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Manuel Schechtl

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Assistant Prof. at UNC-Chapel Hill | previously Postdoc at the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality | PhD from Humboldt University Berlin | inequality, wealth, poverty, taxes, redistribution, social & public policy. https://schechtl.github.io

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Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.bsky.social · Jul 16

⚠️ New timely WP ⚠️ Rising wealth inequality and democratic backsliding at the US state-level #EconSky #Sociology #PolicySky
@stone-lis.bsky.social WP here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...

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Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.bsky.social · 2d

Do you have cited posts, reposts, and responses activated to show up on your following feed? This created a way more active timeline for me. Also added pinned feeds by topic. I like that I can customize the whole experience. 😀

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Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.bsky.social · 7d

I am organizing session 711 Wealth Inequality: International
Comparative Perspectives at PAA 2026. Deadline for submissions is Oct 5th. Non-comparative papers on wealth inequality are also welcome.

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Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.bsky.social · 7d

I am organizing session 711 Wealth Inequality: International
Comparative Perspectives at PAA 2026. Deadline for submissions is Oct 5th. Non-comparative papers on wealth inequality are also welcome.

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Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics @umichstonecid.bsky.social · Aug 28

ICYMI: See what we're up to in September: mailchi.mp/umich/cid-se...
First up: @schechtlm.bsky.social on September 9! #AcademicSky #PublicPolicy #WealthInequality

Manuel Schechtl will join us at the Stone Center on September 9 to present Rising Wealth Concentration and Disparities in Social Outcomes Across the United States.

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · Aug 13

Tocqueville on the incompatibility of economic inequality with democracy.

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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · Aug 6

We invite applications for two postdoctoral scholars! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center in NYC. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J

Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality

The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.

stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu

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Emily Parker @emilyparker.bsky.social · Jul 29

📣 Hot off the press 📣
We document tremendous growth in U.S. federal place-based funding, show it has disproportionately gone to areas with more nonprofits & stronger housing markets, and find a pattern of cumulative advantage in funding among high-poverty neighborhoods.

doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...

Federal place-based policy and the geography of inequality in the United States, 1990–2019

Abstract. This paper assesses the growth and spatial distribution of federal place-based policies in the United States. Using a novel dataset of federal pl

doi.org

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Shay O’Brien @shayobrien.bsky.social · Jul 23

I am soo excited to share my newest article, “Unnatural Wills.” It’s about inheritance disputes!!! Murder, gold diggers, sex work, racial passing, secret lesbian lovers…WOW this was fun to write, and I hope it’s fun to read, too.

Unnatural Wills: Inheritance Disputes and Inequality

Within the conceptual frame of relational economic sociology, inheritance disputes are a canonical form of relational mismatch. But the social patterning of relational mismatches, and their various t...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.bsky.social · Jul 16

⚠️ New timely WP ⚠️ Rising wealth inequality and democratic backsliding at the US state-level #EconSky #Sociology #PolicySky
@stone-lis.bsky.social WP here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...

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Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.bsky.social · Jul 16

This is based on the geowealth-us data (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) and the state democracy index (democracypolicylab.berkeley.edu/state-democr...)

Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.bsky.social · Jul 16

⚠️ New timely WP ⚠️ Rising wealth inequality and democratic backsliding at the US state-level #EconSky #Sociology #PolicySky
@stone-lis.bsky.social WP here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...

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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · Jul 16

Most studies on the relationship b/w inequality & the erosion of democracy focus on cross-country comparisons, and on income rather than wealth. A new WP by @schechtlm.bsky.social looks at how rising state‐level wealth inequality in the US is associated with democratic backsliding.
bit.ly/3IuD1w5

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Maude Pugliese @maudepugliese.bsky.social · Jul 9

1/10 🚨Why do women accumulate less wealth than men across countries and time?

I had the privilege of co-directing the latest Special Issue of #SER @sasemeeting.bsky.social with @celinebessiere.bsky.social on gender and wealth accumulation. 🧵 ⤵️

academic.oup.com/ser/article/...

Gender and wealth accumulation: an international perspective

Abstract. Why do women accumulate less wealth than men globally? As wealth inequality rises both within countries and worldwide, studies on gender and weal

academic.oup.com

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Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · Jul 8

🚨 New paper alert!
Thrilled to share my latest paper (a joint work with Milan de Vries and Hahrie Han)—now out in Nature Scientific Data!
We introduce 5 datasets on civic opportunity in America, built from IRS tax records + 1.7M nonprofit websites.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

MapAgora, civic opportunity datasets for the study of American local politics and public policy - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - MapAgora, civic opportunity datasets for the study of American local politics and public policy

www.nature.com

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Journal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social · Jun 29

Just published in @jpube.bsky.social:

"The Influence of Inheritances on Wealth Inequality in Rich Countries"

By @morellisal.bsky.social, Brian Nolan, @juancpal.bsky.social, & Philippe Van Kerm

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#econsky #publiceconomics #publicfinance

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Tom VanHeuvelen @tvanheuvelen.bsky.social · Apr 28

At the blog I wrote about five cool new articles on gender inequality:

inappropriate engineering job talk intros
physician culture
demographic inequalities in health degrees --> health jobs
care work trends
tax policies

Very neat articles this week.

asocial.substack.com/p/mondays-go...

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Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.bsky.social · Apr 26

Thanks, Amalie!

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Robert Manduca @robertmanduca.bsky.social · Apr 24

I have a new paper out! "Should Social Insurance Programs Count as Wealth? Augmented Wealth in Research and Policy." Published yesterday in Socio-Economic Review @sasemeeting.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/ser/...

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Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.bsky.social · Apr 22

Thanks, Meredith!

Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.bsky.social · Apr 22

Thanks, Karen!

Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.bsky.social · Apr 22

Very happy to announce I received the University of Michigan Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics visiting fellowship 2025-2026! I am looking forward to be a part of the community @umichstonecid.bsky.social
inequality.umich.edu/25-26-visiti...

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Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics @umichstonecid.bsky.social · Apr 16

The latest pub. from Rourke O'Brien, @schechtlm.bsky.social, our own @robertmanduca.bsky.social, & Atheendar Venkataramani suggests that local government spending may reduce mortality, esp. for people with lower incomes. Read more in SSM – Population Health:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Local government expenditure centralization and spatial variation in working-age mortality

Research finds disparities in local government spending to be one driver of place-based variation in population health outcomes in the U.S. This study…

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Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.bsky.social · Apr 3

In the words of @pkrugman.bsky.social "There’s so much wrong with this approach that it’s hard to know where to start." No, there is no serious argument here.

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Nicole Kapelle @nicolekapelle.bsky.social · Mar 14

🚨New paper in SER🚨
Cohabitation boosts wealth in 🇫🇷 & 🇩🇪—but legal recognition matters. Findings highlight the role of policy in shaping fin. outcomes for cohab. couples.
academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...
@pmlersch.bsky.social @marionleturcq.bsky.social & N. Fremeaux
#Sociology #Demography #Inequality

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Nicole Kapelle @nicolekapelle.bsky.social · Mar 4

🚨I'm advertising for a PhD position (4 yrs) in quant. Sociology/Social Demography (life course, social ineq.) @tcdsociology.bsky.social!
📅 Deadline: April 21, 2025
📄 More info: www.tcd.ie/sociology/va...
🔄 Please share! #Sociology #Demography #AcademicChatter #PhDOpportunity #TrinityCollegeDublin

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