Next week I’ll be back at the The Graduate Center to give a talk on my book with Roberto Vélez G. “Por una cancha pareja”. If you are in NYC and interested on inequality of opportunity and social mobility, I hope to see you there.

And thanks to CLACLS_GC Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality for sponsoring the talk!

ICYMI, watch the video of Angus Deaton and Paul Krugman in Conversation - now on YouTube! youtu.be/g3WfzXUce2E - two Nobel laureates discuss the role of the economist in today's political landscape. Presented w/Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, intro Janet Gornick. cc: CUNY Graduate Center Economics CUNY TV @CUNY

Gonçalo Pessa Costa (Gonçalo Pessa) will start a 2-year postdoc at Harvard Kennedy School's Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy in June, expanding on computational techniques that he used in his CUNY Graduate Center Economics dissertation research.

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Apply by March 12, one week from today! Inequality by the Numbers, our in-person workshop at The Graduate Center, will feature 20 speakers who approach socio-economic inequalities from a broad range of perspectives. June 3-7. Details in link.

Applications are open for Inequality by the Numbers, our annual research workshop on socio-economic inequality. This year’s workshop will be held in person at the Graduate Center, CUNY, from June 3 to 7. Apply by March 12!
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Doing a textbook webinar with Aisling Winston and Ryan Herzog on March 7, 2:30 EST. Register at go.macmillanlearning.com/register-24030…. We’ll be soliciting questions and look forward to a lively hour!

The DPE Distinguished Lectures in Political Economy: Professor Branko Milanovic
Tonight
05 March 2024 18:00 to 20:00
kcl.ac.uk/events/the-dpe…

Coming 3/20, 6:30p - two Nobel Prize winners join in a candid conversation about the economist's role in the world today. Reserve now: gc.cuny.edu/events/angus-d… CUNY Graduate Center Economics

Wed., March 20, in-person & livestream: Angus Deaton and Paul Krugman will discuss the economist’s craft, the political landscape, and Deaton’s new book 'Economics in America: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality.'
Register: bit.ly/3wrFQIc

Congratulations to alumnus Morgan C. Williams Jr. (Morgan C Williams Jr), who was named a Russell Sage Foundation Scholar! He’ll be in good company – among the other 2024 fellows is his wife gc.cuny.edu/news/alumnus-n… Barnard College CUNY Graduate Center Economics

Discovering the Green in Finance: Prof. Lin Peng breaks down her latest climate finance research and how it can pave the way for a more sustainable future gc.cuny.edu/news/professor… CUNY Graduate Center Economics Baruch College Baruch Zicklin

The Graduate Center mourns the passing of former Professor of Economics Victor R. Fuchs, considered by many to be the father of health economics gc.cuny.edu/news/memoriam-… CUNY Graduate Center Economics

A timely Job Market Paper by Gonçalo Pessa, an The Graduate Center CUNY Graduate Center Economics Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality PhD student currently on the job market. Worth a read, not just if you are hiring, but also if housing is an interest!

He finds that New York landlords are charging rents as much as 50% over costs.

My Job Market Paper Insights

1️⃣ The harder it is to move for a tenant (search is costly) ➡️The more a landlord can hike rents
2️⃣ Rents and moving rates give us a measure of landlord’s mkt power
3️⃣ NYC landlords set rents 22-55% over costs
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ICYMI: The The New York Times reports on research by alumnus Daniel Dench (@danieldench1) on the effect abortion bans have on births, especially among young Black and Hispanic women nytimes.com/2023/11/22/ups… CUNY Graduate Center Economics Georgia Tech

Coming 11/1, 6:30p ET! Visions of #Inequality : From the French Revolution to the End of the Cold War - Branko Milanovic in conversation with Paul Krugman, @claraemattei & Donald Robotham, Janet Gornick moderates. Reserve to join in person or online: gc.cuny.edu/events/visions…

This Wed (11/1, 6:30p), join the livestream! Visions of #Inequality : From the French Revolution to the End of the Cold War - Branko Milanovic in conversation with Paul Krugman, @claraemattei & Donald Robotham, Janet Gornick moderates. Reserve: gc.cuny.edu/events/visions… The City University of New York

Time to get it is....NOW!

In his new book, Branko Milanovic presents a sweeping and original history of how economists across two centuries have thought about inequality, told through portraits of six key figures.

Visions of Inequality is out next month.

Pre-order your copy now: hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?is…

It's that time of year at Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality. Today we posted a call for 2 postdocs to join us in NYC in Sept 2024. One will work with GC Wealth Project. The other will work on global or historical #inequality (possibly with focus on China). Details in link below. Apply by Nov 1.👇👇👇