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Servei de Recerca de la UPF @sdrecercaupf.bsky.social · 2h

La creació d'una prestació universal per a la primera infància és una de les mesures destacades de l'informe per reduir la pobresa infantil encarregat pel Govern.

@albalanau.bsky.social, investigadora del @demosocupf.bsky.social, n'és una de les autores.

➡️ https://ja.cat/H6VSC

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Alba Lanau @albalanau.bsky.social · 23h

Check out the PhD Research Seminars @politiquesupf.bsky.social www.upf.edu/documents/d/...

Alba Lanau @albalanau.bsky.social · 5d

First DemoSoc seminar of the year. Come join us!

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Toni Rodon @tonirodon.bsky.social · 5d

Workers on temporary contracts are more likely to strongly support redistribution. But in times of economic uncertainty, preferences converge as permanent workers also demand more government intervention www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Labor Market Institutions and Preferences for Redistribution

In highly segmented labor markets uneven distributions of risk across worker groups can lead to varying demands for redistribution. We study the impac…

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Alba Lanau @albalanau.bsky.social · 5d

New experimental study on attractiveness and hiring using deep fakes (!). Find only men consistently profit from their looks, while women benefit from a beauty premium in the female-typed jobs only. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Beauty pays, but not under all circumstances: Evidence on gendered hiring discrimination from a novel experimental treatment using deepfakes

Using deepfaked job application videos as a novel experimental treatment, this study analyses the effects of physical attractiveness for men and women…

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Alba Lanau @albalanau.bsky.social · 5d

PhD Opportunity (funded) is now live Any help with promotion appreciated :)

Project: “Unpacking the Puzzle of Child Poverty: Why Child Poverty Persists Despite Economic Recovery and Declining Inequality" @demosocupf.bsky.social

Deadline Oct 22nd
Further info: drive.google.com/file/d/12vlp...

CALL_Predoc_UNPACK 2025_F.pdf

drive.google.com

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Julia Mikolai @jmikolai.bsky.social · 6d

Come along to this @cpc-cg.bsky.social webinar today at 1pm UK time if you are interested in #family #complexity and the #lifecourses of #children in #Europe

To find out more about the @childlives.bsky.social project, visit the website childlives.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

@phrg-standrews.bsky.social

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Alba Lanau @albalanau.bsky.social · 6d

Gracias Miguel!! Sea quien sea les daré tu contacto ;)

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Plataforma de Infancia @platdeinfancia.bsky.social · 7d

Ser chico, mayor de 15 años y con discapacidad: el perfil con más riesgo de crecer en una residencia
🏡 Nace #Hogarizar.org, el Observatorio de Datos sobre #desinstitucionalización

Nace Hogarizar.org, la web del Observatorio de Datos sobre desinstitucionalización

“Ser chico, adolescente y tener una discapacidad aumenta significativamente el riesgo de crecer en una residencia”, explica Sara Toledano, responsable de

www.plataformadeinfancia.org

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Alba Lanau @albalanau.bsky.social · 7d

** PhD Opportunity (funded) **
Project: “Unpacking the Puzzle of Child Poverty: Why Child Poverty Persists Despite Economic Recovery and Declining Inequality (UNPACK)” @demosocupf.bsky.social
Deadline Oct 22nd
Further info: drive.google.com/file/d/12vlp...

#jobs #PhD #poverty #policy #Doctor

CALL_Predoc_UNPACK 2025_F.pdf

drive.google.com

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Alba Lanau @albalanau.bsky.social · 7d

Two crises, two policy responses in Spain? Poverty among working-age population in the Great Recession and Covid-19 Fantastic article by Aroa Tejero and colleagues at Journal of Poverty and Social Justice bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

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Alba Lanau @albalanau.bsky.social · 9d

Check out: Researching with Young People
An Introduction to Youth-Centred Research Methods www.bloomsbury.com/uk/researchi...

