“Race, Economic Opportunity, and Leadership: Americans’ (Mis)Perceptions of the Race and Gender Wealth Gap,” hosted by Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University

Thursday, April 18, 12noon, Kirwan Institute, Conference Room 101, 33 W. 11th Ave. [this event will also be occurring via Zoom]

Racial, gender, and intersectional race-gender disparities in wealth lead to unequal access to opportunities in the U.S., yet many Americans are largely unaware of these gaps and vastly underestimate their size. This project uses secondary data from national surveys, as well as novel data from online experiments, to examine these (mis)perceptions and their downstream consequences for individuals’ behavior and policy support. We also test the efficacy of several interventions to correct these misperceptions in order to understand how they might encourage Americans to take action and support wealth-equalizing policies.

Speakers

• Dr. Nicole Yadon, Associate Professor of Political Science at The Ohio State University

• Lauren Valentino, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina.

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Hosted by Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University.