April 2026 - NOeG-l - Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

[INEQ Research Seminar] Zach Parolin (University of Oxford), April 13: The Intergenerational Persistence of Poverty in the United States
by Disslbacher, Franziska 02 Apr '26

02 Apr '26

Dear colleagues, We hereby invite you to join our next Economics of Inequality Research Seminar<https://www.wu.ac.at/en/ineq/outreach/ineq-research-seminar> at WU Vienna. Zach Parolin<https://www.zachparolin.com/> (University of Oxford) will present the paper The Intergenerational Persistence of Poverty in the United States. Date and Time: Monday, April 13; 3.00 p.m. Location: WU Vienna, D4.0.136<https://campus.wu.ac.at/?q=D4.0.136>. Abstract Children who grow up in poverty in the United States face a significantly higher risk of adult poverty compared to their peers in other wealthy nations. This study uses 50 years of data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to investigate whether the expansion of the American welfare state has successfully weakened this intergenerational link. I begin by distinguishing the statistical properties of the intergenerational persistence of poverty (IGPov) from conventional mobility metrics, such as rank-rank slopes and intergenerational elasticities, showing that IGPov combines material concerns (prevailing poverty rates) with fairness considerations (the relative persistence of poverty). Despite substantial policy changes and declining child poverty rates in recent decades, I document that high rates of poverty persistence in the U.S. have remained stagnant over the past half-century. Beneath that stability, however, lie diverging mobility patterns by gender and race/ethnicity. Finally, I show that the mechanisms behind intergenerational poverty differ from standard mobility measures, with employment being far more important than education in linking childhood poverty to adulthood poverty. Aside from reducing poverty rates through direct taxes and transfers, reducing differences in adulthood employment rates for those from high-poverty backgrounds relative to adults from low-poverty backgrounds is the most direct route toward reducing the intergenerational persistence of poverty. Please register your participation here<https://www.wu.ac.at/en/ineq/outreach/ineq-research-seminar/registration-pa…>. Best regards, Franziska Disslbacher ---- Franziska Disslbacher, PhD Assistant Professor Institute for Spatial & Social-Ecological Transformations & Research Institute Economics of Inequality WU, Vienna University of Economics and Business Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, Austria LSE International Inequalities Institute – Research Fellow | Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality CUNY | SOEP / DIW – Associated Researcher World Inequality Lab PSE– Research Fellow +43 1 313 36 6669 franziska.disslbacher(a)wu.ac.at<mailto:franziska.disslbacher@wu.ac.at> franziskadisslbacher.com<http://franziskadisslbacher.com>

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Migration Politics : Residency (DL 6 Apr) & Special Issues (DL 15 May)
by Franziska Klauser 01 Apr '26

01 Apr '26

Dear all, A quick note about two open calls from the journal Migration Politics<https://migrationpolitics.org/>: * In-Person Residency 2026 (Krems, Austria) - "Migration Politics and Violence" Residency: 28 Sep-2 Oct 2026 | Deadline: 6 April 2026 Call: https://migrationpolitics.org/2026/02/24/call-for-in-person-residency-on-mi… * Special Issues (2026 round) Publication windows: Winter 2027 & Summer 2028 | Deadline: 15 May 2026 Call: https://migrationpolitics.org/2026/02/24/call-for-special-issues-2026/ Kind regards, Franziska Klauser Public Relations University for Continuing Education Krems - Department for Migration and Globalisation Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30 3500 Krems T: +43 2732 893-5574 W: www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/mig<http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/mig>

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vacancy prae-doc Economist@wiiw
by Steininger, Lea 01 Apr '26

01 Apr '26

Dear all, We have posted a new vacancy for a prae-doc Economist with research interests in microdata and macroeconomics at wiiw: https://wiiw.recruitee.com/o/pre-doc-economist-specialised-in-macroeconomic… Please circulate this. Many thanks !! Best wishes, Lea

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