Dylan Connor: Spatial & Racial Wealth Inequality in the U.S. | City & Regional Planning Lecture
Wealth inequality has been sharply rising in the United States and across many other high-income countries. Less than 10 percent of American families now possess 70 percent of national wealth, and as a result, young people today face a challenging future in their ability to build wealth and access homeownership.
Dylan Connor, associate professor at Arizona State University, discusses these issues by utilizing a newly developed machine-learning-based GEOWEALTH-US compendium. He provides new facts on U.S. wealth inequality in terms of its history and geography, the changing racial wealth gap, and its implications for healthy aging. The talk concludes with a presentation of the first estimates of neighborhood wealth disparities in Berkeley, California.
Sponsored by the Department of City & Regional Planning.
About the Speaker
Dylan Connor is an associate professor at the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University, and a 2024-25 CASBS Fellow at Stanford University. He studies the impact of places on social mobility and social inequality over time.
Free and open to the public.
If you require accommodations to fully participate in this event, please contact dcrpadmin@berkeley.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.