Identity and Inequality

Name: Identity and Inequality
Start: 2024-12-12T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-12-13T23:59:59-05:00
Location: The Sky Suite at The Keller Center

Combining economics, sociology, psychology, history to discuss identity and its importance for processes of inequality.

Conference | One-Time Event

December 12 – 13, 2024

Location The Sky Suite at The Keller Center, Harris School of Public Policy, 1307 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637

Organizers Jane Cooley Fruehwirth, Mesmin Destin, Steven Durlauf, Ariel Kalil

Featured Speakers Daniela Bresciani Andaluz, Marianne Bertrand, Rebecca Covarrubias, Amanda Diekman, Rachel Kranton, Christina Felfe, Noah Liu, Kate McLean, Rashmita Mistry, Onnie Rogers, Rebecca Ryan, David Silverman, Adriana Umana-Taylor, Elena Ziege

Research Areas Social Interactions

Identity can be broadly defined as a person’s complex and dynamic understanding of who they are. Identity is shaped by ongoing interactions between individuals, their social contexts, and broader systems of inequality. It includes ideas a person has about their key characteristics, group memberships, life narratives, and possible futures. The Identity and Inequality workshop endeavors to combine the strengths of economics, sociology, psychology, history, and other relevant disciplines to discuss theory, measurement, and modeling of questions related to identity with a particular focus on its importance for understanding processes related to inequality in the pursuit of human capital. We aim for a cross-disciplinary understanding that spurs new ideas. We also hope to generate theoretical and empirical insights into the factors that shape people’s multiple and overlapping identities and the consequences of those identities and related processes for inequalities in life outcomes including achievement, labor market outcomes, family formation, and well-being.

Participation is by invitation only.

Schedule

Thursday, December 12

Start Time	End Time	Session	Session Leader(s)
8:30 a.m.	9:00 a.m.	Breakfast
9:00 a.m.	9:15 a.m.	Opening Remarks	Ariel Kalil, Jane Fruewirth
		Opening Session: Framework and Illustrative Work
9:15 a.m.	9:45 a.m.	How Resources & Social Forces Shape Identity & Pathways through Education	Mesmin Destin
9:45 a.m.	10:15 a.m.	Integrating Identity into Economic Models	Steven Durlauf
10:15 a.m.	10:45 a.m.	Group Discussion
10:45 a.m.	11:00 a.m.	Break
		Session I: Parenting and Early Childhood Origins of Identity Formation
11:00 a.m.	11:25 a.m.	Early Origins of Universal In-Group Bias	Christina Felfe
11:25 a.m.	11:50 a.m.	A Sense of “I” and “We”: Social Identity Development in Early and Middle Childhood	Rashmita Mistry
11:50 a.m.	12:20 p.m.	Group Discussion
12:20 p.m.	1:15 p.m.	Lunch
		Small Group Discussions
1:30 p.m.	2:15 p.m.	First Rotation
2:15 p.m.	3:00 p.m.	Second Rotation
3:00 p.m.	3:15 p.m.	Break
		Session II: Intersecting Identities of Race and Gender
3:15 p.m.	3:40 p.m.	“I’m Just a Girl; Not a White Girl”: Early Adolescents Making Sense of Identity and Intersectionality	Onnie Rogers
3:40 p.m.	4:05 p.m.	Identifying Social Influence on Individual Behavior	Steven Durlauf
4:05 p.m.	4:35 p.m.	Group Discussion

Friday, December 13

Start Time	End Time	Session	Session Leader(s)
8:30 a.m.	9:00 a.m.	Breakfast
		Session III: Perspectives on Identity and Measurement I
9:00 a.m.	9:25 a.m.	Man’s (and Woman’s) Search for Meaning	Ariel Kalil
9:25 a.m.	9:50 a.m.	The Challenge of Changing an Inequitable Status Quo: The Role of Master Narratives	Kate McLean
9:50 a.m.	10:20 a.m.	Group Discussion
		Session IV: Perspectives on Identity and Measurement II
10:20 a.m.	10:45 a.m.	Religion and Adolescent Outcomes	Jane Fruehwirth
10:45 a.m.	11:10 a.m.	Toward a Critical Race Culture Cycle Lens: Unpacking Power, Paradoxes, and Resistance	Rebecca Covarrubias
11:10 a.m.	11:40 a.m.	Group Discussion
		Student Session
11:40 a.m.	12:00 p.m.	“Acting Parent”: Experimental Evidence on Priming Parental Identity	Daniela Bresciani Andaluz, Noah Liu
12:00 p.m.	12:20 p.m.	Already on the Path: Peers’ Highlighting of Economically Marginalized Students’ Identity-specific Strengths Reinforces Healthy Achievement	David Silverman
12:20 p.m.	12:40 p.m.	Passport to Progress: The Effects of Birthright Citizenship on Siblings’ Education	Elena Ziege
12:40 p.m.	1:00 p.m.	Group Discussion
1:00 p.m.	1:45 p.m.	Lunch
		Session V: Perspectives on Identity and Measurement III
1:45 p.m.	2:10 p.m.	Understanding the Barriers to Paternity Leave-taking: Evidence from Japan	Marianne Bertrand
2:10 p.m.	2:35 p.m.	Studying Identity among Ethnoracially Diverse and Cross-National Samples: Challenges, Opportunities, and Future Directions for Measurement	Adriana Umana-Taylor
2:35 p.m.	3:05 p.m.	Group Discussion
		Session VI: Intellectual Agenda Setting on Identity and Inequality
3:05 p.m.	3:45 p.m.	Panel Discussion	Moderators: Ariel Kalil, Jane Fruewirth Panelists: Rachel Kranton, Rebecca Ryan, Amanda Diekman

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.