We are delighted to announce the 1st Annual Summer School on Socioeconomic Inequality (SSSI 2012), to be hosted by the University of Chicago from July 9-15 under the direction of Steven N. Durlauf and James J. Heckman.

SSSI 2012 is supported by the Institute for New Economic Thinking Global Working Group on Human Capital and Economic Opportunity

(http://mfi.uchicago.edu/humcap/hc.shtml) and the Becker-Friedman Institute (http://mfi.uchicago.edu).

The summer school is open to PhD candidates from around the world. There is no cost to participation, and room and board will be provided to participants. Students are expected to meet their individual transportation costs. The admitted class will be restricted to 25-30 students. Applications may be submitted at the summer school website:

https://ineqss.uchicago.edu/ and are due April 15, 2012.

Please direct any questions to Jennifer Pachon (jennifer.b.pachon@gmail.com) or Steven Durlauf (sdurlauf@ssc.wisc.edu).