Bat signal going up for @shayobrien.bsky.social!

Demographers: Find your people at #PAA2026! Get connected with our ISR starter packs for some of the best in social science. 🎡 @um-psc.bsky.social: go.bsky.app/Ce6CUo6 🎡 @um-src.bsky.social: go.bsky.app/FbsNECX 🎡 @umisr.bsky.social: go.bsky.app/JcQbemD Comment to be added or to flaunt other grps!

California’s Prop 13 caps property value assessments for current homeowners - these values reset when a house is sold. @joelabriola.bsky.social, @robertmanduca.bsky.social & Pablo Mitnik find older homeowners can save more than $3000 p/year in taxes over younger owners. @umichstonecid.bsky.social

The Stone Center at MIT is hiring another postdoc! This is a GREAT job: the work is interesting and creative, and you’ll have time for your own research, too. I think a sociologist or historian working on technology/inequality (broadly defined) would be an especially good fit!!

New social media takeover alert! Tomorrow, our own @umichstonecid.bsky.social postdoc @zhenghaowen.bsky.social will be sharing her experiences at #PAA2026 on Friday and Saturday.🥳 Learn about Haowen and her work at: haowenzhg.github.io

Congratulations Aaron! I remember very clearly the Zoom call in which he said: "So, I think soil quality can be used as an instrument for housing development..."

Could not be more proud to work at @umisr.bsky.social, whose motto is "social science in the public interest."

@icpsr.bsky.social is looking for a new Director. If you have archival experience or are a prominent researcher who uses archival data, then this may be the job for you! careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

Yep. Shout out to Sheldon Danziger and Yu Xie, who read more drafts of my dissertation chapters than I care to remember. My only rule is that, if I'm not the chair, I'll read once for every time your chair has already read it.

Nino's and my Social Forces paper, but make it dystopian.

There's one more day to register for our 1-day conference, Measuring and Theorizing Structural Racism, happening next Friday, 4/10. #Umich #AcademicSky #Sociology #EconSky Check out the schedule & register by 5 pm EST tomorrow, April 1: structural-racism.isr.umich.edu

@umichstonecid.bsky.social is seeking an experienced communications professional as our Engagement Manager. Please share with those who might be interested! careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

There’s still time to join our own conference organizers @davonnorris.bsky.social and @jeremylevine.bsky.social for our 1-day conference, Measuring and Theorizing Structural Racism, Friday, 4/10. #Umich #AcademicSky Check out the schedule & register by Monday, 3/30: structural-racism.isr.umich.edu

ISR researcher @jeremylevine.bsky.social studies why victim compensation laws often fail survivors. His new project evaluates a New York policy change removing the police report requirement to see if it improves access for victims and informs reforms nationwide.

Delighted to work for and with such a completely badass group of women.

Like Professor West, quoted in this article: “I am zero surprised by any of this.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/w...

Really excited to present work on tax base fragmentation at @umisr.bsky.social tomorrow! Come check it out!

Excited to share the findings from Therese Christensen's and my article! In a nutshell: living in Denmark doesn't prevent you from experiencing a motherhood earnings penalty, but it does give you access to government benefits that help offset those financial losses.

I'm so grateful to the Stone Foundation for their continued support of @umichstonecid.bsky.social. I'm looking forward to the next 5 years!

How do housing tax policies shape racial inequality? Join the @umichstonecid.bsky.social ‬ at ISR on Jan 14, 12:00–1:30 p.m. in ISR 6050 for @joelabriola.bsky.social talk on the mortgage interest deduction and the White Black wealth gap. Learn more: inequality.umich.edu/speaker-seri...

"What have we all been doing wrong now?!" is a great way to describe the experience of learning any methodologist has published a new article.

@joelabriola.bsky.social has shown that the mortgage interest deduction has contributed to growth of the White-Black wealth gap in recent decades. LaBriola presents findings next week in the @umichstonecid.bsky.social speaker series! inequality.umich.edu/speaker-seri...

Ready to launch your social science career? ISR’s Junior Professional Researcher (JPR) Program is a full time paid opportunity offering hands on research experience, mentorship from ISR faculty, and professional training at the world’s largest social science research institute.

Check out recent work from our own @sashakillewald.bsky.social! #UmichSociology #AcademicSky

Xiang is notable for his combination of methodological brilliance and generosity in answering methods questions from his colleagues as well as students.

