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Public Keynote: Fabian Pfeffer

Fabian Pfeffer (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich)

Wealth Inequality and Redistribution

November 21, 2024
2.30 pm - 4.00 pm

Gallery, Building LC (Library & Learning Center)
Campus Vienna University of Economics and Business, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Wien

Note that the event will start on time, so we kindly ask you to arrive a few minutes early to ensure a smooth beginning.

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About this lecture

Wealth is an important and unique dimension of social inequality and social mobility. This talk presents three basic but nonetheless striking descriptive facts that together emphasize the urgency of increased scientific attention to wealth: First, wealth is different from other, more widely used indicators of economic well-being and inequality. Second, wealth is drastically more unequally distributed that any other economic resource. And, third, wealth inequality is transmitted across generations and itself cements other social divides. The second half of the talk presents various provocative proposals for wealth redistribution and discusses their potential impacts.

About Fabian Pfeffer

Portrait Fabian Pfeffer

Fabian Pfeffer is Professor of Sociology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich.

His work on social inequality, wealth, education, and quantitative methods appears in the American Sociological Review, the Annual Review of Sociology, Social Forces, the European Sociological Review, and other outlets. He is the recipient of the Early Career Award from two sections of the American Sociological Association, the section on Inequality, Poverty and Mobility and the section on Sociology of Education. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, and others.

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