Isma Muñoz
@ishmamunoz.bsky.social
Departmental Lecturer at University of Oxford, Department of Social Policy and Intervention.
Previously Postdoc @Demography_CSIC (ERC-ECHO Project) | PhD @penn_state.
Studying education, health, families, social inequalities, Demography
Previously Postdoc @Demography_CSIC (ERC-ECHO Project) | PhD @penn_state.
Studying education, health, families, social inequalities, Demography
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<em>Population and Development Review</em> | Population Council Journal | Wiley Online Library
In many modern populations, grandparents are increasingly becoming the primary caregivers of their grandchildren. This phenomenon has renewed interest in the role that grandparents play in within-fam...
doi.org
New paper out in Population and Development Review:
We explore how the influence of grandparental co-residence on grandchildren’s nutrition varies across Africa’s diverse demographic and health contexts 👇
📄 doi.org/10.1111/padr...
We explore how the influence of grandparental co-residence on grandchildren’s nutrition varies across Africa’s diverse demographic and health contexts 👇
📄 doi.org/10.1111/padr...
Reposted by Isma Muñoz
Do streaming platforms trap us in cultural filter bubbles? We like to think so but the evidence says otherwise. In a new paper @abelaussant.bsky.social and I find the use of streaming platform to be associated with an increase in consumption diversity. sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
September 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Do streaming platforms trap us in cultural filter bubbles? We like to think so but the evidence says otherwise. In a new paper @abelaussant.bsky.social and I find the use of streaming platform to be associated with an increase in consumption diversity. sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
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👉 Our new paper uses daily mobility data to show that spatial isolation is much more common today among those living in advantaged neighborhoods than the converse.
👩🏻💻 Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...
👩🏻💻 Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
👉 Our new paper uses daily mobility data to show that spatial isolation is much more common today among those living in advantaged neighborhoods than the converse.
👩🏻💻 Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...
👩🏻💻 Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...
On elite college admission inequity: Kids from the top 1% are twice as likely to get into Ivy-Plus colleges as middle-class peers with same scores, a gap absent at public flagships. Advantage comes from legacy status, non-academic credentials, athletic recruitment (none predict post-college success)
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges,” by Chetty (@Oppinsights), Deming, and Friedman: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges*
Abstract. We use anonymized admissions data from several colleges linked to income tax records and SAT and ACT test scores to study the determinants and ca
doi.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
On elite college admission inequity: Kids from the top 1% are twice as likely to get into Ivy-Plus colleges as middle-class peers with same scores, a gap absent at public flagships. Advantage comes from legacy status, non-academic credentials, athletic recruitment (none predict post-college success)
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see this vacancy to work with me on educational inequalities in Europe. We have extended the deadline by 1 week, now Dec 1st, 2025. #job #postdoc #vacancy #pleaseshare
Job! A vacancy at the @eui-eu.bsky.social for a postdoc joining the @learnineq.bsky.social project, for 13 months, starting mid January. We study inequalities in school careers, and we engage with policy makers. The vacancy is here, please forward. DEADLINE 24 NOVEMBER. www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
November 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
see this vacancy to work with me on educational inequalities in Europe. We have extended the deadline by 1 week, now Dec 1st, 2025. #job #postdoc #vacancy #pleaseshare
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Why do associations between grandparents & child health vary [Africa]?: "implication is that net flows of support from grandparents to children diminish as societies undergo demographic & epidemiological transitions, weakening the positive association between grandparent coresidence & child health"
<em>Population and Development Review</em> | Population Council Journal | Wiley Online Library
In many modern populations, grandparents are increasingly becoming the primary caregivers of their grandchildren. This phenomenon has renewed interest in the role that grandparents play in within-fam...
doi.org
October 31, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Why do associations between grandparents & child health vary [Africa]?: "implication is that net flows of support from grandparents to children diminish as societies undergo demographic & epidemiological transitions, weakening the positive association between grandparent coresidence & child health"
Reposted by Isma Muñoz
New article out in Social Science & Medicine (with David Baker): “Revisiting the education–HIV gradient in Africa: Cohort variation analysis of a temporal shift and speculation on causes.”
