Steven N. Durlauf
@sndurlauf
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Professor and Director of the Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility @UCStoneCenter @HarrisPolicy @UChicago
Chicago, IL
Joined August 2015
2/The scholarly enterprise presupposes norms of integrity that are incompatible with assent to the destruction of the raw materials (data) from which social science is created. Why should I trust the research of someone failing to act ethically in the midst of this maelstrom?.
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1/ Is there any case of an academic who has joined the Trump administration resigning in protest or publicly defending the integrity of the BLS? Anyone purporting to be a scholar has an absolute ethical obligation to do so.
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President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics forced his allies into the awkward spot of criticizing an agency they had freely cited in the past.
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Very pleased to post this great conversation with Cristobal Young.
How important are low tax rates when your life and career are rooted in one place? Cristobal Young challenges the idea that the wealthy are fleeing to tax havens on this week’s episode of The Inequality Podcast. 🎧 Listen here: #TaxFlight #MillionaireTax
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2/The categorial imperative for the academy is commitment to truth. The scholarly enterprise presupposes norms of integrity that are incompatible with assent to the destruction of the raw materials (data) from which social science is created. Hassett has disgraced himself.
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1/Kevin Hassett had long ago discredited himself as a scholar by parroting claims about the economy he knew to be false. Even so, parroting the lie about rigged statistics, is a new low. The academy should ostracize him the same way a fabricator of research should be ostracized.
White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett defends President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as well as the president’s claim that weaker-than-expected jobs reports were “rigged,” but failed to produce any evidence to support Trump’s claim.
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Very happy to share this conversation with the hopelessly creative @ccalsamig on her fascinating work on education and inequality.
New episode of The Inequality Podcast just dropped! Caterina Calsamiglia (@ccalsamig) talks with Steven Durlauf (@sndurlauf) about school choice, standardized testing, and the importance of representation in shaping education policy. 🎧 Listen here:
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I am not an alumnus, but I strongly endorse.
A petition by recent alumni of @UChicagoCollege testifying to the importance and vitality of the language offerings and area studies departments at the @UChicago Division of the Arts & Humanities (@UChicagoAHD). Delighted to see some familiar names on here:
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Highly recommended!.
Incredibly happy to see my paper forthcoming in @QJEHarvard! I quantify how much of worldwide growth and poverty reduction can be accounted for by education over 1980-2019. A quick summary 1/9 👇
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RT @UCStoneCenter: Our July 2025 Summer School on Socioeconomic Opportunity and Inequality gathered a fantastic group of early-career schol….
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RT @UCStoneCenter: Today, we say farewell to a founding member of the Stone Center team, our Assistant Director, Gerry! If you’ve connected….
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Delighted to repost this great conversation with the brilliant @FabianPfeffer.
In the latest episode of The Inequality Podcast, @sndurlauf & @fabianpfeffer discuss variation in wealth inequality and why income gaps don’t tell the whole story. They explore how this inequality shapes individuals through education, housing, and risk assessments. Listen:
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RT @UCStoneCenter: Can we estimate intergenerational income mobility without assuming a functional form? Yes! Fully nonparametric methods c….
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Embarrassingly slow to repost this pair of great conversations with Salvador Navarro and Stephen Trejo on education and inequality.
Two-Parter!. @snavarrol (@WesternU) and Stephen Trejo (@UTAustin) join host @sndurlauf to talk about educational barriers and college attainment among Hispanic Americans. Listen every other Monday:. Website: Spotify: Apple:
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RT @UCStoneCenter: Two-Parter!. @snavarrol (@WesternU) and Stephen Trejo (@UTAustin) join host @sndurlauf to talk about educational barrier….
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Slow to repost this wonderful conversation @ariel_kalil and I had with Rachel Kranton on identity and social science.
Hosts @sndurlauf and @ariel_kalil discuss an identity-based approach to economics with @DukeU Professor Rachel Kranton. They explore how identity transforms our understanding of schools, gender, work, and choice. Listen every other Monday:.Website:
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Important paper on the ways that changes in the distribution of resources across different types of colleges has affected wage inequality.
The wage premium has halved for lower-income collegegoers since 1960 due to disinvestment from teaching colleges, diversion to two-year colleges, and a shift toward humanities majors, from @zbleemer and Sarah Quincy
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Very, very pleased to share these conversations with Salvador Navarro (@snavarrol) and Stephen Trejo on educational disparities. Overcoming barriers to educational achievement is integral to creating a "meritocracy worth the name.".
Two-Parter!. @snavarrol (@WesternU) and Stephen Trejo (@UTAustin) join host @sndurlauf to talk about educational barriers and college attainment among Hispanic Americans. Listen every other Monday:. Website: Spotify: Apple:
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RT @HarrisPolicy: In a new Q&A, Prof. Steven Durlauf (@sndurlauf) argues that racial disparities in the U.S. stem from deep structural inju….
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Grateful for a wonderful conversation with Deirdre Bloome on topics ranging from long run historical inequalities to the best ways to characterize intergenerational mobility.
@sndurlauf and @Harvard Professor Deirdre Bloome address often-overlooked mechanisms behind historical inequalities such as asymmetrical downward mobility experience by affluent Black families. Listen every other Monday:.Website: Spotify:
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