Race, Poverty, and Inequality
The issues of inequality, poverty, and racism are consistent threads woven throughout IPR faculty research—and have constituted major research themes from the day the Institute first opened its doors. To examine these pernicious problems, faculty researchers cast a wide net, tackling a variety of topics that shed light on gaps in race, socioeconomic status, opportunity, and housing.
A Message From Chloe Thurston, Program Chair
Working Papers
Recently published articles and working papers in this program area include:
Charles F. Manski, John Mullahy, and Atheendar Venkataramani. 2025. Prediction with Differential Covariate Classification: Illustrated by Racial/Ethnic Classification in Medical Risk Assessment (WP-25-04).
Dean Karlan, Monica Lambon-Quayefio, Utsav Manjeer, and Christopher Udry. 2025. Access to Digital Credit for Smallholder Farmers: Experimental Evidence from Ghana (WP-25-03).
Lauren Bauer, Krista Ruffini, and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach. 2024. The Effects of Lump-Sum Food Benefits During the COVID-19 Pandemic on Spending, Hardship, and Health (WP-24-35).
Faculty Experts
Faculty come from the fields of economics, sociology, communication, African American studies, education and social policy, and others.
Events
Meetings, Visibility, and Gender Inequality at Work
By Kate Weisshaar, associate professor of sociology and IPR fellow
The Narrative of Racial Progress
By Michael Kraus, professor of psychology and Morton O. Schapiro IPR Fellow