ECINEQ - Latin America and the Caribbean Chapter (ECINEQ-LAC) Second Conference

The Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - Latin America and the Caribbean Chapter (ECINEQ-LAC) is organizing its second conference at Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración,  Universidad de la República, Montevideo, on 28th-29th October 2026. The Scientific Committee welcomes submissions of papers with theoretical and empirical analysis on inequality, mobility, employment, poverty, and exploitation, broadly defined.

Papers focused on Latin America and the Caribbean or on issues relevant for the region will be given priority.

The Revista de Economía Política de Buenos Aires will publish a special issue dedicated to a selection of papers presented at the conference.

Organizing Committee

Facundo Alvaredo, member of ECINEQ Council (PSE, LSE/III, IIEP-UBA); Santiago Burone (Universidad de la República); Karina Colombo (Universidad de la República); Mauricio De Rosa (Universidad de la República); Estefanía Galván (Universidad de la República); Alina Machado (Universidad de la República); Gonzalo Salas (Universidad de la República); Andrea Vigorito, member of ECINEQ Council (Universidad de la República).

Scientific Committee

Facundo Alvaredo, Co-chair, member of ECINEQ Council (PSE, LSE/III, IIEP-UBA); Andrea Vigorito, Co-chair, member of ECINEQ Council (Universidad de la República); Raymundo Campos Vázquez (El Colegio de México); Cecilia García Peñalosa (Aix-Marseille School of Economics); Leonardo Gasparini (CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de la Plata); Rafael Carranza (Universidad Católica de Chile); Marcela Eslava (Universidad de los Andes); Nora Lustig (El Colegio de México and Tulane University); Roxana Maurizio (IIEP-Universidad de Buenos Aires); María Emma Santos (Universidad de Bahía Blanca); Breno Sampaio (Federal University of Pernambuco).

More info coming soon.

Please submit your paper in PDF format using this form by June 30, 2026.

• Only reasonably complete papers will be considered.
• Abstracts must not exceed 200 words.
• Decisions are expected to be announced by July 31, 2026.
• Submissions will be accepted in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
• Presentations during the conference will be in English, unless participants agree otherwise at the beginning of the session depending on the audience.

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Fees and Membership Due

There will be no registration fees and presenters and participants need not be members of ECINEQ.

Financial assistance

With your submission, please indicate whether you will require financial support for travel and/or accommodation. As the conference has very limited funding, we would greatly appreciate it, if you could contribute to the costs of your attendance using resources from your institution or research grants.

Conference attendance

If you wish to attend the conference, but are not presenting a paper, please send an email to Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. with your name and affiliation by September 30, 2026. We may not be able to accommodate all requests due to space constraints.

Organization details

Participants will be responsible for making their own travel arrangements, with the exception of presenters granted financial assistance. The organizing institution will share a list of hotels with discounted rates in due course.