by Nicole Bonomini | Oct 16, 2023 | Inequality Scholar Spotlight
Understanding the effects of place on household level outcomes When CID Student Fellow Alumni Economist Nishaad Rao was a teenager, he was convinced he wanted to be a physicist. “When I was in high school, I thought that Economics was basically what people who work...
by Nicole Bonomini | Jun 15, 2023 | Inequality Scholar Spotlight
The Regulation and Politics of “home-based moneymaking” People often think of home and work as two separate aspects of their lives, but the line continues to blur for many working Americans, particularly since the pandemic. With inflation and rising costs, more and...
by Nicole Bonomini | Nov 8, 2022 | Inequality Scholar Spotlight
Investigating the function and consequence of credit ratings How do we as a society decide what is valuable or worthwhile? Economic sociologist Davon Norris, Ph.D., is working to understand how society’s tools for determining what is of value and worthwhile are...
by Nicole Bonomini | Sep 22, 2022 | Inequality Scholar Spotlight
Understanding Urban Planning and Segregation in New York “A country and a city of extremes” Did you know American cities are more segregated today than they were 100 years ago? Urban economist and new CID faculty member Sun Kyoung Lee, Ph.D., has spent the last...
by Nicole Bonomini | Aug 24, 2022 | Inequality Scholar Spotlight
In the United States, home ownership is one of the main ways in which Americans possess and accumulate wealth – particularly the middle class. But just how easy is it to purchase and afford your own home? CID faculty member, urban sociologist and demographer Joe...
by Nicole Bonomini | May 22, 2022 | Inequality Scholar Spotlight
Kathy Velikov is a designer, an academic, and an architect. As Professor of Architecture and Associate Dean for Research and Creative Practice at U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, when a colleague reached out to her to see if she would be...
