Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics

Announcement for the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics CID Speaker Series featuring Margaret Frye, presenting “Theorizing Success in an Unfair Job Market” on Tuesday, December 9 from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM at ISR 1430 BD, 426 Thompson St. Includes a web address to learn more.

One week from today! Don’t miss our own affiliate from #Umich #Sociology @maggiefrye.bsky.social as she presents, “Theorizing Success in an Unfair Job Market.”

Learn more and save your seat: inequality.umich.edu/maggie-frye-...

Honestly, same.

Love seeing this use of our tax base fragmentation viz!!

This is one of the coolest tax projects I've ever seen.

Check out our new paper (+ the accompanying web viz)!

Check out this 🧵 on our own @robertmanduca.bsky.social's work with @bhighsmith.bsky.social and Jacob Waggoner. 👇 #AcademicSky #WealthInequality

The Effect of Increasing Wealth Inequality on U.S. Democracy at the State Level - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality Manuel Schechtl, a 2022–2024 Stone Center postdoctoral scholar, discusses his Stone Center Working Paper, which combines two new sources of data to compare the extent of democratic backsliding in all ...

Rising wealth concentration tends to undermine democracy, according to a Stone Center Working Paper by @schechtlm.bsky.social. In this interview, he discusses how he drew on two new sources of data to compare democratic backsliding in 50 U.S. states.
stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/the-effect-o...

Black homicide victims’ families most likely to be denied compensation • Stateline Families of Black homicide victims in the United States are more likely than any other group to seek financial assistance through state victim compensation programs — and they are the most likely to b...

Coverage of forthcoming collaborative research in Race & Justice: stateline.org/2025/11/12/b...

I'm facilitating a causal inference reading group next semester for Sociology PhD students. (I will also be learning!) If there are (1) pedagogical articles or (2) empirical examples in soc that you ❤️, will you share in the comments? [And please RT to help me crowd-source!]

Thanks for the interest, Jeannie. I am sorry that this event will not be recorded, though most of our events usually are.

Laura Tach will present, “The Cumulative Impact of Federal Place-Based Policies on Neighborhood Inequality, 1990-2019” at the Institute for Social Research on Tuesday, November 11 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Tomorrow! We’re excited to host Laura Tach in #AnnArbor as she presents “The Cumulative Impact of Federal Place-Based Policies on Neighborhood Inequality, 1990-2019.” Get the details to join us in person: 👇 #AcademicSky #PublicPolicy #Umich

inequality.umich.edu/laura-tach/

CID event graphic with ISR logo and Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics branding; title reads: “The Cumulative Impact of Federal Place-Based Policies on Neighborhood Inequality, 1990–2019”; yellow label says “CID Speaker Series”; event details: Laura Tach, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM, ISR 1430 BD (426 Thompson St.); bottom right corner reads “Learn more: inequality.umich.edu” with headshot of Laura Tach inside a circular frame on a blue gradient background.

Join us Nov. 11 at ISR for Laura Tach's in-person talk hosted by @umichstonecid.bsky.social on the impact of federal place-based policies and neighborhood inequality.

RSVP now to attend: inequality.umich.edu/laura-tach/

An image of Noura Insolera with a headline reading Inequality Scholar Spotlight: Noura Insolera. The Stone Center and PSID logos are below.

ICYMI: Our own Assistant Director @ninsolera.bsky.social was featured by @umichstonecid.bsky.social, highlighting Noura's #research on how income #inequality affects health and educational outcomes over the life course and across generations. #econsky #academicsky

Read it: myumi.ch/G2x7z

2 in 5 US babies benefit from the WIC nutrition program Funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children quickly halts during government shutdowns.

I published this piece two years ago (almost to the day) about the immediate impacts of a government shutdown to American families in need.

theconversation.com/2-in-5-us-ba...

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...

a speaker stands behind a podium and gestures with his left hand, next to a table, a screen projecting his slide, and windows behind him

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

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

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!
psc.isr.umich.edu/news/psc-and...

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