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Matthew Desmond at Stanford on Nov. 28!

Even in the poorest American cities, evictions used to be rare. But today, eviction is a routine event, and it’s become part of a vicious inequality-increasing cycle. On Nov. 28, Matthew Desmond will draw from his Pulitzer Prize-winning book Evicted at a public lecture hosted by the CPI.
The Rise of Precarious Jobs

The Russell Sage Foundation is soliciting proposals for an upcoming issue on the recent rise of low-wage jobs and nonstandard work arrangements in the United States. Submissions are due by December 20, 2017.

Pathways Magazine
State of the Union: Housing

Whereas 1 in 6 black and Hispanic households dedicate at least half of their income to housing costs, only 1 in 12 white households do. How did that happen? Read this piece by Matthew Desmond on racial and ethnic disparities in housing.
Don’t Let “Conversation One” Squeeze Out “Conversation Two”

Why are our poverty plans so timid? The old America used to be bold and brash.

Videos
The Great Risk Shift

In this video from our online course on poverty and inequality, CPI affiliate Jacob Hacker examines the massive shift of economic risk from the government and corporations to American families.
Geography of Upward Mobility

CPI research group leader Raj Chetty examines how place-based policies can increase mobility in this video from his course on using big data to solve social problems. 

Talks and Events
Asian Americans and the Battle for Suburbia

Learn more about the dreams and struggles of Asian Americans who have made their homes in Silicon Valley suburbia. A lecture by University of Maryland professor Willow Lung-Amam.

Wednesday, November 15, Margaret Jacks Hall, Terrace Room, 12pm
Language and Immigrant Integration

Stanford professor Guadalupe Valdés examines the challenges in providing formal language instruction to both newly arrived and established immigrants.

Wednesday, November 29, Margaret Jacks Hall, Terrace Room, 12pm

Featured Research
A selection of poverty and inequality papers recently released by CPI affiliates

Exploding Asthma and ADHD Caseloads: The Role of Medicaid Managed Care
Anna Chorniy, Janet Currie, and Lyudmyla Sonchak – NBER

Payroll Taxes, Firm Behavior, and Rent Sharing: Evidence from a Young Workers’ Tax Cut in Sweden
Emmanuel Saez, Benjamin Schoefer, and David Seim – NBER

Social Capital and Labor Market Networks
Brian J. Asquith, Judith K. Hellerstein, Mark J. Kutzbach, David Neumark – NBER

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The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, a program of the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, is partly supported by the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Elfenworks Foundation, the Google.org Charitable Giving Fund of Tides Foundation, Laura and John Arnold Foundation, the National Science Foundation, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, The Ballmer Group, and The James Irvine Foundation.

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