Dear colleagues, The Research Institute Economics of Inequality <https://www.wu.ac.at/en/ineq/home/> (INEQ) is pleased to announce the program for the Summer Term 2026 edition of the Economics of Inequality Seminar Series<https://www.wu.ac.at/en/ineq/outreach/ineq-research-seminar>. The seminars take place (if not stated otherwise) on Mondays from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at WU Vienna. Date & Location Speaker Paper Monday, March 9 3 pm – 4.30 pm D4.0.136<https://campus.wu.ac.at/?q=TC.4.15> Thijs Bol (University of Amsterdam) Personal Website<https://thijsbol.com/> Gender inequality in bonus compensation Registration<https://www.wu.ac.at/en/ineq/outreach/ineq-research-seminar/registration-bol> Monday, March 16 3 pm – 4.30 pm D4.0.136<https://campus.wu.ac.at/?q=TC.4.15> Maxine Lee (San Francisco State University) Personal Website<https://sites.google.com/view/maxinejlee> New Evidence on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Earnings: Evidence from Linked Survey and Administrative Data Registration<https://www.wu.ac.at/ineq/outreach/ineq-research-seminar/registration-lee> Monday, April 13 3 pm – 4.30 pm D4.0.136<https://campus.wu.ac.at/?q=TC.4.15> Zach Parolin (University of Oxford) Personal Website<https://www.zachparolin.com/> The Intergenerational Persistence of Poverty in the United States Registration<https://www.wu.ac.at/ineq/outreach/ineq-research-seminar/registration-parolin> Tuesday, April 14 4 pm – 6 pm D3.0.222 Maximilian Kasy (University of Oxford) Personal Website<https://maxkasy.github.io/home/> Book presentation: The Means of Prediction - How AI Really Works (and Who Benefits) Registration<https://www.wu.ac.at/ineq/outreach/events/buchpraesentation-the-means-of-prediction> Monday, April 20 3 pm – 4.30 pm D5.1.003 Dario Sansone (University of Exeter) Personal Website<https://sites.google.com/view/dariosansone/> Measuring the Sources of Taste-Based Discrimination Using List Experiments Registration<https://www.wu.ac.at/ineq/outreach/ineq-research-seminar/registration-sanone> Monday, April 27 3 pm – 4.30 pm EA.5.040 Alessandro Toppeta (SOFI, Stockholm University) Personal Website<https://sites.google.com/view/alessandro-toppeta> High School Majors and Cognitive Skill Development Registration<https://www.wu.ac.at/en/ineq/outreach/ineq-research-seminar/registrationtoppeta> Monday, May ??? 3 pm – 4.30 pm ROOM? Christina Cross (Harvard University) Personal Website TBA Monday, June 1 3 pm – 4.30 pm D4.0.127 Michael Lovenheim (Cornell University) Personal Website<https://sites.google.com/site/mflovenheim> Dynastic Capital and the Inheritance of Social Advantage Registration<https://www.wu.ac.at/ineq/outreach/ineq-research-seminar/registration-lovenheim> Monday, June 15 3 pm – 4.30 pm D4.0.127 Konstantin Wacker (University of Groningen) Personal Website<https://sites.google.com/rug.nl/kmwacker> The labor share, capital-labor complementarity, and direction of technological change Registration<https://www.wu.ac.at/ineq/outreach/ineq-research-seminar/registration-wacker> You can also find the seminar dates on our website<https://www.wu.ac.at/en/ineq/outreach/ineq-research-seminar/>. To stay informed about any schedule updates, please sign up for our calendar<https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=5fb209aff54169aa745fca3fb69c1b4a42b315164a5068e70d3b2317cd995914%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Europe%2FVienna>. Feel free to share this invitation with your colleagues and students. We are looking forward to welcoming you to the seminars. Best regards, Franziska Disslbacher ---- Franziska Disslbacher, PhD Assistant Professor ISSET - Institute for Spatial and Socio-Ecological Transformations & Research Institute Economics of Inequality WU, Vienna University of Economics and Business +43 1 313 36 6669 franziska.disslbacher@wu.ac.at<mailto:franziska.disslbacher@wu.ac.at> franziskadisslbacher.com<http://franziskadisslbacher.com> International Inequalities Institute (LSE) - Research Fellow | Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality- CUNY| PSE World Inequality Lab - Research Fellow | German Institute of Economic Research / SOEP - Associated Researcher