I’m hiring a postdoc! Flexible in terms of details, but I’m looking for someone to collaborate with on research about labor market inequality. I’ll review applications as they come in and the posting just went up here: apply.interfolio.com/178873

Thanks for your causal inference readings suggestions! Next Q: what's a paper that (mostly) convinced you of causal relationships *without* an exogenous shock? My students seek examples of good work when using an IV or RD or something isn't an option. (Again, I appreciate RTs to crowd source.)

I have been a deputy editor for 2 weeks and: (1) Wow, I have even more sympathy for the challenges editors face getting reviewers. Thank you for your service! (2) Maybe I'm saying yes to too many reviews???

One week from today! Don’t miss our own affiliate from #Umich #Sociology @maggiefrye.bsky.social as she presents, “Theorizing Success in an Unfair Job Market.” Learn more and save your seat: inequality.umich.edu/maggie-frye-...

"What *is* sociology, exactly?" Sir I have no idea.

Check out this 🧵 on our own @robertmanduca.bsky.social's work with @bhighsmith.bsky.social and Jacob Waggoner. 👇 #AcademicSky #WealthInequality

Me: I was reading this article about how the holidays can be really stressful for pets with the commotion and strangers in the house. Introvert spouse, softly: Not... just... pets.

The McLanahan Award is given in honor of Sara McLanahan, a remarkable scholar, mentor, and policy advisor. The award goes to a senior scholar for extraordinary contributions to the study of family change, the well-being of children and families, and related social policies.

"And he is among a vast group of powerful men who have faced seemingly career-threatening scandals over comments or actions related to their treatment of women, and yet have maintained a place in public life." You don't say. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...

Summers apologizes here for communicating with Epstein, but not for the content of his messages. Not good enough.

I wish this didn't need to be said but: when discussing people who commit sexual harassment and abuse, don't name the victims/survivors unless they've chosen to come forward publicly. Their right to privacy matters.

Doctoral students! We now offer grants under our Dissertation Research Grants program. Meet Anwuli Okwuashi (St. Louis University), a 2025 DRG grantee! She will examine how limited access to banks widens racial homeownership gaps. #APPAM25 #APPAM2025 www.russellsage.org/apply/grants...

Thanks so much to all who shared and commented! One type of example I'd love to hear more about: papers that *don't* have a beautiful, crisp identification strategy but marshall evidence of a causal effect in a compelling way.

There are days I wonder if I'm overreacting when I think there's a chunk of "respectable" men who deeply disdain women. Today is not one of those days.

Oh come on - I'm willing to believe the overlap section of the Venn diagram of "watched Buffy" and "following what Larry Summers said in his emails to Epstein" isn't huge, but I feel it's gotta be over represented in my social network.

The only Summers I listen to.

Please tell me there's a labor economist already pondering how to use the YouTube TV / ESPN blackout in a diff-in-diff to test the effect of sports-watching on productivity. #INeedMyMACtion

I'm facilitating a causal inference reading group next semester for Sociology PhD students. (I will also be learning!) If there are (1) pedagogical articles or (2) empirical examples in soc that you ❤️, will you share in the comments? [And please RT to help me crowd-source!]

So much to ruin, so little time.

Join us Nov. 11 at ISR for Laura Tach's in-person talk hosted by @umichstonecid.bsky.social on the impact of federal place-based policies and neighborhood inequality. RSVP now to attend: inequality.umich.edu/laura-tach/

Being featured (at about 39:50) on a podcast with the tagline "where sanity takes a backseat and laughter rides shotgun" and the episode title "Radioactive Shrimp" wasn't on my professorial bingo card, but it was a pleasure! www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5Mq...

@sashakillewald.bsky.social in @us.theconversation.com: "The number of children Americans have affects the gender pay gap only because parenthood decreases women’s wages while increasing men’s wages." @umichstonecid.bsky.social theconversation.com/us-women-nar...

It was an absolute honor to share a @umpsid.bsky.social RA office with @ninsolera.bsky.social more years ago than either of us care to remember, and it's a joy to have her as part of the @umichstonecid.bsky.social team now!

Big fan of @chinyereagbai.bsky.social's work and this paper - great to see it in print!