512
The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Poorer: Inequalities through the Life Course

Wednesday, 18 July 2018: 08:30-10:20
Location: 716B (MTCC SOUTH BUILDING)

RC28 Social Stratification (host committee)

Language: English


Societies around the world with different welfare provisions are characterized by socio-economic polarization. A key mechanism that drives socio-economic polarization is cumulative (dis)advantages across the life course. This session focuses on the extent to which, and the social and political conditions under which, disparities in human and social capital, family life, and health cumulate through the life course, leading to inter-group polarization. Priority will be given to papers who use empirical data to examine the extent to which the Mathew effect –“the rich get richer and the poor get poorer” – manifests in economic and non-material dimensions.
Session Organizers:
Irina TOMESCU-DUBROW, CONSIRT, Polish Academy of Sciences and The Ohio State university, Poland, tomescu.1@osu.edu
Kazimierz M. SLOMCZYNSKI, The Ohio State University and the Polish Academy of Sciences, USA, slomczynski.1@osu.edu
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