
Winter VIB-21
During the Winter 2021 term, the Virtual Inequality Brownbag (VIB) will bring together affiliates from six international inequality research centers to create a space for graduate students and postdocs to present their early-stage work. Sessions will be held virtually on Mondays from 3:30-5:00pm CET/2:30-4:00pm GMT/9:30-11am EST, every two weeks. Please see the schedule for list of presenters and specific dates.
Graduate students, postdocs, and faculty from each inequality center are invited to these sessions and are asked to provide constructive and developmental (rather than evaluative) feedback. Please see our Audience Guidelines for proper Zoom etiquette during the event.
VIB presentations differ from most other professional presentations: They are short (10min) and focus on questions by the researcher and constructive feedback by the audience (20min). Presenters are not trying to convince the audience of their findings, but seek help with an idea or a particular set of questions; often those that occur during early stages of a project. An illustrative (non-exhaustive) list of such questions may help clarify the intent of these sessions:
- “Here is my idea. I framed it as an expansion of theory X. But I wonder whether and how it should also connect to theory Y?”
- “Here are my research questions and model. What type of data should I use/gather?”
- “Here are my research questions and data. What method would be most appropriate to analyze these data?”
- “I have finished my interviews but early analyses suggest a particular data gap. How should I fix it?”
- “Here is my result. It’s the opposite of what I expected. What do you think is going on?”
Registration is currently closed.
WINTER 2021 SCHEDULE
January 25, 2021
Moderator: Fabian Pfeffer / University of Michigan
Fiona Gogescu / London School of Economics, International Inequalities Institute
Educational Stratification and Education-Based Meritocracy: A Comparative Perspective
Giuseppe Ciccolini / European University Institute Florence, Inequality & Social Demography
Social Mobility and Voting
February 8, 2021
Moderator: Alvaro Zuniga-Cordero / Paris School of Economics
Carla Hornberg / WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Dynamics of Social Inequality
Technology and job quality – the mediating role of AET
Risto Conte Keivabu / European University Institute Florence, Inequality & Social Demography
Too hot to study? Gender and SES differences in the effect of temperature on school performance
Felix Schaff / London School of Economics, International Inequalities Institute
The Unequal Spirit of the Protestant Reformation? Religious Confession and Wealth Distribution in Early Modern Germany
February 15, 2021
Moderator: Felix Schaff / London School of Economics
Bram Hogendoorn / University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies
Single mothers and intergenerational coresidence
Joel Suss / London School of Economics, International Inequalities Institute
Experienced economic inequality and pro-social behaviour
Morten Støstad / Paris School of Economics, World Inequality Lab
Machine Learning and Inequality’s Large-Scale Effects
March 1, 2021
Moderator: Andrea Forster / University of Amsterdam
Matteo Targa / German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
How does the Party rule? A study of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Inequality in China
Nikita Simpson / London School of Economics, International Inequalities Institute
Tension: An ethnographic study of women’s mental distress in rural North India.
Hester Mennes / University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies
The role of educational governance and schools’ democratic education in social inequalities in youngsters’ democratic outcomes
March 15, 2021
Moderator: Carla Hornberg / WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Weverthon Machado / European University Institute Florence, Inequality & Social Demography
Contextual determinants of intermarriage in Brazil
Christian König / WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Dynamics of Social Inequality
Environmental Inequality and Health
Alberto Parmigiani / London School of Economics, International Inequalities Institute
A Political Economy of Tax Evasion: Theory and Evidence
March 29, 2021
Moderator: Li Yang / Paris School of Economics
Amory Gethin / Paris School of Economics, World Inequality Lab
Inequality and Redistribution in South Africa, 1993-2019
Mar Cañizares Espadafor / European University Institute Florence, Inequality & Social Demography
A compensatory tale on the gender reversal in educational outcomes
Paula Thijs / University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies
Adolescents’ development of democratic values, political socialization and educational trajectories.
April 12, 2021
Moderator: Marco Cozzani / European University Institute Florence
Misun Lim / WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Dynamics of Social Inequality
Racial Differences in Motherhood Wage Penalties among Millennials
Nitin Kumar Bharti / Paris School of Economics, World Inequality Lab
Human Capital Accumulation in China and India: 1900-2020
Maya Adereth / London School of Economics, International Inequalities Institute
Coalitions for Care: Trade Unions, Mutual Aid, and the Struggle for National Healthcare in the UK and US
April 26, 2021
Moderator: Elizabeth Burland / University of Michigan
Asher Dvir-Djerassi / University of Michigan, Center for Inequality Dynamics
What if things had been different? Using counterfactual historical simulations methods to estimate the joint distribution of income and wealth under alternative policy regimes.
Alvaro Zuniga-Cordero / Paris School of Economics, World Inequality Lab
Skill-divide, income inequality, and electoral turnout in Costa Rica
Dieuwke Zwier / University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies
Social networks and educational inequality in the transition from primary to secondary education
May 10, 2021
Moderator: Andrea Forster / University of Amsterdam
Twan Huijsmans / University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies
The urban-rural divide in political attitudes
Chiara Puglisi / European University Institute Florence, Inequality & Social Demography
The impact of educational marital sorting on the association between maternal education and child survival
Rebecca Wetter / WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Dynamics of Social Inequality
Effect of individual experiences on meritocratic beliefs
May 17, 2021
Moderator: Marco Cozzani / European University Institute Florence
Asha Herten-Crabb / London School of Economics, International Inequalities Institute
Can feminist trade negotiations democratise EU trade relations with former EU colonies
Junchao Tang / University of Michigan, Center for Inequality Dynamics
Boarding and Inequality of Academic Achievement – Evidence from China
Emmanuel Chávez & Oscar Barrera / Paris School of Economics, World Inequality Lab
Information, the academic framing, and attitudes towards tax justice