Workshop on 'Intergenerational persistence and inequality'

• Department of Economics
• Department of Political and Social Sciences
• Development and External Relations Service
• Inequality, Welfare and Social Justice

Organised jointly by EUI scholars Alexander Ludwig and Herman van de Werfhorst, together with Professor Francis Vella (Georgetown University), this event offers a unique forum for dialogue across disciplines on one of today’s most pressing societal challenges: inequality.

How do inequalities persist –or change– across generations? Why do some families and communities experience enduring advantages while others face structural barriers to mobility? This event brings together leading economists and sociologists at the European University Institute in Florence on November 10 to address these questions from multiple perspectives. Sessions will span new research on gender differences in intergenerational earnings, the role of school networks, long-term mobility trends among Asian Americans, and the geography of upward mobility in developing countries. The day will conclude with a policy panel featuring experts from the OECD, World Bank, and European Commission, bridging research and practice to explore how insights on persistence and inequality can inform policy interventions.

This workshop is co-sponsored by the Inequality, Welfare and Social Justice Cluster and the Georgetown Global Economic Challenges Network.