracy, and how political economy has shaped American democracy.
If you care about inequality, this is a must-listen → zurl.co/JRALG
If you care about inequality, this is a must-listen → zurl.co/JRALG
October 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
What if the goal isn’t equal outcomes, but equal access? This week on the podcast, @durlauf.bsky.social and @fishkin.bsky.social discuss opportunity pluralism, meritocracy, and how political economy has shaped American democracy.
If you care about inequality, this is a must-listen → zurl.co/JRALG
If you care about inequality, this is a must-listen → zurl.co/JRALG
@durlauf.bsky.social reviews two complementary books on economic history, How the World Became Rich & Slouching Towards Utopia. Both works cogently integrate contingent explanation and historical patterns in tracing the path of global growth.
Read his review → bit.ly/42WIenz
Read his review → bit.ly/42WIenz
October 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
@durlauf.bsky.social reviews two complementary books on economic history, How the World Became Rich & Slouching Towards Utopia. Both works cogently integrate contingent explanation and historical patterns in tracing the path of global growth.
Read his review → bit.ly/42WIenz
Read his review → bit.ly/42WIenz
Earlier this month, we hosted an authors' conference for the upcoming volume, "Whither Meritocracy?" published by the ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
Read the recap and preview what's to come → bit.ly/46VBKro
Read the recap and preview what's to come → bit.ly/46VBKro
September 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Earlier this month, we hosted an authors' conference for the upcoming volume, "Whither Meritocracy?" published by the ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
Read the recap and preview what's to come → bit.ly/46VBKro
Read the recap and preview what's to come → bit.ly/46VBKro
How do political dynasties impact development? Using election results and nightlight data from Punjab, Pakistan, researchers find that dynasties negatively impact growth, persisting by offering security instead of growth-enhancing goods.
Read it now → bit.ly/46GNKMp
Read it now → bit.ly/46GNKMp
September 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
How do political dynasties impact development? Using election results and nightlight data from Punjab, Pakistan, researchers find that dynasties negatively impact growth, persisting by offering security instead of growth-enhancing goods.
Read it now → bit.ly/46GNKMp
Read it now → bit.ly/46GNKMp
Alexander Monge-Naranjo has been researching the role of credit constraints in shaping educational attainment. He sits down with @durlauf.bsky.social to discuss how credit access matters for recent cohorts, whereas family resources were more determinative for earlier groups.
Listen → bit.ly/4nOXPxK
Listen → bit.ly/4nOXPxK
September 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Alexander Monge-Naranjo has been researching the role of credit constraints in shaping educational attainment. He sits down with @durlauf.bsky.social to discuss how credit access matters for recent cohorts, whereas family resources were more determinative for earlier groups.
Listen → bit.ly/4nOXPxK
Listen → bit.ly/4nOXPxK
In a new paper, Coleman & Lukina re-examine assortative matching literature using new rank correlation measures. Contrary to previous results, they find that assortative matching actually rose from the 1960s through the 1980s to 2013, rather than flattening out.
Read their research→ bit.ly/4mqXDDH
Read their research→ bit.ly/4mqXDDH
September 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
In a new paper, Coleman & Lukina re-examine assortative matching literature using new rank correlation measures. Contrary to previous results, they find that assortative matching actually rose from the 1960s through the 1980s to 2013, rather than flattening out.
Read their research→ bit.ly/4mqXDDH
Read their research→ bit.ly/4mqXDDH
Announcing the 2025-2026 Inequality Workshop schedule!
Join us throughout the academic year for dialogue and critical commentary on some of today’s most pressing issues.
Want early access? Sign up for our newsletter → bit.ly/4pxC2fC
#InequalityResearch #AcademicWorkshops #UChicago
Join us throughout the academic year for dialogue and critical commentary on some of today’s most pressing issues.
Want early access? Sign up for our newsletter → bit.ly/4pxC2fC
#InequalityResearch #AcademicWorkshops #UChicago
September 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Announcing the 2025-2026 Inequality Workshop schedule!
Join us throughout the academic year for dialogue and critical commentary on some of today’s most pressing issues.
Want early access? Sign up for our newsletter → bit.ly/4pxC2fC
#InequalityResearch #AcademicWorkshops #UChicago
Join us throughout the academic year for dialogue and critical commentary on some of today’s most pressing issues.
Want early access? Sign up for our newsletter → bit.ly/4pxC2fC
#InequalityResearch #AcademicWorkshops #UChicago
Inter-province income/education inequality in China isn’t new; intra-province inequality might be. @butaevak.bsky.social & Park show that poorer provinces have higher inequality because of higher educational inequality, higher returns to schooling & lower average attainment. Read now→ bit.ly/3Vhf8Lz
September 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Inter-province income/education inequality in China isn’t new; intra-province inequality might be. @butaevak.bsky.social & Park show that poorer provinces have higher inequality because of higher educational inequality, higher returns to schooling & lower average attainment. Read now→ bit.ly/3Vhf8Lz
"How much of the inequality we observe today can be predicted by inherited circumstances?”
This week on the podcast, Steven Durlauf is joined by Francisco Ferreira to explore how inherited inequality unfolds across countries and regions.
🎧 Hear the full conversation bit.ly/45XLHnV
This week on the podcast, Steven Durlauf is joined by Francisco Ferreira to explore how inherited inequality unfolds across countries and regions.
🎧 Hear the full conversation bit.ly/45XLHnV
September 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"How much of the inequality we observe today can be predicted by inherited circumstances?”
This week on the podcast, Steven Durlauf is joined by Francisco Ferreira to explore how inherited inequality unfolds across countries and regions.
🎧 Hear the full conversation bit.ly/45XLHnV
This week on the podcast, Steven Durlauf is joined by Francisco Ferreira to explore how inherited inequality unfolds across countries and regions.
🎧 Hear the full conversation bit.ly/45XLHnV
Looking for a part-time job that supports inequality research?
The Stone Center is hiring a Student Program Assistant! This is a great fit for students interested in research operations, policy, and communications. Apply now on Handshake or Grad Gargoyle!
The Stone Center is hiring a Student Program Assistant! This is a great fit for students interested in research operations, policy, and communications. Apply now on Handshake or Grad Gargoyle!
September 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Looking for a part-time job that supports inequality research?
The Stone Center is hiring a Student Program Assistant! This is a great fit for students interested in research operations, policy, and communications. Apply now on Handshake or Grad Gargoyle!
The Stone Center is hiring a Student Program Assistant! This is a great fit for students interested in research operations, policy, and communications. Apply now on Handshake or Grad Gargoyle!