Specializations Data Analytics Specialization Energy & Environmental Policy Specialization Finance & Policy Specialization Health Policy Specialization International Policy & Development Specialization Municipal Finance Specialization Policy Design, Implementation, Management, and Evaluation Social and Economic Inequality Specialization Survey Research Specialization Certificates Outside Harris The study of social and economic inequality is one of the cornerstones of the Harris School of Public Policy. The goal of this specialization is to introduce students to modern theories of inequality and the empirical study of those theories. Topics include early childhood sources of income inequality, discrimination in the labor market and in other institutions, segregation in housing markets, the impact of migration on the measurement of inequality, and the roles of peer effects.Application ProcessThe specialization is open to Harris Public Policy graduate students only. Please indicate your intent to pursue this specialization using the Harris Specialization Declaration Form.For specialization registration questions, please reach out to harrisregistration@uchicago.edu.Planning for the SpecializationFor information on which quarter(s) each course will be offered, see the Harris Courses page and filter by specialization. Specialization RequirementsThe specialization requires completion of three total courses, at least two of which need to be from the “Required courses” list. No required course substitutions are allowed.Students must achieve at least a B- grade in each course. No course may be taken on a pass/fail basis. The courses do not need to be taken in a particular order.Required CoursesPPHA 33215 Poverty and Public PolicyPPHA 33230 Inequality: Theory, Methods and EvidencePPHA 37910 Analysis of Health DisparitiesPPHA 40700 Early Childhood: Human Capital Development and Public PolicyElective CoursesPPHA 35240 Economics of Education and DevelopmentPPHA 38715 Housing Policy in the United States PPHA 60000 Policy Labs (with permission of the Specialization Director)Not offered in 26-27 PPHA 34241 Household Finance: Theory and ApplicationsPPHA 39450 What We Know About Income InequalityPPHA 41740 Policy and the Economics of Work for Men and WomenSpecialization ContactDan Black, Specialization DirectorDan BlackEmail danblack@uchicago.eduSteans Professor in Educational PolicyDan Black Dan A. Black is a professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. His research focuses on labor economics and applied econometrics.