Overview:
The “Inequality by the Numbers” workshop will take a broad approach to the study of socio-economic inequalities – spanning inequalities in income, wealth, employment, education, and happiness. Instructors will focus on inequalities through multiple lenses including gender, class, race, age, and immigration status. Disparities will be considered in several geographic contexts: within New York City, across the U.S. states, across countries, and globally.
Structure:
* Part 1. Monday and Tuesday (June 6-7).
Lectures will be intended for a broad audience, including journalists and staff from foundations, nonprofit organizations, and social action groups – in addition to Ph.D. students and early-career scholars.
* Part 2. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (June 8-10).
Lectures will be targeted on Ph.D. students and early-career scholars working in a range of social science disciplines, especially economics, sociology, and political science. These lectures will be more technical than those in Part 1, and applicants should be comfortable with presentations and readings that rely on quantitative research/analytic methods.
Lecturers:
* Part 1. Monday and Tuesday (June 6-7)-.
Confirmed lecturers include Janet Gornick, Michael Förster, Branko Milanovic, Leslie McCall, James Parrott, Andrew Clark, Shahra Razavi, Larry Mishel, and Paul Krugman.
* Part 2. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (June 8-10).
Confirmed lecturers include Conchita D’Ambrosio, Suresh Naidu, Paula England, Louis Chauvel, Richard Alba, Sarah Bruch, Darrick Hamilton and Mary Clare Lennon.
On Friday morning, Janet Gornick will introduce the LIS data, a resource for empirical work on inequality; she will be joined by several Graduate Center Ph.D. students who will present examples of their LIS-based research.
A reading list will be available in advance of the workshop.
Applications:
* Group A
Attendance, Monday through Friday.
Approximately 50 applicants will be admitted to Group A.
Preference will be given to those who expect to attend every session on all five days.
* Group B
Attendance, Monday and Tuesday only.
Approximately 80 applicants will be admitted to Group B.
Preference will be given to those who expect to attend every session on both days.
(Note: We expect to accept about 130 applicants, including both groups.)
Finances:
* There is no fee for attending the workshop.
* Attendees from outside of New York City are responsible for arranging and funding their own accommodation and travel.
* The workshop is funded by the CUNY Graduate Center’s Advanced Research Collaborative (ARC).
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