Cost of job loss for HH incomes varies by welfare state. How? - Overall: UK>DE/FI>DK - Short-term: larger penalty in UK - Long-term: No scarring in DK & UK Why? - Market is the main source of compensation - States provide the immediate buffer - Households act as the last resort New at #SER:

Collaboration with A. Fasang, S. Harkness, S. Andrade, Z. Buyukkececi, @satuhelske.bsky.social and @aleksikarhula.bsky.social see a write up focusing on the UK's position, linking with recent proposals for reforming unemployment insurance: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-10...

Hallitus laskee valtion tukeman asuntotuotannon korkotukilainavaltuuksia 2,25 mrd. €:sta 0,5 mrd. €:oon vuosina 2024–2027. Leikkaus säästää valtiolta vain pari milj. €, mutta se heikentää rakentamista ja BKT:tä. ARA-lainat on sisällytetty julkiseen velkaan 2022–. Siksi hallitus leikkaa niitä nyt.

Two of the most underappreciated reasons why #Finland and its democracy survived WW2 are IMHO 1) Social reforms from the early 1920s to address the problem below, which greatly hampered earlier independence activists, and inequality in general; and 2) very effective military intelligence service.

🎓 The more gender-equal a country is, the less likely women are to pursue STEM fields, as our PhD researcher @marcobal.bsky.social shows in his dissertation. Why? Read more 🔗 invest.utu.fi/news/doctora... 📍 Public defence 17.6. at 12 @utu.fi & Zoom #GenderEquality #Education #STEM #InvestResearch

Jossain määrin paradoksaalisesti tohtorikoulutuksen tärkein oppi on mielestäni alasta riippumatta tämän ymmärtäminen itsensä osalta. "Jossain määrin minä itse, tuo ikuisen viisauden airut, olen jos en nyt tyhmä, niin rajoittunut. Missään tapauksessa en kauhean ihmeellinen."

The second INVEST Conference in history is underway! 🤩🤩 200 researchers from 27 countries have gathered to discuss our theme, Uncertainty and Resilience in Changing Societies. #InvestConference @janierola.net

Hey postdocs, here’s an opportunity to develop your research plan with us - and eventually relocate to Turku with your own grant!

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Kirjoitin blogikirjoituksen perintöverosta ja mahdollisuuksien tasa-arvosta. Tästä näkökulmasta perintöveron poisto näyttäytyy haitallisena ratkaisuna. Aihe kytkeytyy omiin tutkimusteemoihin ja FIRE-hankkeessa puuhattaviin Tilastokeskuksen valmisaineistoihin.

New publication with @aleksikarhula.bsky.social! ”Contributions of Residential and Income Mobility in Different Life Stages to Increasing Low-Income Rates in Suburban Neighbourhoods” #segregation #segregaatio #lähiöt onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

• CALL FOR PAPERS –  2026 CPoS Special Issue “Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course” Comparative Population Studies welcomes submissions to the 2026 special issue Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course, guest edited by Sergi Vidal (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Aude Bernard…

Lukusuositus: USAID pääekonomisti kertoo tapahtumista omin sanoin. Btw, näissä tehtävissä valtiolla ja kolmannella sektorilla työskentelevät on useimmiten motivoituneita SEKÄ tyytyvät pienempään palkkaan kuin muilla sektoreilla työskentelevät - hyvä pitää mielessä Suomen järjestöleikkauksissa

They told applicants from underrepresented groups to apply to a special math postdoc program, and *not* the regular program - then Trump canceled the minority program and they just shredded their applications. 🧵

Call for Articles! The Finnish Yearbook of Population Research is a peer reviewed, open access journal published by the Population Research Institute in collaboration with The Finnish Demographic Society and The Migration Institute of Finland. #FYPR #Demography #Population

Meillä on taas kaupunkitutkimustyöryhmä sosiologipäivillä, tervetuloa mukaan! Abstraktien DL on 31.1. We are again organizing an urban studies session in the Finnish Sociological conference. Welcome! Abstract DL is 31.1. sosiologipaivat.fi/tyoryhmat-20... sosiologipaivat.fi/working-grou...

Tässä suomenkielinen tiivistys vasta ilmestyneestä artikkelistamme. En usein näin jyrkkää termiä käytä, mutta tämän tutkimuksen osalta sanoisin että asuinalueiden tulosegregaatio on monissa kaupungeissa radikaalisti lisääntynyt 2000-luvulla. sites.tuni.fi/corelab/ajan...

Congrats to Elina! Excellent choice from the university.

I am looking for a doctoral student or someone close to finishing their Master's degree for a two year contract. The project focuses on socioeconomic segregation and uses register data. Excellent opportunity to start a phd in a top class phd program! Details here: ats.talentadore.com/apply/vaitos...

Ministeri lupaa lisää ahdistusta – oksensi kolmesti

Another pair of application submitted. Many thanks to my lovely spouse who took care of the kids and let me work. No thanks goes to the Academy of Finland and TIAS for deciding that 8th of Jan is a good DL. It is not. It is horrible. Please change this. I will give you feedback anywhere I can.

Lebron and I are both are 40 years old, and we both are from Northeast Ohio. But here’s the thing… His career is ending, while mine is just beginning. He chose to “play ball” while I went and earned a Ph.D. in Sociology. My choice wasn’t “sexy” but it was the honest one.

VTM Esa Karonen syventyi väitöstutkimuksessaan taloudellisten resurssien jakautumiseen eri sukupolvien kesken. Kaikki ikäryhmät ole olleet yhtä onnekkaita – tuore tutkimus nostaa esiin etenkin yhden sukupolven haavoittuvan aseman. #eriarvoisuus #väitös #sosiologia www.utu.fi/fi/ajankohta...

The last defence of the year, by Esa Karonen! Find the thesis ”Generational Economic Inequality” here: urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978... Opponent @juhoharkonen.bsky.social, custos @niemelamikko.bsky.social Five defences in a month, it has been an excellent end of year at @invest-flagship.bsky.social

In case you, or people near you ever wondered.

Our new article shows increasing levels of socioeconomic residential segregation in the Finnish cities. Developments on ethnic segregation are more complex. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌍 Join us in May 2025 for the INVEST Conference: Uncertainty & Resilience in Changing Societies 📢 Abstract submissions open now! Don't miss the chance to present your work at a high-level, interdisciplinary forum bringing together experts from diverse fields & countries. invest.utu.fi/conference/

Our new AJS article shows that high earning family and work life courses are remarkably similar in different countries, but differ much for low earners. This is related to country specific policies structuring especially the low-earning life courses. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

Jay: I think social media should be basically common infrastructure that society gets to use and evolve it as society evolves, building a more democratic form of social media to reflect a democratic society.

Save the date! 📅 Uncertainty and Resilience in Changing Societies Conference 14-16 May 2025 in Turku, Finland. Keynote speakers Mary Daly @universityofoxford.bsky.social & Michael Ungar (Dalhousie University). #AcadmicSky #reslience #conference Read more 👉 invest.utu.fi/conference/

Is there possibly something like a third law of grant applications stating that when ever you find something to cut, you will instantly find something of similar length that needs to be added? Feels like it.

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Somehow this is much too accurate.

[hs.fi] HS-haastattelu | Helsingin pormestari Juhana Vartiainen ehdottaa suuria muutoksia Helsingin kouluihin #nyyssifi

If you were late, this call has been extended until February 15, 2024!

Hi, Sociology

We are organizing a Housing & urban studies session in the Finnish Annual Sociological Conference (again). If you have research fitting the theme feel free to submit an abstract! Submission closes already tomorrow. Presentations in English are also welcome! sosiologipaivat.fi/annual-confe...

Could someone recommend me a good book on the history of US residential segregation? I have read a lot about it in side notes of articles, but it would be great to read a more detailed description.

Hei opiskelija! Haluatko syventyä maisteriopinnoissasi yhteiskunnalliseen eriarvoisuuteen ja tilastollisiin tutkimusmenetelmiin? Kansainvälisen MPInvest-maisteriohjelman haku avoinna 17.1. saakka.  Lisätietoa ja linkki tänään ke 10.1. klo 14 Q&A-infoomme utu.fi/mpinvest #sociology #MPInvest

My coauthors and I just uploaded a preprint "Nature’s Curriculum: Genes Linked to Educational Attainment and Adult Socioeconomic Status in a Nordic Welfare State" Full text osf.io/preprints/so... It would be great to get some feedback, below or privately via email [email protected] .

Crisis? What Crisis? Sociology's Slow Progress Toward Scientific Transparency Sociology's epistemic & methodological fragmentation (+ ASA) preclude top-down initiatives, but weak core also sets stage for rapid, if delayed, diffusion across quant soc networks. hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/6oi846rx...

Must read vuoden loppuun. Venäjä | Sofi Oksanen kirjoittaa: Venäjä tietää Suomen heikon kohdan ja iskee jatkossakin juuri siihen: www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/ar...

In short, for all the residents found no statistically significant effect on income, but positive effect on educational level. Additionally, within the pre-existing housing stock, a statistically significant reduction in the proportion of low-income households was observed.

New paper out! We studied the effects of a new subway line on the socioeconomic structure of the neighborhoods in Helsinki region. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Borders, boundaries and encounters - The Annual #sociological Conference of the Westermarck Society @ UEF Kuopio Campus March 21-22. CFP is now open! DL for submissions January 31. sosiologipaivat.fi/working-grou...

ECSR 2024 will take place in Barcelona 12-14 September @UPFBarcelona Call for papers is now out! Submission period: from December 1st, 2023 to January 31st, 2024. More info: ecsr2024.com

New paper out! I think our most interesting finding is that even though population densities have increased, the car ownership rates keep going up in the biggest Finnish cities.

The first Kohli Prize for Sociology goes to Gøsta Esping-Andersen!