We bring together scholars across disciplines to discuss the causes and consequences of inequality and strategies to promote economic mobility. Listen and discover novel insights and strategies to address today’s most pressing issues in inequality.
Gender inequality in work and education remains persistent despite years of progress. Nicole Fortin joins host Steven Durlauf to discuss pay gaps, occupational segregation, and how deunionization and AI are reshaping labor markets and women’s economic opportunity.
In standard economics, people seek utility. But what if identity—who we think we are—shapes what we should want? Rachel Kranton joins Steven Durlauf and Ariel Kalil to explore how identity transforms how economists understand schools, gender, work, and choice.
We explore the history of gender inequality with economist Martha Bailey on War on Poverty programs and sociologist Natasha Quadlin on education and the job market.
Steven Durlauf speaks with Janet Gornick, director of the Stone Center at CUNY and an expert on measuring socio-economic inequality. They discuss her work with LIS, gender inequality, family structure, and the future of interdisciplinary social science.
Conrad Miller joins Steven to discuss discrimination and affirmative action. The conversation digs into the methodology and findings from four of Conrad's papers that illustrate how policy can be used in addressing discriminatory hiring practices and beliefs.
Steven and Xi Song talk about how intergenerational mobility declined in the U.S. after World War II, then discuss the diversity of experiences for different groups. Xi shares more about the trends in mobility broken down by race, immigration status, and gender.
Shelly Lundberg covers the long-embedded gender gaps in many professions, including economics. She and Steven explore anti-discrimination legislation aimed at correcting disparities, and the flawed ways that economists have traditionally taught and measured them.
