Manuel Schechtl
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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- aaaaaah how did I miss this!? Congrats, Max!!
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- Not exactly the problem you are describing but FEIS could be interesting here? Depending on what your treatment is doi.org/10.1177/0049...
- Thanks for your causal inference readings suggestions! Next Q: what's a paper that (mostly) convinced you of causal relationships *without* an exogenous shock? My students seek examples of good work when using an IV or RD or something isn't an option. (Again, I appreciate RTs to crowd source.)
- I think this figure is very convincing in terms of causality. From this paper: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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- Gefühlschaos
- Oh come on - I'm willing to believe the overlap section of the Venn diagram of "watched Buffy" and "following what Larry Summers said in his emails to Epstein" isn't huge, but I feel it's gotta be over represented in my social network.
- finding out what "Buffy" is right now 😅
- I'm facilitating a causal inference reading group next semester for Sociology PhD students. (I will also be learning!) If there are (1) pedagogical articles or (2) empirical examples in soc that you ❤️, will you share in the comments? [And please RT to help me crowd-source!]
- Shift-share instruments! 😁 doi.org/10.1162/REST...
- Is childhood exposure to local wealth inequality associated with upward income mobility achieved in adulthood? Yes! Check out my new paper, just published in @natureportfolio.nature.com here: doi.org/10.1038/s414... #EconSky #Sociology #Demography
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View full threadOne pathway through which childhood exposure to local wealth inequality might influence upward mobility of low-income kids is through its association with educational outcomes.
- Combining wealth estimates from geowealth-us and mobility data from opportunity insights, I demonstrate a negative association between childhood exposure to wealth inequality and upward income mobility outcomes later in life.
- Simulation exercises suggest that childhood exposure to local wealth inequality is more central to upward mobility than exposure to local income inequality itself.
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- 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. 😀
- 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.
- ⚠️ 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...
- This is based on the geowealth-us data (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) and the state democracy index (democracypolicylab.berkeley.edu/state-democr...)
- 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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- Thanks, Amalie!
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- Thanks, Meredith!
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- Thanks, Karen!
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- 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.
- 🚨Now published in issue 🚨 What happens to female labor market supply when their male partner starts to earn payroll tax exempt income? Joint work w/ @andreashaupt.bsky.social, now open access at JMF: doi.org/10.1111/jomf... #sociology #gendersky #polisky #econsky
- When no citizen has either great power or great wealth, tyranny in a way lacks an occasion and a stage. (Vol. 2, §4, Section 6)
- 🚨New publication alert🚨 What happens to female labor market supply when their male partner starts to earn payroll tax exempt income? Joint work w/ @andreashaupt.bsky.social, now open access at JMF: doi.org/10.1111/jomf... #sociology #gendersky #polisky #econsky
- We use long-running panel data (PSID) and FEIS models and find a 4% reduction in women's work hours in our most conservative estimation. We show that payroll tax contribution limits (FICA cap) almost exclusively boost net incomes of men and might help explain gender disparities at the top.
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- Is the doi correct? Shadow banking contraction?
- Ok, I tried making a starter pack on intergenerational mobility. I'm sure I've missed many folks so please let me know if you want to be added: go.bsky.app/DvGG8zVat://did:plc:ifbt6ck2q67mxfvtgcsg7k4u/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lbneju5wvo2p
- Could you please add me too, Bhash?
- I made a Starter Pack! But I got tired after 70 names. Intended to be inclusive of the #work-family adjacent and interdisciplinary Reply if you'd like to be added and please RT @wfrn.bsky.social @cwfjournal.bsky.social go.bsky.app/63Jq944 #Sociology #Demography #hdfs #PoliSky #academicskyat://did:plc:33nhf6ppm2anrimcz7nvnye4/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lawud2tnu424
- Could you add me too please? 🙂
- Thanks a lot Manuel! Very helpful! And fortunately, the list is not only male, as the preview pics might suggest ;)
- I created this list a couple of days ago based on some people I know about but there has been a ton of new arrivals--please let me know who else to include. Also, this is an interdisciplinary list! #EconSky #Sociology #PoliSky #Demography go.bsky.app/T667spiat://did:plc:phaioc74t2qv46nynyqazwo4/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lajr36vyfe2l
- lol yes, I don't think I can manually change it 😅
- I created this list a couple of days ago based on some people I know about but there has been a ton of new arrivals--please let me know who else to include. Also, this is an interdisciplinary list! #EconSky #Sociology #PoliSky #Demography go.bsky.app/T667spiat://did:plc:phaioc74t2qv46nynyqazwo4/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lajr36vyfe2l
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- You are on the list 😅
- Poverty and social policy started pack with EU focus. Wave to be added. go.bsky.app/BQXryVxat://did:plc:q2eoghwcovn2ugfwn45dk7fp/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lavtohe7h42j
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- at://did:plc:phaioc74t2qv46nynyqazwo4/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lajr36vyfe2l
- In their 2019 paper, Chetty et al find a gap in economic mobility between Black and White males. @rourkeobrien.bsky.social & I show that municipal police is a key explanation for why we observe a racial mobility gap for males (but not females). #Sociology #EconSky doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2024.100981
- 🚨New paper alert 🚨 This paper is a cautionary note for those interested in wealth-income inequality correlates across countries: Don't forget about the role of public redistribution! Published OA in Socius, joint work with @norawaitkus.bsky.social. #Sociology #Polisky doi.org/10.1177/2378...
- 🚨New WP Altert 🚨 Low-income children growing up in CZs with higher wealth inequality achieve lower incomes in adulthood compared to their peers growing up in CZs with lower wealth inequality: doi.org/10.31219/osf... EconSky PoliSky Sociology
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- Thrilled to announce that I am joining UNC-Chapel Hill this fall as Assistant Professor of Public Policy! Many thanks to @stone-lis.bsky.social and everyone who helped me get there.
- Quick look at the UK inheritance tax discussion using the wealthproject.gc.cuny.edu/EIG/ In 2021, the UK raised 0,78% of total tax revenue from inheritance and gifts vs 1,65% in France (in the 1960s, the UK collected over 2,66%!). The UK annually collects about $12 Billion less than France. #EconSky
- Join me at @appam.bsky.social on Saturday 13.45 for my presentation on the payroll tax contribution limit and married women's labor market outcomes! Session on women's agency. Also happy to meet anyone interested throughout the conference! #GenderSky #Sociology #EconSky #PoliSky
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- how skewed is the quantile knowledge distribution? more or less than the wealth distribution? is Andreas the Susanne Klatten of the quantile knowledge distribution? So many open questions 🧐😂
- Finally! Follow the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social for research, seminars, and events on income and wealth inequality! #PolSky #Sociology #EconSky
- 'Fiscal Impoverishment in Rich Democracies', joint work with @rourkeobrien.bsky.social, now published in @sfjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/sf/s... We invert standard analyses of welfare state policy and poverty by focusing not on poverty alleviation but creation. #Polisky #EconSky #Sociology
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- Many thanks! @emstruffolino.bsky.social and I are actually working on a separate paper looking more closely into the Italian case!
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- Schade!
- Nur in Präsenz vor Ort, richtig?
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- Very interesting--is there a WP somewhere?
- Visualizing the evolution of estate and inheritance tax exemptions over time. What an insane development! #EconSky and #Polisci, check our interactive website with many other features here: wealthproject.gc.cuny.edu/EIG/graphs/#...
