Please join us in the library on Wednesday, September 26th for a guest seminar presented by Kerwin Charles, entitled “Some Forms of Prejudice and Their (Elusive) Effects.”

Professor Charles is the Edwin A. and Betty L. Bergman Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. His research focuses on a range of questions in labor and applied microeconomics. His many articles address, among other topics: racial and gender discrimination in the labor market; the propagation of wealth and earnings across different generations within a family; the effects of sectoral shocks in the economy on college attainment, occupational choice, and labor market participation; how adverse health shocks affect family stability and labor supply; and differences in visible consumption across different racial and ethnic groups. He received his PhD from Cornell University in 1996.