Our analysis of DHS data from eight African countries reveals a temporal shift in the educationHIV gradient 👇
Our analysis of DHS data from eight African countries reveals a temporal shift in the educationHIV gradient 👇
Revisiting the education-HIV gradient in Africa: Cohort variation analysis of a temporal shift and speculation on causes
This study examines the changing relationship between education and HIV in Africa over time. While a negative relationship between education and morbi…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
New article out in Social Science & Medicine (with David Baker): “Revisiting the education–HIV gradient in Africa: Cohort variation analysis of a temporal shift and speculation on causes.”
Our analysis of DHS data from eight African countries reveals a temporal shift in the educationHIV gradient 👇
Our analysis of DHS data from eight African countries reveals a temporal shift in the educationHIV gradient 👇
Reposted by Isma Muñoz
📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
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New study on global digital gender gaps 🧔♂️👩📱🌐:
It finds that in low- and middle-income countries
- women are 9% less likely to use the 🌐
- 8% less likely to own a 📱 than men
( ~320 million fewer women 🌐 and ~190 million fewer women with 📱)
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/mapping...
It finds that in low- and middle-income countries
- women are 9% less likely to use the 🌐
- 8% less likely to own a 📱 than men
( ~320 million fewer women 🌐 and ~190 million fewer women with 📱)
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/mapping...
Mapping the global digital gender divide: new study reveals stark inequalities in internet and mobile access
A research team comprised of current and alumni members of the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science (LCDS) has published a major new study in PNAS revealing where and to what extent women remain ...
www.demography.ox.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
New study on global digital gender gaps 🧔♂️👩📱🌐:
It finds that in low- and middle-income countries
- women are 9% less likely to use the 🌐
- 8% less likely to own a 📱 than men
( ~320 million fewer women 🌐 and ~190 million fewer women with 📱)
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/mapping...
It finds that in low- and middle-income countries
- women are 9% less likely to use the 🌐
- 8% less likely to own a 📱 than men
( ~320 million fewer women 🌐 and ~190 million fewer women with 📱)
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/mapping...
Reposted by Isma Muñoz
The thing to understand about this is that this catastrophe in the UK has redounded to the political benefit of the very same people and political movement that pushed for it! Extremely perverse.
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The thing to understand about this is that this catastrophe in the UK has redounded to the political benefit of the very same people and political movement that pushed for it! Extremely perverse.
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👋 I'm Danielle, and I'm on the #econjobmarket this year!
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
👋 I'm Danielle, and I'm on the #econjobmarket this year!
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
Back to teaching after a while, and I’d almost forgotten how common it is to overprepare. Once questions start rolling and discussion flows, the class just flies. Finding that balance is hard!
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Back to teaching after a while, and I’d almost forgotten how common it is to overprepare. Once questions start rolling and discussion flows, the class just flies. Finding that balance is hard!
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If Difference-in-Differences has been on your “to-learn” list, now is your chance to dig in. Our #GESISworkshop with @janmarcus.de takes you from DiD basics to advanced topics like triple differences, synthetic control, and modern estimators — all in R and Stata.
➡️ t1p.de/dif_in_dif_26
➡️ t1p.de/dif_in_dif_26
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
If Difference-in-Differences has been on your “to-learn” list, now is your chance to dig in. Our #GESISworkshop with @janmarcus.de takes you from DiD basics to advanced topics like triple differences, synthetic control, and modern estimators — all in R and Stata.
➡️ t1p.de/dif_in_dif_26
➡️ t1p.de/dif_in_dif_26
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Interesting analysis!
PS. This type of work will not be possible 5 years from now unless we save the DHS now.
PS. This type of work will not be possible 5 years from now unless we save the DHS now.
New paper out in Population and Development Review:
We explore how the influence of grandparental co-residence on grandchildren’s nutrition varies across Africa’s diverse demographic and health contexts 👇
📄 doi.org/10.1111/padr...
We explore how the influence of grandparental co-residence on grandchildren’s nutrition varies across Africa’s diverse demographic and health contexts 👇
📄 doi.org/10.1111/padr...
<em>Population and Development Review</em> | Population Council Journal | Wiley Online Library
In many modern populations, grandparents are increasingly becoming the primary caregivers of their grandchildren. This phenomenon has renewed interest in the role that grandparents play in within-fam...
doi.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Interesting analysis!
PS. This type of work will not be possible 5 years from now unless we save the DHS now.
PS. This type of work will not be possible 5 years from now unless we save the DHS now.
Reposted by Isma Muñoz
New paper out in Population and Development Review:
We explore how the influence of grandparental co-residence on grandchildren’s nutrition varies across Africa’s diverse demographic and health contexts 👇
📄 doi.org/10.1111/padr...
