Alex Adames
@socinequality.bsky.social
Postdoc @Princeton; Sociology PhD @UPenn.
Social stratification, social mobility, wealth, labor markets, education, sociology, and economics.
I mostly repost interesting research and resources.
Social stratification, social mobility, wealth, labor markets, education, sociology, and economics.
I mostly repost interesting research and resources.
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Clarifying the Diploma Divide: The Growing Importance of Higher Education for Political Identity: https://osf.io/cm2np
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Clarifying the Diploma Divide: The Growing Importance of Higher Education for Political Identity: https://osf.io/cm2np
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Why did that happen, what does it tell us, and what can we do next?
That’s what my forthcoming book, The Wage Standard, is about: how rules, norms, and power in the labor market shape who shares in growth. Coming out March 31. Pre-order here:
www.thewagestandard.com
That’s what my forthcoming book, The Wage Standard, is about: how rules, norms, and power in the labor market shape who shares in growth. Coming out March 31. Pre-order here:
www.thewagestandard.com
The Wage Standard by Arindrajit Dube: 9780593471418 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
“The go-to guy on minimum wage” (Nobel Laureate and New York Times bestselling author Paul Krugman) tackles one of the thorniest social issues of our times—income inequality—from...
www.thewagestandard.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Why did that happen, what does it tell us, and what can we do next?
That’s what my forthcoming book, The Wage Standard, is about: how rules, norms, and power in the labor market shape who shares in growth. Coming out March 31. Pre-order here:
www.thewagestandard.com
That’s what my forthcoming book, The Wage Standard, is about: how rules, norms, and power in the labor market shape who shares in growth. Coming out March 31. Pre-order here:
www.thewagestandard.com
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broke: teach the kids to code because it's employable
woke: teach the kids humanities because it's important to know about art, philosophy and other languages
bespoke: teach the kids to code because it's important to know about art, society, philosophy and other languages
woke: teach the kids humanities because it's important to know about art, philosophy and other languages
bespoke: teach the kids to code because it's important to know about art, society, philosophy and other languages
December 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
broke: teach the kids to code because it's employable
woke: teach the kids humanities because it's important to know about art, philosophy and other languages
bespoke: teach the kids to code because it's important to know about art, society, philosophy and other languages
woke: teach the kids humanities because it's important to know about art, philosophy and other languages
bespoke: teach the kids to code because it's important to know about art, society, philosophy and other languages
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this is why quantitative social scientists, the perfect balance of both worlds, should be in charge of everything.
December 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
this is why quantitative social scientists, the perfect balance of both worlds, should be in charge of everything.
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Today, as ever, is a good day to encourage friends, colleagues and family to get off of Twitter
This article provides more data showing how easy it is to manipulate humans on social media.
These researchers rerouted the algorithm on Twitter to push some users toward “antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity”.
It only took 1 week to elicit changes that used to take 3 years.
These researchers rerouted the algorithm on Twitter to push some users toward “antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity”.
It only took 1 week to elicit changes that used to take 3 years.
Reranking partisan animosity in algorithmic social media feeds alters affective polarization
Today, social media platforms hold the sole power to study the effects of feed-ranking algorithms. We developed a platform-independent method that reranks participants’ feeds in real time and used thi...
www.science.org
November 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Today, as ever, is a good day to encourage friends, colleagues and family to get off of Twitter
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Have a favorite AEJ: Economic Policy paper from the past three years? Submit your nomination at the link below!
www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/ho...
www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/ho...
AEJ Best Paper Awards
www.aeaweb.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Have a favorite AEJ: Economic Policy paper from the past three years? Submit your nomination at the link below!
www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/ho...
www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/ho...
