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Recent Advances in Inequality and Mobility

Reflecting on the foundational contributions by Steven Durlauf in econometrics and empirical research on inequality and mobility.
Categories Conference | One-Time Event
Research Areas Methodology, Mobility

This conference, Recent Advances in Inequality and Mobility, convenes leading scholars at the forefront of econometrics and empirical research on inequality and mobility. It provides a platform for the free exchange of groundbreaking work, fostering dialogue and collaboration among experts. Beyond advancing collective understanding of these pressing issues, the conference also honors the influential research contributions and ongoing legacy of Stone Center Director Steven Durlauf.

 


Participation is by invitation only.


 

Schedule

Friday, October 18

Start Time End Time Session Session Leader(s)
9:00 a.m. 9:25 a.m.   Breakfast  
9:25 a.m.  9:30 a.m. Opening Remarks   
    Session I Chair: Yoosoon Chang
9:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m.

Ideas Versus Emotions and End of the Ancien Régime:

What Can Textual Analysis Reveal?

Cecile Bastidon
10:05 a.m. 10:35 a.m.

Late Bloomers: The Aggregate Implications of Getting

Education Later in Life

Moshe Buchinsky
10:40 a.m. 11:10 a.m.

Information Frictions and the Labor Market for

Public School Teachers 

Chao Fu

Co-author: Mark Colas

11:15 a.m. 11:45 a.m.

The Effect of Minimum Wage of the Distribution

of Hours Worked in the U.S.

Yisroel Cahn
11:45 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Lunch  
    Session II Chair: Esfandiar Maasoumi
1:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m.

From Job Descriptions to Occupations:

Using Neural Language Models to Code Job Data

Xi Song
1:35 p.m. 2:05 p.m.

The Evolution of Black-White Differences in

Occupational Mobility Across Post-Civil War America

Gueyon Kim & Dohyeon Lee
2:05 p.m. 2:35 p.m. Break  
    Session III Chair: Joon Park 
2:35 p.m. 3:05 p.m.

Identifying Long-Run Neighborhood Effects

via Racialized Neighborhood Sorting

Dionissi Aliprantis

Co-author: Chris Muris 

3:10 p.m. 3:40 p.m.

Search, Neighborhood Effects, and

Human Capital Formation

Yannis Ioannides
3:45 p.m. 4:15 p.m.

Understanding the Heterogeneity of Intergenerational

Mobility across Neighborhoods

Neil Cholli

 

Saturday, October 19

Start Time End Time Session Session Leader(s)
9:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. Breakfast  
    Session I Chair: Andros Kourtellos
9:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m.

The Anatomy of Intergenerational

Income Mobility

Lowell Taylor

Co-authors:

Dan Black & Seth Sanders 

10:05 a.m. 10:35 a.m.

Intergenerational Income Mobility

around (and for) the World

Roy Van Der Weide

Co-authors:

Miles Corak, Aart Kraay,

Branko Milanovic, and Ercio Munoz

10:40 a.m. 11:10 a.m.

 A Trajectories-Based Approach to

Measuring Intergenerational Mobility

Yoosoon Chang
11:15 a.m. 11:45 a.m.

Intergenerational Mobility

in Late Qing Dynasty China

Kristina Butaeva

Co-author: Sasha Shapoval

11:45 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Lunch  
    Session II Chair: Esfandiar Maasoumi
1:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m.

Immobility as Memory:

Some New Approaches to Characterizing

Intergenerational Persistence via Markov Chains

Aleksandra Lukina
1:35 p.m. 2:05 p.m.

Large Dimensional Models for Analyzing

Familial Influences on Intergenerational Mobility:

Exploring Interactions Between Income and

Family Structure Trajectories and Beyond

Bo Hu
2:05 p.m. 2:35 p.m. Break  
    Session III Chair: Yoosoon Chang
2:35 p.m. 3:05 p.m.

A Functional Quantile Approach to Estimating

Intergenerational Mobility

Le Wang

Co-authors: 

Pang Du & Peijun Sang

3:10 p.m. 3:40 p.m.

Social Curves:

A Functional Spatial Regression Approach

 Andros Kourtellos
3:45 p.m. 4:15 p.m.

A New Approach to Measuring Genetic and

Environmental Effects in Twins Studies

Chih Ming Tan
4:15 p.m.  4:20 p.m. 

Closing Remarks

 

Location 

  • The venue is located at the Harris School of Public Policy, Sky Suite (Fourth Floor), 1307 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637.

 

Logistics 

  • The Sky Suite at the Harris School of Public Policy will be equipped with a screen, computer, and clicker.
  • Wi-Fi is available throughout campus using your university credentials on the “eduroam” network or via the guest network; guest log-in details will be provided on-site.