Summer School on Socioeconomic Opportunity and Inequality at Universidad Icesi

One-Time Event | Training
Location Universidad Icesi
Organizers Steven Durlauf, Alejandro Werner,
Featured Speakers Andres Alvarez, Yoosoon Chang, Steven Durlauf, Alexander Monge-Naranjo, Christian Posso, Juan Felipe Riaño, Francis Vella
Research Areas Income, Methodology, Mobility
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The Summer School on Socioeconomic Opportunity and Inequality seeks to provide the next generation of scholars with the multidisciplinary underpinning necessary for effective research on inequality dynamics. It will feature leading scholars tackling inequality research from the lens of economics, sociology, and public policy, to foster cross-disciplinary approaches to inequality research and public policy evaluation regarding long-term inequality issues. It will also train advanced M.A. and Ph.D. students, policy professionals, and early-career faculty through immersive lectures on state-of-the-art methods for inequality research, one-on-one and small-group meetings with senior researchers, and presentation opportunities for summer school students where they can receive input on their early-stage research from the research community. The summer schools are designed to yield long-term benefits in creating lasting intellectual links that can be pursued long after the conclusion of the meetings.

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Summer School Schedule

Monday, 24 August

Start Time End Time Session Session Leaders
9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Welcome Presentation: Income Distribution, Labor Markets and Poverty Dynamics Christian Posso
10:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Inequality, Structural Change, and Long-Term Development in Latin America Andres Alvarez
12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. Lunch
Office Hours
1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Student Presentations
2:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. The Geography of Social Mobility in Developing Countries Alexander Monge-Naranjo
5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Office Hours

Tuesday, 25 August

Start Time End Time Session Session Leaders
10:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Social Dissent, Coercive Capacity, and Redistribution Juan Felipe Riaño
12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. Lunch
Office Hours
1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Student Presentations
2:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. A Trajectory-Based Approach to Measuring Intergenerational Mobility Yoosoon Chang
5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Office Hours

Wednesday, 26 August

Start Time End Time Session Session Leaders
10:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Econometrics Tools for Evaluating Functionals of Interest in Evaluating Intergenerational Mobility Francis Vella
12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. Lunch
Office Hours
1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Student Presentations
2:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Meritocracy Steven Durlauf
5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Office Hours

Meet the Mentors on The Inequality Podcast

Episode #38: Alexander Monge-Naranjo on the College Affordability Crisis

Who Gets Ahead and Why: Inequality, Meritocracy, and Social Mobility in the Americas

¿Quién Avanza y Por Qué? Desigualdad, Meritocracia y Movilidad Social en las Américas

Thursday, 27 August

To be announced.

This program is organized in partnership with the Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality, the Georgetown Americas Institute, and Universidad Icesi,in Cali, Colombia.