📣 Vacancy alert: We are seeking to recruit a Research Officer (post-doctoral researcher) for a 24-month period to conduct original research on topics related to inequality, intergenerational mobility, and inequality of opportunity. Apply by 20 November ⬇️ buff.ly/M23KHL9

🚨 Another interesting post doc opportunity at the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), register-based analysis of child protection services, deadline for application 21 Oct.: valtiolle.fi/en/jobs/seni... #postdoc

Join us at INET Oxford (@inetoxford.bsky.social)! I'm hiring one post-doctoral researcher and three research assistants in the field of inequality, social policy, and social mobility to join our research team. Deadline: October 24. Read more and apply: www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

I'm truly honored to receive this year's Kershaw Award. I came into the policy research world almost by accident after a failed stint in the Australian Baseball League. To have my work recognized like this is a testament to the wonderful mentors and colleagues I've learned from these past 10 years.

New WP: We study how minimum wage increases affect poverty and food hardship in the U.S from 1981-2019. Different from recent work, we study the Supplemental Poverty Measure + two measures of food hardship, factor in cost-of-living differences, and more. www.iza.org/publications...

📖 📻 New IRP Book Talk is now available in your podcast feed: Jane Waldfogel on Child Benefits: A Smart Investment for America’s Future. She shares research on child benefits around the world and makes a case for implementing a similar program in the US. Listen now: www.irp.wisc.edu/resource/irp...

Unionized careers boost up wealth. Very interesting article by Purdue's Alec Rhodes: academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a....

🚨 Job! 🚨 Brown Sociology & the Watson School of International & Public Affairs are hiring a TT assistant professor whose research focuses on social policy (broadly conceived). Apply by 9/15: apply.interfolio.com/172655 Happy to chat about life at Brown, etc!

WORK! The Sociology Department at Utrecht University is hiring a new assistant prof, with expertise on migration/integration/polarization/stratification. Come join us! www.uu.nl/organisatie/...

Job alert! Join us at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social as a postdoctoral fellow to work on your own research for three years. #sociology

Bocconi University in Milan is hiring in sociology at any level (open rank). Ideal candidate might focus on inequality, social policy, computational, labor markets, or similar. Happy to answer questions about my time there for anyone considering applying. More details: jobmarket.unibocconi.eu

We're hiring! Please share with your networks! The Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in the field of demography of health and aging beginning in August 2026 jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

Ready to make plans for the academic year 2026/27? Why not visit us: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/our-research...

This September, I’m launching a new series as part of my Respect the Marble Substack called:
 Etched in Marble: Conversations with writers about how & why they write I wrote about in my latest post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/introducin... 🧵

In a new preprint, I report a fascinating finding on multigenerational effects: First cousins are more similar in their educ. attainment among Black than white Americans—yet extended family (e.g., grandparental) effects are essentially zero for both groups. #sociology 1/2 osf.io/preprints/so...

New preprint from @tobyhandfield.bsky.social and me! We analyze authorship order norms from two perspectives: (1) why do disciplines have different norms and (2) do those different norms affect what kinds of collaborations take place. arxiv.org/abs/2507.07364

This fall, I'll join the University of Oxford as Professor of Social Policy, Inequality & Opportunity. I'll also become the Director of the Economics, Inequality and Opportunity Program at INET Oxford, and will join @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social as a Professorial Fellow.

New report by @zparolin.bsky.social: Housing costs, especially in high-cost states like California, are a massive driver of poverty. A few of Zach's key findings ⬇️ 🧵

New working paper alert! Posted at @equitablegrowth.bsky.social, it investigates the economic geography of social transfer programs and financial income--with implications for the Medicaid and SNAP cuts proposed in the reconciliation bill 👀 equitablegrowth.org/working-pape...

New at JPAM: What can state governments do to reduce child poverty? I propose a Targeted Child Tax Credit – a fully-refundable CTC funded mostly through TANF that reduces child poverty with a low overall cost, no benefit cliffs, and high spending efficiency. 🧵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

We are hiring a 3-year postdoc for the ERC-funded WEALTHTRAJECT project at DIW Berlin. More details here: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...

Sociologists: Do you have recent experience submitting to ASR? What are review times like these days?

How much of the "long arm of childhood" works thru intergenerational stratification? Almost all for some health outcomes like psychological distress and self-rated health, but a lot less for others like severe chronic conditions. Heart attacks and stroke are in between.

At the blog I focus on a few recent articles by the one and only Deirdre Bloome. One of them: be careful about interpreting trends in absolute mobility (the % of people who outearn their parents). This measure tends to privilege trends of higher income kids. asocial.substack.com/p/inequality...

