Manuel Schechtl

Manuel Schechtl is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, affiliated with the Carolina Population Center and the Center for Empirical Research on Stratification and Inequality (CERSI) at Yale University. His research focuses on inequality, poverty, and mobility, particularly examining wealth dynamics and tax policies. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Humboldt University Berlin and previously served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality at CUNY.

His work utilizes quantitative methods, analyzing survey and administrative data to explore topics like payroll tax impacts on labor supply and the role of inheritances. Notably, he received the University of Michigan Stone Center visiting fellowship (2025-2026). Recent publications address fiscal centralization's role in mobility disparities and gender gaps in tax policies.

• Affiliations: Carolina Population Center, CERSI (Yale)
• Education: Ph.D. in Sociology (Humboldt University Berlin), Master's in Sociology, B.A. in Political Science and Economics

Research emphasizes policy interventions to address wealth inequality and taxation's societal impacts. Collaborations include projects on wealth dynamics and social cohesion funded by institutions like the Volkswagen Foundation.