Summer School on Socioeconomic Opportunity and Inequality at Universidad Icesi
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.
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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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.
Friday, 28 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.