We explore how the influence of grandparental co-residence on grandchildren’s nutrition varies across Africa’s diverse demographic and health contexts 👇
📄 doi.org/10.1111/padr...
<em>Population and Development Review</em> | Population Council Journal | Wiley Online Library
In many modern populations, grandparents are increasingly becoming the primary caregivers of their grandchildren. This phenomenon has renewed interest in the role that grandparents play in within-fam...
doi.org
November 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
New paper out in Population and Development Review:
We explore how the influence of grandparental co-residence on grandchildren’s nutrition varies across Africa’s diverse demographic and health contexts 👇
📄 doi.org/10.1111/padr...
We explore how the influence of grandparental co-residence on grandchildren’s nutrition varies across Africa’s diverse demographic and health contexts 👇
📄 doi.org/10.1111/padr...
Reposted by Isma Muñoz
Call for Papers!
Submit your paper for the conference: 'Kinship Structures, Dynamics and Inequalities', taking place on 8 and 9 June 2026 @mpidr.bsky.social in Rostock organized by @demography.bsky.social, @iussp.bsky.social +coll.
Deadline: 21 January 2026
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference
Submit your paper for the conference: 'Kinship Structures, Dynamics and Inequalities', taking place on 8 and 9 June 2026 @mpidr.bsky.social in Rostock organized by @demography.bsky.social, @iussp.bsky.social +coll.
Deadline: 21 January 2026
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference
November 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Call for Papers!
Submit your paper for the conference: 'Kinship Structures, Dynamics and Inequalities', taking place on 8 and 9 June 2026 @mpidr.bsky.social in Rostock organized by @demography.bsky.social, @iussp.bsky.social +coll.
Deadline: 21 January 2026
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference
Submit your paper for the conference: 'Kinship Structures, Dynamics and Inequalities', taking place on 8 and 9 June 2026 @mpidr.bsky.social in Rostock organized by @demography.bsky.social, @iussp.bsky.social +coll.
Deadline: 21 January 2026
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference
New paper out in Population and Development Review:
We explore how the influence of grandparental co-residence on grandchildren’s nutrition varies across Africa’s diverse demographic and health contexts 👇
📄 doi.org/10.1111/padr...
We explore how the influence of grandparental co-residence on grandchildren’s nutrition varies across Africa’s diverse demographic and health contexts 👇
📄 doi.org/10.1111/padr...
<em>Population and Development Review</em> | Population Council Journal | Wiley Online Library
In many modern populations, grandparents are increasingly becoming the primary caregivers of their grandchildren. This phenomenon has renewed interest in the role that grandparents play in within-fam...
doi.org
November 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
New paper out in Population and Development Review:
We explore how the influence of grandparental co-residence on grandchildren’s nutrition varies across Africa’s diverse demographic and health contexts 👇
📄 doi.org/10.1111/padr...
We explore how the influence of grandparental co-residence on grandchildren’s nutrition varies across Africa’s diverse demographic and health contexts 👇
📄 doi.org/10.1111/padr...
Reposted by Isma Muñoz
Curious about using census microdata in your research? 📊
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
Register for IPUMs International Online Session
Please use this form to register for the IPUMs International Session hosted by the Historical Economic Demography Group at LSE.
The session will be on Zoom from 15:15-16:30 UK Time on 12 November 202...
forms.gle
November 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Curious about using census microdata in your research? 📊
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
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once again seeking others' opinions to guide my life choices: of those who dropped out of a PhD or converted to Masters, did anyone subsequently complete a PhD with a different topic and supervisors? thoughts for or against this path?
November 3, 2025 at 3:54 AM
once again seeking others' opinions to guide my life choices: of those who dropped out of a PhD or converted to Masters, did anyone subsequently complete a PhD with a different topic and supervisors? thoughts for or against this path?
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🆕📝 Excited to share our new article out today in Socius: “Take a Load Off? Not for Mothers” (with @helenkowalewska.bsky.social & @leahruppanner.bsky.social)!
Even when women earn more or have less time, the mental load of running a household still falls on them.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/2378...
Even when women earn more or have less time, the mental load of running a household still falls on them.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/2378...
