Kris Inwood

@kris-inwood.bsky.social

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Economic historian w broad interests including population health, First Nations, mobility, inequality & lives of the incarcerated. Directing https://thecanadianpeoples.com & editing Asia-Pacific EcHR https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2832157x
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Martha Bailey @marthajbailey.bsky.social · 4h

My review article talks about how to tweak Becker's model to include unintended pregnancy and the transition to lower fertility levels. Recent research in economics is about how modern contraception and legal abortion led to a reduction in unintended pregnancy: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

The Economics of Childbearing: Trends, Progress, and Challenges

The neoclassical economics of childbearing turns 65 this year, marking the anniversary of Gary Becker's foundational article on the subject in 1960. This review article begins with a study of how...

www.annualreviews.org

Reposted by Kris Inwood, Maria Abreu, Kathleen Kennedy , and 1 more Kris Inwood, Maria Abreu, Kathleen Kennedy, Judith Jesch

Steffen Hope @hopesteffen.bsky.social · 1d

First trip on this lake for the season. It is been ages since last time we had such clear, transparent ice as this year.

View of a part of an ice-covered lake. In the lower right-hand corner, a black and white East Siberian laika is standing on the clear ice with her mirrored self right beneath her. She is looking towards a sunlit promontory covered in snow and trees which slopes into crags towards the upper right-hand corner. Beyond this promontory can be seen the blue light of the snow-covered forested mountains on the other side of the lake. Beyond the mountains, the sky is dark pale blue with some wisps of white clouds.

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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 1d

As we mark #BHM100 #BlackHistoryMonthat100, pay close attention to who is asking "Do we still need #BHM?"

Who is their "we"? 🧐 Do they know its history & purpose?

Now, should "we" rethink some of the commemoration's now-facile, problematic aspects? Yep, but that's a different conversation.

Reposted by Kris Inwood

Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 2d

Another scientist in my collection with an unknown birthday is one of the earliest recorded women in science, Peseshet. 🐡🧪👩🏾‍🔬 #histsci #histmed She is described in the elaborate Saqqara tomb of her son Akhethotep,a royal official & overseer of priests, who lived during the Fifth Dynasty c. 2400 BCE. 🧵

This is my linocut portrait of Peseshet, the earliest named woman in the history of science or medicine. She is described in the elaborate Saqqara tomb of her son Akhethotep,a royal official and overseer of priests, who lived during the Fifth Dynasty around 2400 BCE. She is described as the "Overseer of the Women Physicians." This linocut was printed by hand, using three blocks, in black, bronze, indigo and magenta ink on white Japanese kozo paper, 11" by 14" (27.9 cm by 35.6 cm). I have shown her dispensing medicine, with hieroglyphics spelling out her name (horizontally) and indicating that she was "wer snwnt per aa" or chief doctor (who happened to be female) of the great house (or palace).

Kris Inwood @kris-inwood.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, in general, although it depends somewhat on the discipline, job and the employer.

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Divorce_History @divorcehistory.bsky.social · 2d

#CfP on all aspects of #divorce and #marital breakdown at the FREE 1-day conference 'Broken Bonds: New Perspectives on Marital Breakdown in the English Common Law World 1801-1969'. Online & in-person @northumbriauni.bsky.social on 20 April 2026 #history #familylaw #legalhist #law #marriage

Broken Bonds - New Perspectives on Marital Breakdown in the English Common Law World 1801-1969

This conference invites paper proposals from scholars in history, legal studies, human geography, anthropology, English, film studies, sociology, politics, and related disciplines. We welcome research...

www.northumbria.ac.uk

Reposted by Kris Inwood, Claire Connolly

Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · 2d

This book claims to have been printed on the frozen River Thames in 1814 during the last of the great frost fairs!

Frostiana, published by G. Davis in 1814 (Syn.7.81.93)

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AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 3d

A new, comprehensive measure of well-being shows that standard indicators, like wealth and consumption, may substantially understate the extent of racial inequality in the US, say researchers at @hec.ca and Stanford. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/research/cha...

Measuring welfare

A comprehensive measure of well-being shows that the gap between Black and White Americans is larger than traditional metrics suggest.

www.aeaweb.org

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Eoin McLaughlin @eoinaldo.bsky.social · 4d

Editorial from Irish Economic and Social History congratulating Joel Mokyr for his Nobel recognition and highlighting the link between his studies on Ireland and his later work on the industrial revolution (it was only in print, not online but latest issue is here journals.sagepub.com/home/ies)

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Steven High @stevenhigh.bsky.social · 4d

Just released - the preliminary program for @deindustrialpol.bsky.social's June 18-20 conference in Montreal on "(Un)Just Transitions? Deindustrialization and the Environment." Check it out!

deindustrialization.org/depot2025con...

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Frances Woolley @frwoolley.bsky.social · 4d

An oldie but goodie: Keith Head's 10 commandments for regression tables
blogs.ubc.ca/khead/resear...