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Maybe it also helps if I make clear what I’m advocating for. When we do what we now call association studies, we should instead be clear that our goal is to generate evidence for a causal effect. We carefully state our estimand, are explicit about our causal assumptions and…
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Maybe it also helps if I make clear what I’m advocating for. When we do what we now call association studies, we should instead be clear that our goal is to generate evidence for a causal effect. We carefully state our estimand, are explicit about our causal assumptions and…
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In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps:
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November 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps:
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Curriculum shapes more than skills as taking STEM in high school boosts tech careers—but also shifts politics as boys grow more conservative and girls more progressive, from Robert Ainsworth, Rajeev H. Dehejia, Andrei Munteanu, Cristian Pop-Eleches, and Miguel Urquiola www.nber.org/papers/w34502
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Curriculum shapes more than skills as taking STEM in high school boosts tech careers—but also shifts politics as boys grow more conservative and girls more progressive, from Robert Ainsworth, Rajeev H. Dehejia, Andrei Munteanu, Cristian Pop-Eleches, and Miguel Urquiola www.nber.org/papers/w34502
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Gentle reminder that a correlation coefficient isn’t a particularly great way to quantify the effect of a dichotomous treatment. See also
www.the100.ci/2025/07/28/w...
www.the100.ci/2025/07/28/w...
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Gentle reminder that a correlation coefficient isn’t a particularly great way to quantify the effect of a dichotomous treatment. See also
www.the100.ci/2025/07/28/w...
www.the100.ci/2025/07/28/w...
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Great paper with important implications for understanding life cycle inequalities. For example, one can see how strong memory of in labor market trajectories can lead to amplification of the experience of early career discrimination. Recommended!
Studying the causal effect of different early career occupational experiences on labor market outcomes, from @jessebruhn.bsky.social, Jacob Fabian, Luke Gallagher, Matthew Gudgeon, Adam Isen, and Aaron R. Phipps www.nber.org/papers/w34463
November 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Great paper with important implications for understanding life cycle inequalities. For example, one can see how strong memory of in labor market trajectories can lead to amplification of the experience of early career discrimination. Recommended!
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I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short 🧵
The missing heritability question is now (mostly) answered
Not with a bang but with a whimper
theinfinitesimal.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short 🧵
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New evidence that twin estimates of heritability should be adjusted downward by about half
So there you have it, twin study estimates were greatly inflated, and molecular data sets the record straight. I walk through possible counter-arguments, but ultimately the uncomfortable truth is that genes contribute to traits much less than we always thought.
November 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
New evidence that twin estimates of heritability should be adjusted downward by about half
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Urban's new affordability tracker highlighted by @usnews.com shows how earnings across the country haven’t kept pace with rising costs.
New Data Shows America’s Growing Affordability Problem https://bit.ly/4o6PLZD
October 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Urban's new affordability tracker highlighted by @usnews.com shows how earnings across the country haven’t kept pace with rising costs.
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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/...
Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes*
Abstract. Concerns about excessive mobile phone use among youth are mounting. We present estimates of both behavioral and contextual peer effects, along wi
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October 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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/...
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First ISI Wealth Conference ✅
Lots of exciting wealth research, new international connections, and a constant flow of novel ideas.
My personal highlight, of course, was this successful and all-important Bavarian rite-de-passage. Two taps! 💪💪
Thanks to everyone for making it a success!
Lots of exciting wealth research, new international connections, and a constant flow of novel ideas.
My personal highlight, of course, was this successful and all-important Bavarian rite-de-passage. Two taps! 💪💪
Thanks to everyone for making it a success!
@fabianpfeffer.bsky.social proved that he is not only an expert on inequality but also on precision craftsmanship by successfully tapping a keg at the Hofbräuhaus.
The crowd cheered as the first golden drops flowed, sealing what can only be described as his official Bavarian citizenship ceremony.
The crowd cheered as the first golden drops flowed, sealing what can only be described as his official Bavarian citizenship ceremony.
October 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
First ISI Wealth Conference ✅
Lots of exciting wealth research, new international connections, and a constant flow of novel ideas.
My personal highlight, of course, was this successful and all-important Bavarian rite-de-passage. Two taps! 💪💪
Thanks to everyone for making it a success!
Lots of exciting wealth research, new international connections, and a constant flow of novel ideas.
My personal highlight, of course, was this successful and all-important Bavarian rite-de-passage. Two taps! 💪💪
Thanks to everyone for making it a success!
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October 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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October 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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October 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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The Green Book Project is a fantastic resource for anyone trying to understand the full weight of the Jim Crow era, and how segregation —not of homes and where Black families could live— but the segregation of everything.
