Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics

Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics "A Dynamic Evaluation of Parental Marriage and Children’s Skills" CID Speaker Series Emilio Borghesan Tuesday, October 21 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. ISR 1430 BD (426 Thompson St.)

Join @umichstonecid.bsky.social for Emilio Borghesan (Assistant Professor of Economics at UM): A Dynamic Evaluation of Parental Marriage and Children’s Skills
Tuesday, October 21, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm EDT
ISR 1430 BD (426 Thompson St.)
Details including abstract: events.umich.edu/event/140473

YouTube video by The Last Show with David Cooper Radioactive Shrimp - September 23, 2025 | The Last Show with David Cooper

Being featured (at about 39:50) on a podcast with the tagline "where sanity takes a backseat and laughter rides shotgun" and the episode title "Radioactive Shrimp" wasn't on my professorial bingo card, but it was a pleasure!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5Mq...

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Thank you so much @davonnorris.bsky.social for the time you spent with the CRELS & CSS fellows and us yesterday, answering our questions and sharing your experiences. .. and then a full house at the Social Science Matrix for your talk.

A memorable experience, including the earthquake❗ 🫨

Graphic showing a diverse group of smiling women in the background with a translucent overlay. At the top left is the University of Michigan ISR logo. Main text reads: "Women now earn 85% of men’s hourly wages —". In the center, a comparison chart shows two female icons: one labeled “1980s” standing on a block labeled “65%,” and one labeled “2024” standing on a taller block labeled “85%.” Below, bold text asks: "Could fewer kids be the reason?" Source listed at the bottom reads: “Source: Pew Research Center, 2025.”

Women now earn 85% of what men do, up from 65% in the ‘80s.

ISR’s Sasha Killewald finds fewer children per family helped narrow the gap. But parenthood still impacts women’s pay more than men’s.

Read more: myumi.ch/qZEp1

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Did you know that declining birth rates help explain U.S. women's progress toward pay #equality with men? Learn more in the new article out now from our own @sashakillewald.bsky.social in the @us.theconversation.com

myumi.ch/qZEp1

#AcademicSky #sociology #umich @um-src.bsky.social

Congratulations @christinajcross.bsky.social ! #AcademicSky

a graphic with the Stone CID logo on a blue background. The headline reads US women narrowed the pay gap with men by having fewer kids

Did you know that declining birth rates help explain U.S. women's progress toward pay #equality with men? Learn more in the new article out now from our own @sashakillewald.bsky.social in the @us.theconversation.com

myumi.ch/qZEp1

#AcademicSky #sociology #umich @um-src.bsky.social

US women narrowed the pay gap with men by having fewer kids Two sociologists found that when the pace at which family sizes was shrinking slowed down, starting in the 1990s, progress toward closing the gender pay gap grew sluggish too.

@sashakillewald.bsky.social in @us.theconversation.com:
"The number of children Americans have affects the gender pay gap only because parenthood decreases women’s wages while increasing men’s wages." @umichstonecid.bsky.social
theconversation.com/us-women-nar...

Did you know that, despite the pandemic, American families reported less food insecurity from 2019-2021 – even for socially disadvantaged groups? Learn more in the new publication by Elise Sheinberg, our own @ninsolera.bsky.social, & Nour Hammad, out now from @jamahealthforum.com: myumi.ch/z9yy2

Trends and Disparities in Broadband Internet Access in the United States, 2013 to 2023 - Spencer Allen, 2025 Since the turn of the century, sociologists and other scholars concerned about digital inequality have most often been concerned about disparities in the qualit...

Free to read! New research in Socius from ASA member Spencer Allen @spencerallen.bsky.social @um-psc.bsky.social shows that, while broadband access has increased in the U.S. since 2013, gaps by race, education, and poverty still persist. @sociusjournal.bsky.social‬

Manuel Schechtl will join us at the Stone Center on September 9 to present Rising Wealth Concentration and Disparities in Social Outcomes Across the United States.

ICYMI: See what we're up to in September: mailchi.mp/umich/cid-se...
First up: @schechtlm.bsky.social on September 9! #AcademicSky #PublicPolicy #WealthInequality

It was an absolute honor to share a @umpsid.bsky.social RA office with @ninsolera.bsky.social more years ago than either of us care to remember, and it's a joy to have her as part of the @umichstonecid.bsky.social team now!

An image of Noura Insolera is on the left with the headline on the right on a blue background. It reads Inequality Scholar Spotlight: Noura Insolera. Satisfying Interdisciplinary Instincts with Economics, Sociology, and Statistics. The Stone Center logo is on the bottom.

Get to know our faculty associate & @umpsid.bsky.social Asst. Dir. Noura Insolera @ninsolera.bsky.social‬ whose #research explores how income #inequality affects health & educational outcomes over the life course & across generations. #econsky #academicsky

inequality.umich.edu/iss-noura-in...

