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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥

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Professor of Sociology at the #EUI, Florence. Works on education & social stratification. Posts r personal. @eui-sps.bsky.social Substack/blogs: https://hermwerf.substack.com/ Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=amYIKXQAAAAJ&hl=nl

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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · Jul 1

New paper out with the @adkspanel.bsky.social team, in the @bjsociology.bsky.social. I was happy to lead this paper on track differences in civic engagement, using four-year panel data of the ADKS (DAPDV) project, from the start of the tracked system (roughly age 12-16) doi.org/10.1111/1468... >

Track Differences in Civic and Democratic Engagement During Secondary Education: A New Panel Study From the Netherlands

Whether students educated in different ability tracks in secondary education develop different levels of civic and democratic engagement is yet unclear. To explore this issue, we focus on how schools...

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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 11h

With the Inequality Cluster, Alex Ludwig (EUI Economics), Francis Vella (Georgetown U), and I organize a one-day conference on Social Mobility. www.eui.eu/events?id=58.... Looking forward to welcoming speakers @pengzell.bsky.social @xisong.bsky.social, Jo Blanden, Kjell Salvanes and Mikael Lindahl>

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Organised jointly by EUI scholars Alexander Ludwig and Herman van de Werfhorst, together with Professor Francis Vella (Georgetown University), this event offers a unique forum for dialogue across disc...

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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 11h

> and a policy panel with people from the World Bank, the OECD, and the European Commission. 10 November.

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Workshop on

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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 19h

Had to think of this the other day.

Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · Jul 9

I wrote a letter to the FT about top executive pay. Here’s a screenshot

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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 1d

The @europarl.europa.eu just made a fool of itself with this ban. Is there evidence that consumers think a "veggie burger" contains meat? Utterly ridiculous, and just (further) undermines the credibility of the institution (at the behest of the EPP).
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EU parliament votes to ban meat names for plant-based foods

Pressure to ban meat labels for plant-based products comes from Europe's livestock farmers.

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WOinActie.bsky.social @woinactie.bsky.social · 1d

Wij hebben net een bericht met dit plaatje verwijderd omdat we erop gewezen werden dat we een woord hebben gebruikt voor een instrument dat gebruikt kan worden om uw stem te bepalen/toetsen waar schijnbaar copyright op zit. Omdat het plaatje de term niet bevat bij deze nogmaals. 1/

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Zach Parolin @zparolin.bsky.social · 2d

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

Vacancies

Jobs and Vacancies at INET Oxford, The Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford

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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 4d

arm strength correlation can’t be coincidence

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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 4d

Vlak Blok niet uit

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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 5d

I remember that because I wrote an opinion piece on it as a young assistant prof. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2004/...

Het draait niet alleen om VUT en prepensioen

In de huidige storm over het kabinetsbeleid gaat de aandacht vooral uit naar regelingen voor VUT en prepensioen. Zo blijven verschillende inconsequente aspecten van het kabinetsbeleid voor het onderwi...

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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 5d

There was a 300k demo against pension plans in 2004 vakbondshistorie.nl/dossiers/het...

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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 5d

Oh wat zuur. Gelukkig houdt jullie faculteit nu wel meer geld over voor promotieplaatsen of andere academische bestedingen. Not.

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Sinisa Malesevic @sinisamalesevic.bsky.social · 6d

A sociology job in Ireland:

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOX816/a...

Assistant Professor in Sociology (Racism(s), Criminology, Cultural Sociology) at University of Limerick

Apply for the Assistant Professor in Sociology (Racism(s), Criminology, Cultural Sociology) role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now...

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Roos Vonk @roosvonk.bsky.social · 6d

Heel goed dat dit nu in beeld is gebracht: de oververtegenwoordiging van rechts op tv. M.n. VVD, BBB en JA21 krijgen veel meer zendtijd in verhouding tot zetelaantal. Vergelijk ook CU, SGP, FVD en PvdD: allen 3 zetels, alleen PvdD heeft 0 zendtijd gehad. www.zendtijdincampagnetijd.nl/kamer-vs-tv-...

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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · Jul 4

Het debat over #belastingen en #bezuinigingen zal hopelijk stevig worden in de komende #verkiezingen, met die enorme nieuwe defensieuitgaven voor de deur. Hier een stukje van mij over belastingen, die kunnen in Nederland een stuk eerlijker verdeeld.
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De belastingen kunnen eerlijker verdeeld

Totale belastingdruk in Nederland is het laagst voor de rijken

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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 7d

The reduction of papers/outputs is sizeable: 34%. nice work by @bashofstra.bsky.social et al.

Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 7d

COVID has reduced the number of papers published by NL-based scholars, but it has not increased the gender gap. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Knowledge lost, parity gained? COVID-19 and gender gaps in Dutch academia - Scientometrics

We investigated the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacted long-standing gender inequalities in Dutch academia. Dutch academia is an ideal case to gain insight on exacerbated gender differentials due to COVID-19 on employees, because men and women face comparable institutional contexts and any COVID-19 impact becomes visible and measurable fast through potentially decreased yearly publications. We reconstructed the complete publishing careers up till 2022 of more than 8000 Dutch scientists who received a PhD from 1990 onwards and still had an active publication career before the pandemic started. We compared the publication dip between men and women during COVID-19. Our data allowed us to investigate whether the gendered impact of COVID-19 varied across research domains, different PhD cohorts and type of research output. We consistently find that COVID-19 did not have more severe consequences on research output for women than for men.

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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 7d

Maar ze zijn wel linkser. En mogelijkerwijs niet overal even sterk - de ESS zou hier uitsluitsel over kunnen geven net als in mijn “left bastion” paper.

Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 7d

Dank u, inderdaad! Nu de volgende stap: is men kritischer in landen waar de professors ook idd linkser zijn? Ik moet het nog lezen hoor!

Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 9d

Congratulations! Great move.

Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 11d

Fair enough. But the tax base must, overall, be much lower than in Europe. Good measures though, no doubt.

Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 11d

Well… the level of inequality in these countries is extreme… to see them as frontrunners is a bit much imo.

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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 11d

De meest effectieve maatregelen van dit kabinet komen in demissionaire-demissionaire status. Met het zicht op verkiezingen…

Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 11d

And we were even more! 😉 @distasioval.bsky.social

Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 12d

A charity run for breast cancer research and care