Manuel Schechtl

Manuel Schechtl is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with affiliations at the Carolina Population Center and Yale's Center for Empirical Research on Stratification and Inequality. As a sociologist, his work bridges tax policy, social policy, and economic inequality, focusing on how fiscal institutions shape wealth distribution and mobility.

• PhD, Humboldt University Berlin (2022)
• Postdoc, Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality (CUNY, 2022–2024)

Research Focus:
• Wealth inequality dynamics and intergenerational mobility
• Inheritance/gift taxation as mobility determinant
• Gender disparities in asset transfers
• Municipal policy impacts on racial inequality
• Comparative fiscal impoverishment analysis

Recent Article Trends:
His 15 most recent publications (2021–2025) span wealth inequality, gendered tax effects, place-based policy impacts, and democratic backsliding. Key themes include taxation's role in inequality reproduction, spatial mobility patterns, and policy feedback mechanisms.

Scientific Recognition:

• University of Michigan Stone Center Visiting Fellowship (2025–2026)
• Collaborative projects with leading inequality centers

Contributions:
Co-developed wealth-transfer gender gap analysis, advanced fiscal federalism frameworks, and led place-based mortality studies. Currently exploring municipal police impacts on racial mobility gaps and GEOWEALTH-US data applications.