Regression Tables | Keith HeadRegression Tables – Keith Head

blogs.ubc.ca

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, Nathan Nunn, Kris Inwood , and 1 more Mark J. Brandt, Nathan Nunn, Kris Inwood, Andreas Haupt

Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 5d

Does social media harm everyone?

No. But it harms *most* adolescents.

However, not all platforms are harmful.

An analysis of 44,211 diaries from 479 adolescents over 100 days finds that 60% of adolescents experienced small, negative effects of social media
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 5d

Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public.
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...

Pew Research Center is seeking a Data Archivist to support our commitment to open science and data transparency. This newly created role will play a key part in enhancing the accessibility, usability, and reproducibility of our research data while continuing to protect the privacy and identity of our survey participants.

As Data Archivist, you will lead efforts to create and implement best practices for preparing, documenting, and disseminating datasets. These best practices should maximize FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles while minimizing disclosure risk. You will work across teams to ensure our data is well-organized and thoroughly documented.

You will serve as an internal advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are not only accurate and comprehensive but also easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public.

This is a full-time, Pew Research Center position. The position is funded by an external grant and limited to a two-year term.

Primary Responsibilities

Develop optimization procedures to improve discoverability of our datasets on internal and external platforms

Develop and maintain standards to improve accessibility of our microdata and tab plans by changing/adding formats and/or adding documentation

Identify metadata documentation best practices and a process to implement those best practices at the Center

Work with Legal to evaluate most appropriate license to publicly share the Center's survey data, including Creative Common options

Identify and correct processing inefficiencies in our data publication process

Sit on the internal Disclosure Risk Taskforce

Document analytical decisions and code to support transparency and replicability, including the development of a RACI chart for publishing code to recreate derived variables that are used in reports but are not included in the microdata

Manage/create merged time series datasets for select Center datasets

Identify a process for internally archiving data and projects that are no longer in active use

Identify and implement a process to assign Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) to microdata

Prepare and upload public-facing datasets and restricted-use datasets for external sharing.

Train staff on FAIR principles and best practices in data archiving.

Education/Training/Experience

Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in library sciences, organizational management, or a related field.

5-7 years of experience with data archiving, database management, or survey research. This may include graduate training at the MA/PhD level or equivalent experience in an applied setting.

At least 3-5 years of experience applying FAIR and open science principles.

Background in social science research or data curation.

Experience in data management, archiving, or research support.

Familiarity with FAIR principles, Creative Common licensing, data privacy principles, and exposure risk.

Proficiency in metadata standards and documentation tools.

Experience managing research projects, including working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team.

Experience with statistical software (e.g., R, Python, Stata) and reproducible research workflows.

Knowledge, Skill and Workplace Requirements

Strong organizational and communication skills.

Detail oriented with exacting standards to maintain accuracy and impartiality in all work products.

Ability to work independently to carry out special projects from start to finish.

Ability to balance numerous tasks simultaneously.

Ability to work collaboratively and collegially with other team members, as well as with staff from other Pew Research Center teams.

Ability to balance competing priorities and identify optimal solutions

FLSA Status: Exempt

Compensation: Starting salary is commensurate with experience within the range of $100,000 - $120,000.

Hybrid Work Schedule: Pew Research Center staff are required to be present in the Center’s Washington, D.C., office three core days weekly (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday). Staff may work virtually from remote locations on other days in a typical work week.

Kris Inwood @kris-inwood.bsky.social · 5d

DOI seems faulty. Copy of the 1985 study at earthjay.com/earthquakes/...

earthjay.com

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 5d

History is instructive for the present (and future) because it often reveal possibilities in the past - possible worlds - that are instructive (but not predictive) for how human agency can shape events

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Kelly Foley @kellyfoley.bsky.social · 6d

Hey junior scholars in Canada (or Canadians abroad) doing labour econ research, submit your paper for the @cleforum.bsky.social Best Young Researcher Paper Prize.
Deadline is Jan 15, 2026:
Details, including submission portal: clef.uwaterloo.ca/prize/

Best Paper Prize – Canadian Labour Economics Forum (CLEF)

clef.uwaterloo.ca

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Kris Inwood, Smith , and 6 more Lesley A. Hall, Kris Inwood, Smith, Daniel S. Goldberg, Alan Richardson, Dolly Jørgensen, Paulo Drinot, Claire Connolly, Laura McAtackney

Matheus Duarte @alvesduarte.bsky.social · 6d

I'm hiring 2 postdocs on my Wellcome project "How Did Infectious Diseases Become Wild?: Plague, Yellow Fever, and Disease Ecology in the Brazilian Hinterland (1920-1975)"

Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
King's College
3 years 01/10/26- 30/09/29
Deadline: 01/02/26
shorturl.at/KZ6Vh

Postdoctoral Research Associate | King's College London

www.kcl.ac.uk

Reposted by Markus Jäntti, Kris Inwood, Georg Weizsäcker , and 1 more Markus Jäntti, Kris Inwood, Georg Weizsäcker, Césari Laurent

CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · 6d

How Germany’s historical high mobility fell short of its reputation: Our data reveals that intergenerational income persistence sharply increased for recent cohorts, reaching levels comparable to the US and coinciding with increasingly class-dependent educational attainment.

