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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.