European democracies are harmed by societal polarization, but can benefit from partisan polarization: the former lowers quality and trust, the latter is linked to better democratic quality www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#Disney makes spending decisions easy, I just saved myself 10€/month in the category "funding for anti-democratic corporate behemoths". #JimmyKimmel #DisneyPlus

"New study finds salary benchmarking cuts pay gaps by 25%. Pay dispersion partly arises from firms’ uncertainty about market rates, with key implications for pay transparency policy." New paper from Perez-Truglia, Li & Cullen www.restud.com/whats-my-emp...: #econsky #REStud

🚨 New working paper alert 🚨 Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️ In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...

1 op 2 🇧🇪 werknemers geeft aan dat als men op hun werk zou weten dat ze mentale gezondheidsproblemen hebben, dit hun carrière zou schaden. #WorldSuicidePreventionDay #Wereldsuicidepreventiedag

1 op 4 werkneemsters ervaart verbaal of fysiek geweld door derden zoals klanten, studenten, patiënten, etc. Een bredere blik op grensoverschrijdend gedrag op het werk is nodig.

Media bias mainly comes from outlet-level decisions, not individual journalists. Media owners can enforce their stance at almost no cost because journalists have little bargaining power.

Ever stared at a table of regression coefficients & wondered what you're doing with your life? Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social) Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf... Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...

In 1981 🇬🇧 employers agreed that workers could self-certify for 7 days instead of a GP's sick note, as a 'sick note strike' in 🇧🇪 showed this reduced absenteeism. Nearly half a century later 🇧🇪 governement & employers are rolling back recent reforms that allowed for 3 days of self-certification. 🙄

Algorithmic Wage Discrimination is spreading beyond 'Gig' work: Healthcare, Customer Service, & Logistics bosses are buying AI products that set compensation structures & wages using real time data. @wilneida.bsky.social & I did an audit & here are our findings equitablegrowth.org/how-artifici...

Now on CRAN, ggdiagram is a #ggplot2 extension that draws diagrams programmatically in #Rstats. Allows for precise control in how objects, labels, and equations are placed in relation to each other. wjschne.github.io/ggdiagram/ar...

Heb je een Master Geschiedenis en passie voor onderzoek naar het Belgische verzet in WOII? De KMS & leerstoel Sporen van het verzet (VUB/Helden van het verzet) zoeken een doctoraatsstudent (4 jr). Solliciteer tot 5/9 👉 www.rma.ac.be/api/files/20...

Enduring competition makes people less cooperative. A 2-year competition in schools made students less prosocial (less willing to help or cooperate). Even 4 years later, the effect was still there, suggesting it changed their personality traits, not just their short-term behavior

Werkbaar werk was precies niet echt top of mind bij de onderhandelingen over het zomerakkoord... deze hervormingen zijn een recept voor meer precair werk en ongelijkheid voor wie met een zwakke onderhandelingspositie op de arbeidsmarkt komt... vrtnws.be/p.VLayP9NQE

Really happy to see my work with @dweisstanner.bsky.social published with @bjpols.bsky.social. In this letter, we look at symbolic class signalling through cultural consumption and how effective it is across voters of different parties. A thread 👇 (1/n) #OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV

Vandaag een tip van de sluier voor @knack.be: "De Democratie redden begint op het werk" www.knack.be/nieuws/belgi... @denktankminerva.be

Nachtwerk is ziekmakend, zeker voor precaire werknemers. De beoogde deregulering van #nachtwerk zal dit waarschijnlijk verergeren.

Concerned as policy maker about unhealthy diets and resulting healthcare costs? Stop individualizing and moralising "bad eating habits" and start providing decent wages and social security benefits.

Study: Majority Of Billionaires Consider Selves  Middle Class

Half of workers on zero-hours contracts don’t have any say over their hours An important goal of the Employment Rights Bill is to tackle hours insecurity, issues which are most acute for those on zero-hours contracts. Read more about worker insecurity in Low Pay Britain 2025 👉 buff.ly/9KXMofS

Can we estimate intergenerational income mobility without assuming a functional form? Yes! Fully nonparametric methods capture more factors & dynamics. Using PSID data, researchers show that race & parental education shape how parental income affects children's economic outcomes. bit.ly/4nJgb3H

Now appearing in the most recent volume of @sfjournal.bsky.social, my paper with the beyond outstanding @filippogch.bsky.social on how family background shapes exposure to income volatility across the life course in 🇺🇸, 🇩🇪, and 🇩🇰! @erc.europa.eu #sociology academic.oup.com/sf/article/1...

Can government policies moderate political backlash to structural change? Yes, the effect operates through material benefits and social recognition. 🚨New WP by @retobuergisser.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social, @thmskrr.bsky.social and @susanadptavares.bsky.social 🚨 shorturl.at/zFbZE

New article out in World Politcs. We analyze how different groups react to varying programs of social democratic parties. We find less trade-offs than often assumed. Generally, more left-progressive programs increase support among social democratic potentials muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Why are working class people under-represented in legislatures? We propose one potential mechanism: working-class individuals are *perceived* as less likely to achieve political success, and are subsequently 'pragmatically' discriminated against. We provide an experiment in the UK to test it:

This BBC statement defames Bobby Vylan. "Death to the IDF" is not antisemitic. Declaring this to be so is antisemitic, because it conflates Jewish people as a whole with a genocidal army. People's fury is directed at heinous crimes, not the ethnicity of the perpetrators.

