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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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Did you miss our event with Janeria Easley @drjae.bsky.social on Tuesday? The Michigan Daily covered the event. Learn more about her work on intergenerational mobility and racial disparities: www.michigandaily.com/news/campus-...  #umich #socialmobility #sociology

Did you see the latest news story from our own @joelabriola.bsky.social ? Read his article in the @us.theconversation.com to hear about his research on how rising housing prices have widened the White-Black wealth gap over the past several decades – using @umpsid.bsky.social data! myumi.ch/8rpVj

Tomorrow! Check out our own @sashakillewald.bsky.social at @um-psc.bsky.social's AM(almost)A! 👇

Featured in @theconversation.com, @joelabriola.bsky.social (@umichstonecid.bsky.social) discusses the impact of homeownership on the wealth gap between white & black households. Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, he finds the gap rose at an alarming rate between 1984 and 2021. myumi.ch/Drdw7

Today's top story in @theconversation.com shares research on the effect of rising house prices that have widened the White-Black wealth gap in recent decades. Read more from @um-psc.bsky.social @umichstonecid.bsky.social affiliate @joelabriola.bsky.social! #Econsky #UMichResearch

Tuesday! Don’t miss Janeria Easley, Assistant Professor of African American Studies, Emory University, at #umich! She will present “Intergenerational Mobility: Racial Disparities in Mobility from a Holistic Perspective” in person and online. Learn more and RSVP: inequality.umich.edu/janeria-easl...

2 Months left to apply! myumi.ch/r8y6b PSID Summer Workshop - June 16th-20th, 2025 The in-person workshop covers the content and design of PSID & its supplements and provides hands-on lab sessions. *Applications due April 21, 2025* #earlycareer #gradstudents #quantitative

🧪@spattersearch.bsky.social & @vafreedman.bsky.social used #NHATS #NSOC & Panel Study of Income Dynamics to examine links between family structure & unmet care needs among older adults with & without dementia. myumi.ch/Erqbp

We're so glad you were able to join us, @spattersearch.bsky.social! We love our intellectual community. Learn more about it at: inequality.umich.edu/get-involved/

Join the @umichstonecid.bsky.social for this talk by Janeria Easley @drjae.bsky.social: “Intergenerational Mobility: Racial Disparities in Mobility from a Holistic Perspective,” based on PSID data-- Feb. 25 at ISR Thompson 2030: inequality.umich.edu/janeria-easl...

Did you see the latest publication from our own Jake Hays? He and Paula Fomby from @pennpsc.bsky.social explore how the wealth of parents living separately from their children impacts the child's wealth. Read it in the in the February 3 issue of @readdemography.bsky.social doi.org/10.1215/0070...

IAPHS is currently open for submissions for Abstracts, Panels, and Pre-Conference Workshops. Submit your proposal now: iaphs.org/conference/s...

Extremely cool-looking postdoc with @aapidata.bsky.social. Based at UC Berkeley's Institute for the Study of Societal Issues and Asian American Research Center. Deadline 2/27!!https://aapidata.com/join-us/postdoctoral-scholar

New Publication alert! Congratulations to Student Associate Abigail Kappelman whose article, “Black/White disparities in low birth weight across maternal trajectories of social mobility in South Carolina,” was published this month in Social Science and Medicine. doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

👀 Look what arrived! Very excited our CID Book Club, led by our own @davonnorris.bsky.social, is reading The Capital of Gender by Céline Bessière and Sibylle Gollac this semester. Explore how families perpetuate wealth inequality in the book: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Our own affiliate alum @lwileden.bsky.social and @um-psc.bsky.social faculty Alexandra Murphy, published a study that explores why 36% of Detroiters have trouble getting where they need to go and how a new tool could guide better transportation solutions. Learn more: isr.umich.edu/news-events/...

What’s next at CID? Join the Stone Center as Janeria Easley, Assistant Professor of African American Studies, Emory University, presents, “Intergenerational Mobility: Racial Disparities in Mobility from a Holistic Perspective.” Learn more and RSVP: inequality.umich.edu/janeria-easl...

Our postdoc affiliate Jake Hays and @pfomby.bsky.social provide the first estimates of nonresident parent wealth for US children. Hays: "We show that children likely have access to this wealth and that it matters for their educational attainment in young adulthood." @umichstonecid.bsky.social #PSID

Thanks to @umichstonecid.bsky.social for putting this together! If you want to read more, here are links to my research on race and the origins of residential growth controls (doi.org/10.1080/1051...) and on housing market appreciation and the White-Black wealth gap (doi.org/10.1093/socp...).

Learn how CID Faculty @joelabriola.bsky.social of @um-src.bsky.social studies housing, wealth, and racial discrimination in the contemporary U.S. youtu.be/xbNI2EEN8Wc

Jake Hays and @pfomby.bsky.social have new research based on @umpsid.bsky.social data out in Demography. They find that wealth spread across households in the same families predicts many beneficial outcomes for children. myumi.ch/1bRxM @um-src.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social

Thank you to ISR for the nice press release about our recent Demography article! isr.umich.edu/news-events/...

Who gets what in credit markets? Hear how Organizational Studies Assistant Professor and @umichstonecid.bsky.social Faculty Associate @davonnorris.bsky.social is studying how credit and debt shape patterns of #inequality. youtu.be/tXvBtlZ7Eas?...

The registration portal is now open! myumi.ch/r8y6b PSID Summer Workshop - June 16th-20th, 2025 The in-person workshop covers the content and design of PSID & its supplements and provides hands-on lab sessions. *Applications due April 21, 2025* #earlycareer #gradstudents #quantitative

Tomorrow! Don't miss Nick Graetz as he joins us from the University of Minnesota to present, "Individualizing Climate Risk: Credit Score Penalties in the Home Insurance Market." Learn more and register: inequality.umich.edu/speaker-seri... 10:30 am.-12 noon EST, hosted in person and virtually .

Tomorrow! Don't miss Nick Graetz as he joins us from the University of Minnesota to present, "Individualizing Climate Risk: Credit Score Penalties in the Home Insurance Market." Learn more and register: inequality.umich.edu/speaker-seri... 10:30 am.-12 noon EST, hosted in person and virtually .

@rigbydavid.bsky.social, Hedwig Lee, David C. Van Riper, @mhicken.bsky.social, Stephen A. Berrey present a new national data set of historical sundown towns in the United States linked to contemporary spatial information myumi.ch/3QNgn

🚨Job alert 🚨 I am looking for two PhD students to work on (comparative) economic inequalities, broadly defined 💰📈💸 The positions are fully funded (E13, 100%), 4 years (with possibility of a 1y extension), and in beautiful Heidelberg! 🏰 adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD... Deadline is Feb 28!

Get to know Jake Hays, a postdoctoral research fellow at the @umichstonecid.bsky.social and @um-psc.bsky.social, and hear about his latest scholarship. youtu.be/l1GR4ExTQhI?...

Our next book talk will explore the ethical and political case for limiting extreme wealth, examining its impact on equality, democracy, and sustainability. Panelists: @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social and @durlauf.bsky.social. Moderator: @laywilliams.bsky.social 🔗Register here: bit.ly/3PJkjkx

ICYMI: our own @jeremylevine.bsky.social, Associate Professor of Organizational Studies and Sociology, published a report on racial and gender bias in U.S. Crime victim compensation programs. Read the news story: news.umich.edu/racial-and-g...

If you're a member of the UM community and you study economic inequality, please join us, we'd love to have you!

Are you new to the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics? Get a one-minute introduction in this quick video from Director @sashakillewald.bsky.social youtu.be/YjE-26VT6VI

Joanne Hsu discusses the political divide in consumer sentiment, telling @marketplace.org, "Republicans believe Trump’s policies are going to usher in growth...Democrats are quite worried that inflation’s going to come surging back..." myumi.ch/kZDNr

🌍 Educational attainment has become an increasingly salient predictor of birth timing in Africa, as highly-educated women have delayed first births and lengthened their subsequent birth intervals. @maggiefrye.bsky.social presents at @um-psc.bsky.social Jan. 28!

Sciences Po is hiring an Assistant Professor on Digital Inequalities. Candidates should have strong theoretical/methodological skills, and an ambitious research agenda on social stratification and inequality. www.sciencespo.fr/osc/sites/sc...

In research cited in a new article in The Atlantic, @zparolin.bsky.social and colleagues use 49 years of umpsid.bsky.social restricted county level data, they to examine the deleterious effect that the openings of a Walmart Supercenter have on poverty, taxes, and income. https://buff.ly/3DxKJ68

Exciting preview of @christinajcross.bsky.social's upcoming book! But also: wow, absolutely enjoying this short-form, well-produced video series on inequality research ("Inequality Stuio Sessions") from @umichstonecid.bsky.social.

Friends play a key role in the lives and wellbeing of adults 50 and older. CID Faculty Affiliate Sarah Patterson @spattersearch.bsky.social contributed to the National Poll on Healthy Aging @um-src.bsky.social. Read the press release: isr.umich.edu/news-events/...

#USCensusBureau is now providing guidance on how to cite its #data #datacitation www.census.gov/newsroom/blo...

ISR is accepting applications for the next cohort of Junior Professional Researchers! This is a great opportunity for recent college grads to get experience working in social science research at ISR. Please reach out with any questions! #statsky #episky #econsky #publichealth #academicsky #polisky

Did you know most of our events are recorded and available on our YouTube channel? Catch up on talks you may have missed by visiting us at www.youtube.com/@umichStoneCID

Interested in inequality research? Here is a starter pack containing research centers / institutes / organizations dedicated to the study of socioeconomic inequality. Time seemed ripe as, finally, organizations are moving to Bluesky. Let me know if others should be added. go.bsky.app/5daYr6v

New Starter Pack alert! Connect with our Stone Center community and alum through our Starter Pack: go.bsky.app/JyYKm9n

I’m very excited to announce that my first paper has just been published in SSM-Population Health! (and it’s open access!) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧵 1/

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