#EconSky #GreenBookProject
#EconSky #GreenBookProject
October 4, 2025 at 6:06 AM
The Green Book Project is a fantastic resource for anyone trying to understand the full weight of the Jim Crow era, and how segregation —not of homes and where Black families could live— but the segregation of everything.
#EconSky #GreenBookProject
#EconSky #GreenBookProject
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Academic economists forming connections on social media show a bias toward certain races, genders, and elite institutions, say researchers at @mcgill.ca, Sao Paulo School of Economics, and MIT. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/research/cha...
Bias in academic networking
A social media field experiment suggests that gender, race, and university affiliation influence the formation of professional relationships among economists.
www.aeaweb.org
September 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Academic economists forming connections on social media show a bias toward certain races, genders, and elite institutions, say researchers at @mcgill.ca, Sao Paulo School of Economics, and MIT. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/research/cha...
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💉New study of HPV vaccine shows “robust population-level effectiveness & herd protection in adolescent girls & young women”
From 2006-2023:
➡️ Proportion of vaxxed women positive for high-risk HPV-16 & -18 types fell 98.4%, proportion of unvaxxed women fell 71.6%
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jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
From 2006-2023:
➡️ Proportion of vaxxed women positive for high-risk HPV-16 & -18 types fell 98.4%, proportion of unvaxxed women fell 71.6%
1/2
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Population-Level Effectiveness and Herd Protection 17 Years After HPV Vaccine
This cross-sectional study investigates population-level effectiveness and herd protection in the first 17 years after human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among adolescent girls and young women at ...
jamanetwork.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
💉New study of HPV vaccine shows “robust population-level effectiveness & herd protection in adolescent girls & young women”
From 2006-2023:
➡️ Proportion of vaxxed women positive for high-risk HPV-16 & -18 types fell 98.4%, proportion of unvaxxed women fell 71.6%
1/2
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
From 2006-2023:
➡️ Proportion of vaxxed women positive for high-risk HPV-16 & -18 types fell 98.4%, proportion of unvaxxed women fell 71.6%
1/2
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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New WP: We study how minimum wage increases affect poverty and food hardship in the U.S from 1981-2019. Different from recent work, we study the Supplemental Poverty Measure + two measures of food hardship, factor in cost-of-living differences, and more. www.iza.org/publications...
September 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
New WP: We study how minimum wage increases affect poverty and food hardship in the U.S from 1981-2019. Different from recent work, we study the Supplemental Poverty Measure + two measures of food hardship, factor in cost-of-living differences, and more. www.iza.org/publications...
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Whoa—my book is up for pre-order!
𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭 & 𝐌𝐋 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 #Rstats 𝐚𝐧𝐝 #PyData
The book presents an ultra-simple and powerful workflow to make sense of ± any model you fit
The web version will stay free forever and my proceeds go to charity.
tinyurl.com/4fk56fc8
𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭 & 𝐌𝐋 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 #Rstats 𝐚𝐧𝐝 #PyData
The book presents an ultra-simple and powerful workflow to make sense of ± any model you fit
The web version will stay free forever and my proceeds go to charity.
tinyurl.com/4fk56fc8
September 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Whoa—my book is up for pre-order!
𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭 & 𝐌𝐋 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 #Rstats 𝐚𝐧𝐝 #PyData
The book presents an ultra-simple and powerful workflow to make sense of ± any model you fit
The web version will stay free forever and my proceeds go to charity.
tinyurl.com/4fk56fc8
𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭 & 𝐌𝐋 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 #Rstats 𝐚𝐧𝐝 #PyData
The book presents an ultra-simple and powerful workflow to make sense of ± any model you fit
The web version will stay free forever and my proceeds go to charity.
tinyurl.com/4fk56fc8
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I wrote about gene-gene interactions (epistasis) and the implications for heritability, trait definitions, natural selection, and therapeutic interventions. Biology is clearly full of causal interactions, so why don't we see them in the data? A 🧵:
Beneath the surface of the sum
When genetic interactions matter and when they don't
open.substack.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I wrote about gene-gene interactions (epistasis) and the implications for heritability, trait definitions, natural selection, and therapeutic interventions. Biology is clearly full of causal interactions, so why don't we see them in the data? A 🧵: