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UChicago | Stone Center on Inequality & Mobility

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UChicago | Stone Center on Inequality & Mobility

@UCStoneCenter

The Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility advances interdisciplinary research on the origins and nature of contemporary inequalities.

Harris School of Public Policy

stonecenter.uchicago.edu

Joined February 2023

UChicago | Stone Center on Inequality & Mobility
@UCStoneCenter
Feb 14, 2025
Apply to attend our conference and summer school in Brasília, Brazil! We invite early-career scholars with research priorities in inequality and mobility in cross-cultural contexts. 🔗Apply here: bit.ly/40RtwfS 📅Deadline: Wednesday, April 30, 2025 Sponsored by
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UChicago | Stone Center on Inequality & Mobility
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Jun 20, 2023
🎉 Just launched! 🎙️ Join economists @sndurlauf and @nomadj1s, psychologist @ariel_kalil, and sociologist Geoff Wodtke as they explore groundbreaking research. Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/3qO0KhP Apple: bit.ly/3phD0SP Google: bit.ly/3Jp2BjH
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UChicago | Stone Center on Inequality & Mobility
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Aug 29, 2024
“Back in the day, you were lucky to get one lecture on intergenerational mobility. Now, here we are at a two-day conference dedicated to it.” On August 27, @Stanford Professor Ran Abramitzky opened the Conference on the Economics of Intergenerational Mobility by reflecting on
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UChicago | Stone Center on Inequality & Mobility
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Jul 30, 2024
Celebrating the conclusion of the Conference and Summer School on Socioeconomic Opportunity and Inequality! Our program brought together a community of scholars to exchange ideas, create lasting intellectual links, and foster generative research relationships. Organizers: ·
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UChicago | Stone Center on Inequality & Mobility
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Sep 22, 2023
Join our team @UCStoneCenter ! We’re hiring Postdoctoral Scholars with research priorities in wealth inequality and intergenerational mobility. 1 year renewable position, starting summer 2024. Apply by 15 December. Application Link: bit.ly/3PBPA9Z
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UChicago | Stone Center on Inequality & Mobility
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Nov 14, 2023
Reminder! 📖Join @UofMaryland Professor @kearney_melissa to discuss her new book on the effects of family structure on childhood outcomes. The conversation will be moderated by Lesley Turner, Associate Professor at @HarrisPolicy, alongside expert panelists Stone Center Director
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UChicago | Stone Center on Inequality & Mobility
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Oct 7, 2024
The Inequality Podcast starts the academic year with a conversation between @sndurlauf and @MilesCorak. They discuss the Great Gatsby Curve, mechanisms behind intergenerational persistence, and comparisons between the U.S. and Canada. Listen here: Website:
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UChicago | Stone Center on Inequality & Mobility
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Mar 20, 2024
Calling early career faculty and advanced Ph.D. students! Submit your papers for consideration to be included in our conference. We want to invite scholars whose papers address inequality and mobility in cross-cultural or U.S. contexts. 🔗 Submit here: bit.ly/3VqyEXo 📅
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UChicago | Stone Center on Inequality & Mobility
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Mar 24, 2025
In today’s episode, @GeorgeMasonU Professor @PeterBoettke and Director @sndurlauf discuss the central ideas in classical liberalism and the intellectual history of economics as a moral science. Listen every other Monday: Website: bit.ly/3YdiCkj Spotify:
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UChicago | Stone Center on Inequality & Mobility
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Oct 24, 2024
Last week, at the Recent Advances in Inequality and Mobility Conference, the spotlight was on the extraordinary record of accomplishments of Stone Center Director @sndurlauf. A distinguished lineup of social scientists presented innovative work on inequality and mobility while
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UChicago | Stone Center on Inequality & Mobility
@UCStoneCenter
Oct 24, 2023
Join Stone Center Director @sndurlauf and @BrownUniversity Professor @GlennLoury to discuss different perspectives on #AffirmativeAction. @ethanbdm, Dean of @HarrisPolicy, will moderate the conversation. 🔗 Register here: bit.ly/3SlirBh 📅 Date: Wednesday, 8 November
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UChicago | Stone Center on Inequality & Mobility
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Apr 25, 2023
Check out this "Q&A" with @sndurlauf as he discusses inequality, intergenerational mobility, and leading the @UChicago Stone Center!
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Q&A: Steven Durlauf on Inequality, Intergenerational Mobility, and Leading the Stone Center
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UChicago | Stone Center on Inequality & Mobility
@UCStoneCenter
Oct 1, 2024
Mark your calendars for an exciting lineup of speakers in the Inequality Workshop! 🗓 Fridays, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 📍 SSRB, Tea Room ☕ Coffee and snacks provided In addition to the talks, you also have the opportunity to: - Have lunch with the speakers - Schedule 30-minute
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UChicago | Stone Center on Inequality & Mobility
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Feb 14, 2025
Last Friday, Stone Center Director @sndurlauf presented his ongoing project on meritocracy at the Inequality Workshop. In this work, he develops a framework in which merit is both contextual and prospective, defining it as a functional concept tied to institutional goals
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