In September 2022, Prof. Steven Neil Durlauf became the inaugural director of the new James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility. The Steans Professor in Educational Policy at the Harris School of Public Policy, Durlauf conducts research on an array of economic topics, focusing on poverty, inequality and the theory of policy design.
His scholarship emphasizes the interaction of individuals, their families, and the broader political landscape driving inequality. This work underpins the research agenda of the Center, which is working toward a comprehensive understanding of how multiple dimensions – education, class, occupation, income, wealth, and others – contribute to socioeconomic mobility. The center's research agenda has a particular focus on intergenerational mobility.
In this Q&A, Professor Durlauf, also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, discusses his latest research on the impact of parental income on children's outcomes, social immobility in the U.S. and how mobility might be accelerated.
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