AISSR Lecture Mario Luis Small | The Data Revolution and the Study of Social Inequality

The Data Revolution and the Study of Social Inequality: Promise and Perils
The social sciences are in the midst of a revolution in access to data, as governments and private companies have accumulated vast digital records of rapidly multiplying aspects of our lives and made those records available to researchers. The accessibility and comprehensiveness of the data are unprecedented. How will the data revolution affect the study of social inequality?