Researching with Young People

Undertaking research with young people is an expanding approach within education, sociology, criminology, politics, youth work and psychology. This book introdu…

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 11d

Who wants to work with Kate Bahn at the Institute for Women's Policy Research?
#econ_ra
iwpr.applytojob.com/apply/ACdbXf...

The Research Associate is a position on IWPR’s Research Team conducting research, including quantitative and qualitative empirical analysis, on issues related to IWPR’s core topics of Equitable Work and Wages, Caregiving and Families, Education and Career Advancement, and Reproductive Justice and Health Equity. The goal of our research is better inform partners and policymakers on ways to advance the economic security and well-being of women, their families, and communities.

For this position, candidates must have demonstrated working experience with statistical programs such as STATA, R or SPSS, major national public health and/or economic databases, and be able to interpret data, analyze results, acquire data from primary or secondary sources, and filter and clean data. This role is expected to be able to produce high quality research products for public audiences with independent initiative and minimal oversight.

Duties and Responsibilities

Research:
Conduct and draft literature reviews and collaborate on research proposals that identify novel and impactful research activities on issues related to IWPR core research areas: Equitable Work and Wages, Caregiving and Families, Education and Career Advancement, and Reproductive Justice and Health Equity.
Perform advanced, complex quantitative data analysis of large datasets and trends, utilizing network science and/or other statistical methods, including creating data visuals.
Perform advanced qualitative data analysis, including developing and fielding online surveys; and conducting interviews and focus groups.
Write high quality blog posts, briefs, fact sheets, reports and presentations based on the data work and analysis and accessible to broad audiences including policymakers, advocates, and the media.
Use and integrate racial equity and intersectional frameworks and analysis in research study designs, written reports, and briefs.
Assist with proposal and grant report drafting.

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Juan Meneses | Postpolitics and the Aesthetic Imagination @dissentum.bsky.social · 12d

Did you see your friend's book at the store? Email them a pic! See them cited? Email them (esp. as aggregators fail to catch many citations)! Did a scholar mention their work! Email them! Did a student use their work in a paper? Email! Did a professor teach their work? Email! Email! All the time!!!

Juan Meneses | Postpolitics and the Aesthetic Imagination @dissentum.bsky.social · 12d

Friends tell other friends when they see their work out in the world. Just got an email about my book and it made my day.

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Alba Lanau @albalanau.bsky.social · 12d

October 1st we will publish the call for a funded PhD student to work @demosocupf.bsky.social in the project 'Unpacking the Puzzle of Child Poverty: Why Child Poverty Persists Despite Economic Recovery and Declining Inequality', funded by the Spanish Research Agency. Interested? Get in touch!

Project description: UNPACK departs from three empirical observations about child poverty. First, child poverty rates in Spain are consistently higher than would be expected by its economic development. Second, child poverty rates have not decreased with economic growth since the end of the Great Recession, while adult poverty rates do, even if slightly. Third, recent policy reforms targeted at combatting inequality and reducing poverty have resulted in improvements in employment and several welfare and equity indicators, but appear to have limited impact on child poverty reduction.
High child poverty rates in Spain, and more widely Southern Europe, have been traditionally associated with weak labour markets and underdeveloped social protection systems that poorly target families with children. However, neither improving labour market prospects nor the introduction of new policy initiatives appear to impact child poverty rates. This project seeks to approach this puzzle by (a) further exploring child poverty trends in Spain and (Southern) Europe, (b) extending the literature on child poverty and labour markets with particular attention to poverty dynamics, and (c) analysing the design and outcomes of recent poverty reforms in Southern Europe targeted at reducing child poverty. In doing so, the project seeks to further our understanding of the determinants of disappointing child poverty trends in Spain and Europe, and elaborate relevant policy proposals

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Alba Lanau @albalanau.bsky.social · 12d

So, I am in Paris for a research stay. Anyone who I know here and wants to connect. Hit me up!