New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357

Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!

PSC and Stone Center Trainees Win ASA Recognitions for Work on US Inequality The University of Michigan distinguished itself this week as the most awarded university at the annual conference of the American Sociological Association (ASA) in Chicago, sweeping in 19 awards– 11 o...

Davis Daumler and Jane Furey, 2025 Sociology graduates of the PSC training program and @umichstonecid.bsky.social, won recognitions from @asanews.bsky.social for their work that's helped us better understand inequality in America. Read more & congrats @umich.edu!
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Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it Detailed data that US government agencies collect and make available has underpinned research about people, medicine, science, crime, jobs, housing, climate and the economy.

From the @theconversation.com today by @maggielevenstein.bsky.social & @johnkubale.bsky.social “Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it.”‬
#academicsky #data #umich
@icpsr.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social

I posted a comment on Rubin's Theory & Society article, "Normativity is not a replacement for theory" in @socarxiv.bsky.social. The theory, that activism-motivated scholars caused the decline in theory, is unsupported by the evidence and fails on its own terms. Download here: osf.io/fyvdr_v1/dow...

Really awesome semester in the works, showcasing a nice range of scholarship on inequality.

Join the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics on Tuesdays from 10:30-12 noon as we host our Fall 2025 Speaker Series.

Have you seen what we're up to next semester? 👀 From #Econ & Public #Policy to #Sociology & Urban Planning, our fall lineup of speakers represent an array of fields studying social #inequality. #AcademicSky We hope you can joins us! 👇

inequality.umich.edu/fall-2025-sp...

Check out summer book recs from @umichstonecid.bsky.social, headlined by Circe the 🐈posing with her namesake.
While you're at it, mark your calendars for our great fall lineup of speakers. inequality.umich.edu/fall-2025-sp...

🎉 Happy to announce the 2nd Yale Municipal Research Conference!

📅 November 1, 2025

📝 Submission deadline: September 12, 2025

🔗 Submit: forms.gle/sRWkEt4EbosR...

Seeking research on:

· Municipal reporting & debt
· Tax policy

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Please share widely! 🔄

You've got this, Davon!

Welcome to Bluesky, @umisr.bsky.social! 🥳
#academicsky #GoBlue

"Grocery stores who no longer get as much revenue from (food stamps) will cut back on staffing, hospitals without Medicaid may close or lay off health care workers. Those workers, in turn, will no longer spend as much at local restaurants, hardware stores, etc., prompting further job losses." USA Today, July 11, 2025 Robert Manduca, Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics, Survey Research Center, Population Studies Center

Unlike claims that the new tax & spending bill will supercharge growth, the shrinking safety net could take a toll on local economies. @robertmanduca.bsky.social‬ from @umichstonecid.bsky.social says the impact will have rippling consequences myumi.ch/MkxAR @um-psc.bsky.social

YouTube video by Washington Center for Equitable Growth U.S. Inequality Tracker - Overview

The U.S. Inequality Tracker is here!

This tool examines the distribution of income and wealth over time in the U.S., tracking how economic growth and well-being varies across households and changes over time.

To see how the Tracker works, check out the video demo:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz5M...

Research Shows Economic Consequences of Divorce in the US Vary by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity Recent research led by University of Michigan sociologist Pamela Smock has shown that the economic consequences of divorce vary substantially– not only on the basis of gender, which has long been esta...

UM sociologist Pamela Smock, an expert on the economic consequences of divorce, shows that divorce puts women, and especially Black women, at high risk of poverty. @umisr.bsky.social @umichstonecid.bsky.social @umsociology.bsky.social #EconSky
myumi.ch/79XGx

A new working paper from @umichstonecid.bsky.social/SRC researcher @robertmanduca.bsky.social examining the geography of social transfer programs & implications for cuts to Medicaid & SNAP in the recently signed federal budget.

Also see: equitablegrowth.org/medicaid-and...

Medicaid and SNAP cuts in congressional Republicans’ budget bill will negatively impact local economies New research shows how cuts to Medicaid and other social programs negatively impact local economies as well as program beneficiaries.

Reductions to essential public programs in the budget reconciliation bill impact more than beneficiaries. They affect key service providers, local businesses, and community stability.

@robertmanduca.bsky.social on Medicaid and SNAP cuts impacting local economies:

Financial and Transfer Income as Components of the Regional Economic Base Government transfers and financial income form a major component of the basic sector in the United States.

New working paper alert! Posted at @equitablegrowth.bsky.social, it investigates the economic geography of social transfer programs and financial income--with implications for the Medicaid and SNAP cuts proposed in the reconciliation bill 👀

equitablegrowth.org/working-pape...

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ICYMI: there’s still time to apply to join our team as a postdoctoral research fellow! Get the details and apply by June 29: apply.interfolio.com/167162
#nowhiring #academicsky #postdoc