Dear Applied Statistics Workshop Community, Our next meeting of the semester will be at *12:10 pm (EST) Wednesday, Apr 13*, where Deirdre Bloome <https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/deirdre-bloome> (Harvard University) presents "Rising Class Crystallization? Trends in Multidimensional Class Inequality across Racialized/Ethnic Groups." *Abstract* In recent decades, U.S. income and wealth inequality grew, educational attainment rose, and occupational structures shifted. Because these dimensions of social class are intertwined---with higher education often generating higher income, wealth, and occupational prestige---rising inequality in one may have pushed some people toward the tops of multiple hierarchies, and others toward the bottoms of multiple hierarchies (polarizing people in the multidimensional space of class inequality). Are people occupying increasingl*y consistent positions across multiple class hierarchies*? And has this class *crystallization* trended similarly for Black, White, and Hispanic people, despite their different opportunities, constraints, and initial class positions? We address these questions using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, 1984--2019. To do so, we introduce nonparametric and parametric methods for studying multidimensional inequality, including models that jointly parameterize the mean and covariance matrix of a multivariate outcome as functions of covariates. *Where:* CGIS Knafel Building, Room K354 (See this link <https://map.harvard.edu/?bld=04471&level=9> for directions). *When:* Wednesday, Apr 13 at 12:10 - 1:30 pm. (The participants can now choose to eat the bagged lunch inside the room before the presentation starts. You may also pick up the lunch from 11:30 am and eat outside if you wish.) *Zoom link*: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/97004196610?pwd=eGFydkF5RDRjUlk5RVcyTjV6OStUQT09 (For the participants who cannot join the session physically.) *Schedule of the workshop*: https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/applied.stats.workshop-gov3009 Looking forward to seeing you all on Wednesday! Best, Sooahn