The study of social and economic inequality is a hallmark of Wisconsin's research portfolio, particularly in the fields of Sociology and Rural Sociology, Economics, Public Policy and Social Work. Nowhere more than at Wisconsin have researchers long recognized that the distribution of resources and rewards is closely linked with demographic structures and processes. Fertility, family and household behavior may create and foster inequalities in economic resources, both within and across generations; similarly, inequality in social and economic resources may affect individual and family behavior. Socioeconomic inequality is intrinsically linked with health inequalities, access to schooling, and success in later life. Considerable scientific debate focuses on causal relationships between segregation and socioeconomic inequalities, and race/ethnic inequalities pervade much of the research on inequality, regardless of particular theoretical focus. Two-thirds of CDE researchers are engaged in research on this theme--more than for any other theme. Many are studying aspects of poverty and hardship, as well as inequalities in income and wealth. Several CDE scholars are engaged in research on educational and occupational attainment, key elements of human capital that account for some of the inequality in income and wealth. A number of public policy initiatives attempt to ameliorate the most pernicious aspects of inequality, and CDE researchers have contributed considerably to the evaluation of their effects. Much additional research considers the relationship between family and household behaviors and inequality.
CDE Researchers in the Demography of Inequality
Berger, Lawrence M.Bumpass, Larry
Cancian, Maria
Carlson, Marcy
Carter, Michael
Cooley, Jane C.
Curtis, Katherine J.
DeLeire, Thomas
Durlauf, Steven N.
Elwert, Felix
Fuguitt, Glenn
Gangl, Markus
Gerber, Ted
Hauser, Robert
Heinrich, Carolyn J.
Herd, Pamela
Holden, Karen C.
Kennan, John
Loveman, Mara
Magnuson, Katherine
Marks, Nadine F.
McEniry, Mary
Meyer, Daniel R.
Navarro, Salvador
Nobles, Jenna
Palloni, Alberto
Robert, Stephanie
Schechter, Laura
Schmeiser, Maximilian D.
Scholz, John Karl
Schwartz, Christine
Sellers, Sherrill
Smeeding, Timothy M.
Taber, Christopher
Turley, Ruth López
Walker, James
Wallace, Geoffrey
Wilson, Franklin
Winsborough, Halliman
Wolfe, Barbara L.
Zeng, Zhen