Patrizio Piraino – The Conversation

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August 8, 2022

Women have always trailed men in research output: how COVID made the situation worse

Cyrill Walters, Stellenbosch University; Armand Bam, Stellenbosch University, and Patrizio Piraino, University of Notre Dame

The pandemic lockdown added a big teaching load; female academics also found themselves having to play more of a nurturing role.

Leonardo DiCaprio plays Jay Gatsby in the The Great Gatsby. Jay’s story has been used by economists to explain the combination of unequal distribution of income and less economic mobility. Reuters/Andrew Kelly

June 9, 2015

Apartheid continues to cast shadow on equality of opportunity

Patrizio Piraino, University of Cape Town

Evidence on the ability, or lack thereof, of children to rise above the economic status of their parents shines light on the continued persistence of inequality, including in South Africa.

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