Het aandeel Belgen dat medische zorg misloopt is aanzienlijk en stijgend. Extra financiële drempels zoals een hoger remgeld zullen dat nog verergeren. @mhermans.net vandaag in @demorgen.be www.demorgen.be/meningen/ext...

‼️ There are a few more days left to apply for the PhD positions in my group at KU Leuven. Make sure to send in applications by July 4! 👇

Het aandeel Belgen dat medische zorg misloopt is omvangrijk en stijgend, en extra financiële drempels zullen dit enkel nog verergeren. Mijn opinie vandaag in @demorgen.be: www.demorgen.be/meningen/ext...

Just published in @jpube.bsky.social: "The Influence of Inheritances on Wealth Inequality in Rich Countries" By @morellisal.bsky.social, Brian Nolan, @juancpal.bsky.social, & Philippe Van Kerm www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #econsky #publiceconomics #publicfinance

🧵 Hiring 2 PhDs in political science! Join my ERC project DEMO-LIES @uantwerpen.be 🇧🇪 We study how politicians accuse each other of lying/disinfo — and how citizens react: Does it erode trust? Polarize? Mobilize? 🧠🗳️ 💥 4-yr fully funded 📅 Start: Oct/Nov 2025 🗓️ Deadline: 21 Aug Details + apply 👇

wol.iza.org/opinions/rob... with @paoloagnolin.bsky.social, @massimo-anelli.bsky.social and Colantone

📢New paper!📢 "Social Class Origin and Job quality in Higher Managerial and Professional Occupations" out in @sociologyjnl.bsky.social Those from lower social origins suffer lower ❌ top job attainment ❌ pay In this new research, we show they also suffer lower ❌ non-pay job quality

Waar is duiding @vrtnws.be dat ECFR een denktank/lobbygroep is gefinancierd door wapenindustrie zélf (o.a. de Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe, ASD) en dat deze "steun" voor hogere defensie-uitgaven verdwijnt als je bv respondenten overheidsuitgaven laat rangschikken.

This clownish statement by the leader of the European Union will represent an indelebile stain in the history of the continent going forward. Why is it that we have the worst political leaders at a time when we need good leadership the most?

The US strikes amount to a manifest violation of art. 2(4) of the UN Charter. They also entail complicity in Israel’s preexisting & ongoing violation of the same. Lacking congressional approval, they are unconstitutional. And they are likely counterproductive on their own terms.

Quack quack! "duckplyr fully joins the tidyverse!" Like a duck to water 😉 www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/06... #RStats

📣 @patriziazanoniprof.bsky.social en ik zoeken een nieuwe doctoraatsbursaal @uhasseltbew.bsky.social Heb je interesse in Industie 5.0, met een focus op de link tussen welzijn op het werk, AI & werkorganisatie? check it out! www.uhasselt.be/nl/over-uhas...

The latest #rstats mapgl release includes long-awaited tools to help with choropleth mapping! Build interpolate or step @Mapbox /@maplibre expressions with equal, quantile, or Jenks breaks like in GIS software & format legend labels easily. Learn more: walker-data.com/mapg...

📢 New research: Our worker health survey reveals that a web of health & employment challenges that could see even more people leave the labour market. 1 in 17 workers say they are likely to leave their job in the next year due to health reasons. (1/7) www.lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundat...

😷 Ruim 22 jaar blies de fabrieksschoorsteen van Shamrock Technologies in Tongeren grote hoeveelheden PFAS de lucht in. Arbeiders werden ziek van de giftige dampen, die ook de omgeving vervuilden. Apache publiceert voor het eerst hun getuigenissen. apache.be/2025/06/17/h...

Studie des @dpzberlin.bsky.social über Menschen in Basisarbeit zeigt, dass sie stärkerer körperl. Belastung ausgesetzt sind, deutlich seltener Zugang zu betr. Weiterbildungsangeboten haben, weniger Solidarität & Selbstwirksamkeit erleben und eine fehlende Sichtbarkeit & Anerkennung wahrnehmen. 1/

What "defence" @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu ? Your unwavering support for a genocidal regime that is bombing 6 different countries whenever it feels like it is an existential threat to the EUs moral and political position in the world.

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

Very interesting and important paper on the development of education bias in prob-based surveys in Germany www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

Recently accepted by #QJE, “Bargaining for Women: How Unions Can Create Female-Friendly Jobs,” by Corradini, Lagos, and Sharma: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

TIL that Diego Luna was a Zapatista??? BRO

@svenschreurs.bsky.social and @rhuguenotnoel.bsky.social trace the influence of labour interests in shaping the EU's minimum wage directive.

De steun voor een miljonairsbelasting is ook binnen de hogere sociale klassen opvallend groot: bijna 60% van de hogere middenklasse en hogere klasse is voorstander. 💥 Nieuw onderzoek van Ellen Roelandts

Earnings Effects of Direct Worker Voice in Production https://osf.io/aex94 When employers use input from workers, who benefits? Direct worker voice in production could boost productivity and strengthen the bargaining position of production workers. Or it could be a way that employers ap #sociology