Summer School on Socioeconomic Opportunity and Inequality

The Summer School is jointly organized by the Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy, the Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, and ISPI - Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale.

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.

Wednesday, 1 July
9:00 a.m. Welcome Presentation: Inequality and Geopolitics (Antonio Villafranca, ISPI)
10:00 a.m. Gender Inequality (Paola Profeta, Bocconi University)
12:30 p.m. Lunch
Office Hours  
2:00 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. Palazzo Clerici Visit
3:30 p.m. Intergenerational Persistence of Poverty (Zachary Parolin, Oxford University)

Thursday, 2 July
9:00 a.m. The History of Economic Inequality (Guido Alfani, Bocconi University)
11:30 a.m. Office Hours     
12:30 p.m. Lunch     
1:30 p.m. The History of Inequality in Economics (Béatrice Cherrier, ENSAE)
4:00 p.m. Break     
4:45 p.m. Pinacoteca Ambrosiana Visit

Friday, 3 July
9:00 a.m. Child Skill Development (Ariel Kalil, University of Chicago)
11:30 a.m. Student Presentations     
12:30 p.m. Lunch     
Office Hours     
2:00 p.m. Meritocracy (Steven Durlauf, Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility)
4:30 p.m. Student Presentations     
5:15 p.m. Walking Tour of Milan: A History of (Unequal) Wealth     
6:30 p.m. All Participant Dinner

Further information about the summer school can be found here.