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) España @es-ine.bsky.social · 12d

Encuesta de centros y servicios de atención a las personas sin hogar 2024 @es-ine.bsky.social

Una media de 33.758 personas mayores de 18 años se alojó diariamente en centros de atención a personas sin hogar
Nota de prensa
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www.ine.es/dyngs/Prensa...
Resultados➡️ www.ine.es/dyngs/INEbas...
#INE

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Sara Ayllón @ayllonsara.bsky.social · 16d

Avui, com a membres del CETIS, hem presentat el primer informe que aporta mesures per a l'erradicació de la pobresa infantil. En podeu llegir més detalls aquí: www.elperiodico.com/es/sociedad/... Amb @pmklose.bsky.social @albalanau.bsky.social i @aarcarons.bsky.social

El informe para erradicar la pobreza infantil en Catalunya propone incluir el gasto en vivienda como indicador de vulnerabilidad

El Comitè d'Experts per a la Transformació i la Innovació Social (CETIS) urge al Govern a ampliar las ayudas y las familias beneficiarias y a tener en cuenta a aquellas en situación de privación mater...

www.elperiodico.com

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Guillem Vidal @guillemvidal.me · 16d

El informe para erradicar la pobreza infantil en Catalunya propone incluir el gasto en vivienda como indicador de vulnerabilidad

www.elperiodico.com/es/sociedad/...

El informe para erradicar la pobreza infantil en Catalunya propone incluir el gasto en vivienda como indicador de vulnerabilidad

El Comitè d'Experts per a la Transformació i la Innovació Social (CETIS) urge al Govern a ampliar las ayudas y las familias beneficiarias y a tener en cuenta a aquellas en situación de privación mater...

www.elperiodico.com

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Federico Trastulli @fedetrastulli.bsky.social · 21d

w/ @massimoprearo.bsky.social on @qoe-ijes.bsky.social, we introduce our 2024 Italian LGBTIQ+ Electoral Survey: the first large-N evidence on the political behaviour & attitudes of Italian LGBTIQ+ citizens. We discuss data, methodological challenges & relevance here: oaj.fupress.net/index.php/qo...

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Eva Anduiza @evaanduiza.bsky.social · 21d

🧲 We are hiring!
✨ PhD position to join @dec-gr.bsky.social
🏁 4-year FPI contract
🎓 Pol Sci / Social Sci background + Master’s + English
📧 Send expression of interest with CV and motivation letter to [email protected]
🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3epmv2

Call for expressions of interest for a PhD scholarship within the project GPOL – Democracy, Elections and Citizenship

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 21d

Well you're lucky... apparently reading a grant proposal does not meaningfully affect how it's ranked.

Do grant proposal texts matter for funding decisions? A field experiment - Scientometrics

Scientists and funding agencies invest considerable resources in writing and evaluating grant proposals. But do grant proposal texts noticeably change panel decisions in single blind review? We report...

link.springer.com

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José Antonio Noguera @josenoguerauab.bsky.social · 28d

New paper in @jicsp.bsky.social on the implementation problems of the minimum income scheme in Spain: @emmaalcr.bsky.social and myself propose a typology of implementation problems in these programs and analyze the available evidence on the case of the Spanish IMV.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Self-defeating targeting: The implementation of the Minimum Living Income in Spain | Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy | Cambridge Core

Self-defeating targeting: The implementation of the Minimum Living Income in Spain

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Juan Galeano @juangaleano.bsky.social · Sep 1

📢 The Global Living Arrangements Database (GLAD) is out! 🎉 Check out all the details on how we built this new data infrastructure of the CORESIDENCE project in our article just published in Scientific Data.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#demography #familystudies

The Global Living Arrangements Database, 1960–2021 - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - The Global Living Arrangements Database, 1960–2021

www.nature.com

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Arin Dube @arindube.bsky.social · Aug 29

The National Living Wage in UK aimed to get rid of low pay.

It succeeded.

Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · Aug 29

Minimum wage increases since 2015 have all but ended ‘low’ pay.

In 2011, 21% of workers were low paid – defined as hourly pay below two-thirds of the overall median. By April 2024 3.4% of employees were low paid on this measure.

Read more: buff.ly/0OSArrI

Chart showing proportion of employees with hourly pay below two-thirds of the median: UK

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