Social Mobility in Germany: New Study Reveals a Steep Decline in Opportunity

Baarck, Bode & Peichl: "Rising Inequality, Declining Mobility: The Evolution of Intergenerational Mobility in Germany" CRC Discussion Paper No. 550

190researchblog.substack.com

Reposted by Juan Cole, Kris Inwood

Vasabjit Banerjee @vasabjit.bsky.social · 8d

Two books on Venzuelan civil-military relations I urge journalists to read. John Polga-hecimovich's chapter in the edited volume is an excellent summary of the Chavista era. Trinkunas' book is authoritative on the pre-Chavez era. I also urge folks to read articles on the topic by Deborah Norden.

Kris Inwood @kris-inwood.bsky.social · 8d

I had the same question 🤔, decided to stick with the spelling in the original message on a point of principle.

Kris Inwood @kris-inwood.bsky.social · 9d

in 17th century Nuahatl!

John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 9d

Luis Laso de la Vega’s ‘Huei tlamahuiçoltica’ [The Great happening] #Mexico City, 1649 - an account in Nuahatl of the appearance of the Virgin of Guadeloupe

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 9d

Luis Laso de la Vega’s ‘Huei tlamahuiçoltica’ [The Great happening] #Mexico City, 1649 - an account in Nuahatl of the appearance of the Virgin of Guadeloupe

Reposted by Kris Inwood, Adrian Vickers

Spencer Wells @spwells.bsky.social · 9d

Genomic study reveals how people moved pigs across the Pacific 🐖⛵️🌏 phys.org/news/2025-12...

Genomic study reveals how people moved pigs across the Pacific

A new study, published in the journal Science, reveals how millennia of human migration across Pacific islands led to the introduction of invasive pig species all over the Asia-Pacific region.

phys.org

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Kris Inwood, Alex Long , and 1 more Rosemary A. Joyce, Kris Inwood, Alex Long, Jack Stilgoe

Internet Archive @archive.org · 10d

Welcome to the Public Domain, ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930) 🎖️

🎬 The third film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards is a realistic look at World War I. Experience the first filmed adaptation now in the #publicdomain.

Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...

#PublicDomainDay

Kris Inwood @kris-inwood.bsky.social · 10d

"The argument that income equality in the Nordics is primarily a result of wage compression attained through coordinated wage-setting begs the questions: What is the impact on
productivity and growth? Why can’t we all be more like the Nordics? Or can we?"

Kris Inwood @kris-inwood.bsky.social · 10d

The Nordic countries combine prosperity with equality by realizing (1) substantial public investment in essential services, (2) influential labour unions, (3) high public expenditure on social insurance, and (4) high and progressive taxation.
www.nber.org/system/files...

Kris Inwood @kris-inwood.bsky.social · 10d

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Kris Inwood, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

Julia Gaffield, PhD @juliagaffield.bsky.social · 10d

On January 1, 1804, revolutionaries established the independent country of Haiti, the first nation to permanently ban slavery. As we begin a year engulfed by the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence, it’s worth reading the Haitian Declaration of Independence in full. 🇭🇹

Original broadside printing of the Haitian Declaration of Independence. The document is titled "Liberté ou la Mort" and "Armée Indigène," and it is held by the National Archives of the United Kingdom (call number MFQ 1/184).

Reposted by Axel Bruns, Gernot Wagner, Kris Inwood , and 1 more Axel Bruns, Gernot Wagner, Kris Inwood, Carlos Moreno

Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 10d

One of the most unforgettable images capturing the vibrant promise of the new year, by the great Bauhaus artist László Moholy-Nagy: 7 A.M. (New Year's Morning), c. 1930 www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

Photograph shot from above, aka a bird's eye view, of an urban street with tram tracks, and three figures: a delivery man (perhaps for bread?0 on a bicycle, and a male and female couple walking arm in arm. The long shadows suggest it is early in the morning

Reposted by Kris Inwood, Margot C. Finn, Dolly Jørgensen

JonSam @jonsam1961b.bsky.social · 10d

I thought you might like this:

Large Irish Folklore Collection

National Folklore Collection UCD Digitization Project
765,821 manuscript pages, 13,899 photographs and 329 hours of audio are available here

www.duchas.ie/en

dúchas.ie

A project to digitize the Irish National Folklore Collection, one of the largest folklore collections in the world

www.duchas.ie

Reposted by Kris Inwood, Michael Kevane

Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 11d

Quick 2025-in-review for publications #econtwitter #econsky! New evidence in the JDE joint w/ @TheKenyadian @cherreralmanza Lauchande + Salvador light-touch teacher training and community reading camps did not ⬆️ early grade literacy in Mozambique

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