We're hiring two senior economists 📢 We're looking for people to develop and lead projects looking at the relationship between household economic security and macroeconomic and fiscal policy You'll: - devise and deliver analysis - contribute to policy and ideas work - be a trusted voice externally

Tom is always so good at getting into the guts of academic papers and conveying their methods and meaning in an accessible way. Here is his take on our recent Journal of Public Economics paper that explains why earnings and income inequality in the US are moving in opposite directions. 🔽

The Trump admin says it'll be barring Harvard from enrolling international students, and students presently at Harvard will basically have to either transfer or leave the country: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...

What's your take on why this all-in-one academic platform (submissions across several journals, conferences, and reviews all in one unified dashboard) does not exist? People actually like Editorial Manager? ManuCentral is too hard to leave? (Mock-up made in 5 mins; robots get credit for the title).

New study: The relative wage premium for going to college has halved for low-income Americans since 1960. What is to blame? Rising selectivity? Tuition hikes? State disinvestment? We decompose changes in the premium since 1900 to find out. 🧵#EconTwitter nber.org/papers/w33797

Austrian government announces €50 million to expand the Job Guarantee scheme in new budget by Finance Minister @markusmarterbauer.bsky.social Based on the evidence of the pilot initiated by @svenhergovich.bsky.social and our evaluation with @maxkasy.bsky.social www.inet.ox.ac.uk/news/austria...

Recently published in @jpube.bsky.social: "Declining earnings inequality, rising income inequality: What explains discordant inequality trends in the United States?" By @zparolin.bsky.social, @lukaslehner.bsky.social, & @natewilmers.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #econsky

🚨3-Year Postdoc Position in Zurich @ipz.bsky.social ❓Political implications of labor market transformation Plenty of flexibility, no teaching obligations, great research environment in an highly livable city. Deadline: May 18, 2025. tinyurl.com/postdoczurich #polisky #poliscijobs #psjminfo

Friends! As promised, a pre-order link for my book is now available: www.amazon.com/Inherited-In...

Recent books on U.S. housing policy and politics that I've enjoyed reading: - "Golden Gates" by @conordougherty.bsky.social - "Fixer-Upper" by @jennyschuetz.bsky.social - "On the Housing Crisis" by @jerusalem.bsky.social Any recommendations for next reads on this topic?

Happy Mämmi Day (or week/month) to those who celebrate! 🇫🇮

Call for papers for ESPAnet #socialpolicy conference in Milan open until 24/4. We are chairing again a stream on #poverty and #inequality together with @zparolin.bsky.social @danieledmiston.bsky.social and @sbeduk.bsky.social. ✉️🖨️ www.espanetmilano2025.it/en-US/stream...

"This is my home - I really love my country. But a lot of my mentors have been telling me to get out, right now" 75% of US scientists who answered our poll are considering relocating. Read the full story: https://go.nature.com/3QS4TLC

New paper in International Migration Review! 📝📈 Our analyses of linked 1900–1940 US Censuses suggest that macroeconomic opportunities do not explain career growth variation variation between multi-gen US men and 1st-/2nd-gen European immigrants. with @mobarakhossain.net 🙌 doi.org/10.1177/0197...

Hiring again! Lecturer in Sociology. We're looking for someone strongly anchored in sociology through high-profile contributions, and with the ability to appeal to students and colleagues of various methodological orientations. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

New at @jpube.bsky.social w/ @lukaslehner.bsky.social & @natewilmers.bsky.social: Personal earnings inequality declined in the US from 2010-2022, but household income inequality continued its decades-long rise. What explains the discordant inequality trends? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Grateful to @jacobbogage.bsky.social for covering @budgetlab.bsky.social new report on the distributional effects of the House-passed Budget Resolution. Overall: huge tax cuts for higher-income families are partially paid for by cutting healthcare and SNAP, *raising costs* for the bottom 40%

Devastating news at IZA yesterday. More than 25 years of hard work, earned reputation, and valuable institutional knowledge and public good provision wiped out with a single stroke. It’s hard to find the words.

We're hiring a fully funded PhD student in #sociology here in wonderful Copenhagen! Please share! Learn more 👇 employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...

Super happy to see this accepted! academic.oup.com/qje/advance-...

Great write-up on the life and legacy of the late Sandy Jencks. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

I’m sorry to hear Sandy (Christopher) Jencks has passed. He was an eminent & influential scholar of poverty, inequality & social policy. I recommend his several books as thought-provoking, engaging and smart. prospect.org/health/2025-...

Interesting FT article about the declining response rate to the UK LFS #EconSky h/t @jterrerodavila.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/dd55...

We just released an enormous trove of US labor market data, all compiled from government surveys, now under threat The @epi.org State of Working America Data Library provides comprehensive data on the US jobs and wages, with detailed cuts by demographics, over time and across states data.epi.org

New OECD report on reducing inequalities in early childhood education & care out now. An important read for everyone concerned with ensuring equitable access to quality childcare. (And I'm happy to have contributed to one of the workshops leading to this report 😉) www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

New Exclusive building on Wired's reporting: Musk operatives have already pushed live to production extensive code changes to the Treasury Department payment system which makes 95% of fed govs payments. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-...