Take a Load Off? Not for Mothers: Gender, Cognitive Labor, and the Limits of Time and Money - Ana Catalano Weeks, Helen Kowalewska, Leah Ruppanner, 2025
Globally, women perform the lion’s share of domestic labor. Research indicates that gender disparities in cognitive labor—the “thinking work” required to antici...
doi.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🆕📝 Excited to share our new article out today in Socius: “Take a Load Off? Not for Mothers” (with @helenkowalewska.bsky.social & @leahruppanner.bsky.social)!
Even when women earn more or have less time, the mental load of running a household still falls on them.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/2378...
Even when women earn more or have less time, the mental load of running a household still falls on them.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/2378...
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“one s.d. increase in app usage reduces GPAs by 36.2% of a w/in-cohort-major s.d. & lowers wages by 2.3%. Roommates’ app usage reduces a student’s GPAs & wages thru both disruptions & behavioral spillovers, generating a total negative effect that exceeds 1/2 the magnitude of the student’s own usage”
Wow. This is the paper I have been waiting for. Mobile apps are brain rot, with meaningfully bad economic consequences for those who overuse them.
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes,” by Barwick, Chen, Fu, and Li: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
October 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“one s.d. increase in app usage reduces GPAs by 36.2% of a w/in-cohort-major s.d. & lowers wages by 2.3%. Roommates’ app usage reduces a student’s GPAs & wages thru both disruptions & behavioral spillovers, generating a total negative effect that exceeds 1/2 the magnitude of the student’s own usage”
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Lab’s 1st preprint!
Menstruation is understudied due to societal taboos + a biological challenge: mice (a key system for research + drug discovery) don’t menstruate.
@cagricevrim.bsky.social made menstruating mice + used them to discover early events in menstruation.
He is on the job market!
Menstruation is understudied due to societal taboos + a biological challenge: mice (a key system for research + drug discovery) don’t menstruate.
@cagricevrim.bsky.social made menstruating mice + used them to discover early events in menstruation.
He is on the job market!
I’m thrilled to share my postdoc work and the first paper from the McKinley Lab! 🎉
@karalmckinley.bsky.social
We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice.
We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧵
@karalmckinley.bsky.social
We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice.
We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧵
Induction of menstruation in mice reveals the regulation of menstrual shedding
During menstruation, an inner layer of the endometrium is selectively shed, while an outer, progenitor-containing layer is preserved to support repeated regeneration. Progress in understanding this co...
www.biorxiv.org
October 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Lab’s 1st preprint!
Menstruation is understudied due to societal taboos + a biological challenge: mice (a key system for research + drug discovery) don’t menstruate.
@cagricevrim.bsky.social made menstruating mice + used them to discover early events in menstruation.
He is on the job market!
Menstruation is understudied due to societal taboos + a biological challenge: mice (a key system for research + drug discovery) don’t menstruate.
@cagricevrim.bsky.social made menstruating mice + used them to discover early events in menstruation.
He is on the job market!
Reposted by Isma Muñoz
Very good 😂. This describes a lot of what is going on accurately.
Credit: @integralanswers.bsky.social
Credit: @integralanswers.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Very good 😂. This describes a lot of what is going on accurately.
Credit: @integralanswers.bsky.social
Credit: @integralanswers.bsky.social
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FOUR new positions available at INET Oxford!
@zparolin.bsky.social is hiring:
🠺 1x FT Post-Doctoral Researcher in Inequality, Social Policy, and Social Mobility
🠺 3x PT Rsearchers in Inequality, Social Policy, and Social Mobility
Find out more and apply HERE ➵ https://www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
@zparolin.bsky.social is hiring:
🠺 1x FT Post-Doctoral Researcher in Inequality, Social Policy, and Social Mobility
🠺 3x PT Rsearchers in Inequality, Social Policy, and Social Mobility
Find out more and apply HERE ➵ https://www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
October 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
FOUR new positions available at INET Oxford!
@zparolin.bsky.social is hiring:
🠺 1x FT Post-Doctoral Researcher in Inequality, Social Policy, and Social Mobility
🠺 3x PT Rsearchers in Inequality, Social Policy, and Social Mobility
Find out more and apply HERE ➵ https://www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
@zparolin.bsky.social is hiring:
🠺 1x FT Post-Doctoral Researcher in Inequality, Social Policy, and Social Mobility
🠺 3x PT Rsearchers in Inequality, Social Policy, and Social Mobility
Find out more and apply HERE ➵ https://www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies