Sociology Department Colloquium: Dan Hirschman
Eggers Hall, 060
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Cornell University Associate Professor Dan Hirschman will present, "The Stylized Facts of Inequality," as part of the Sociology Department Colloquium Series.
Abstract:
This talk highlights one influential category of quantitative descriptive claim: stylized facts. Stylized facts are simple empirical regularities in need of explanation. Stylized facts serve as quasi-phenomena for academic research, but also travel directly into political debates. I illustrate these dynamics through the intertwined history of research on the racial wealth gap and political demands for racial justice in the United States.
Category
Social Science and Public Policy
Type
Talks
Region
Campus
Open to
Faculty
Students, Graduate and Professional
Organizer
MAX-Sociology
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