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Social Inequality: Recent Awards

Bruce Western, Princeton University
New Directions for Research on Economic Inequality
May, 2013, $34,910
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Leslie McCall, Northwestern University
Jonas Edlund , Umea University
Arvid Backstrom , Umea University
Survey of Public Preferences for Redistribution in the Market
May, 2013, $22,188
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Shamus Khan, Columbia University
Dorian Warren, Columbia University
The Political Influence of Economic Elites
November, 2012, $200,000
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Peter Enns, Cornell University
Nathan Kelly, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Jana Morgan, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Christopher Witko, Saint Louis University
Campaign Funding, Political Rhetoric, and the Public (Non)Response to Rising Inequality
November, 2012, $192,613
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Leslie McCall, Northwestern University
Jennifer A. Richeson, Northwestern University
Public Views about Inequality, Opportunity, and Redistribution: Evidence from Media Coverage and Experimental Inquiry
November, 2012, $174,953
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Jeffrey Lax, Columbia University
Justin Phillips, Columbia University
Who Listens to Whom? Assessing Inequalities in Representation
November, 2012, $133,753
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B. Keith Payne, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
The Politics of Inequality in a "Classless Society"
November, 2012, $76,529
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Rebekah Levine Coley, Boston College
Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal, Univeristy of Pittsburgh
Early Education and Care as a Mechanism to Ameliorate Socioeconomic Disparities in School Readiness Skills
November, 2012, $74,301
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Ira Katznelson, Columbia University
The Urban Geography of Inequality
October, 2012, $35,000
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Heather Boushey, Center for American Progress
The Middle Class and Economic Growth
August, 2012, $35,000
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Elizabeth Washbrook, University of Bristol
Jane Waldfogel, Columbia University
Miles Corak, University of Ottawa
Bruce Bradbury, University of New South Wales
Inequality in Child Development and Public Policy in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, and United States
July, 2012, $189,533
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Martin Gilens, Princeton University
Representational Inequality and Campaign Finance Regulation in the U.S. States
July, 2012, $80,053
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Garance Genicot, Georgetown University
Debraj Ray, New York University
Measuring Upward Economic Mobility
July, 2012, $77,829
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Martin Gilens, Princeton University
Data on Economic Inequality and Political Representation
May, 2012, $29,267
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Tom DiPrete, Columbia University
Benchmarking and CEO Compensation
May, 2012, $16,145
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