My book "Resistance to Gender Quotas in Latin America" is out, and it's *open access*!

The book explores the puzzle of gender quotas—a policy to increase women's representation, adopted when men, who may be affected by these policies, are the majority of legislators.

academic.oup.com/book/59749

All male panel??!!

From policies for retirement to policies for incomes crises

In this new JICSP article, Bernard and I discuss one of the ways in which some countries responded to income shortfalls during the covid pandemic. We provide evidence and debate with respect to emerging market and developed economies.

The LIS Database now allows one to measure poverty (with their superior poverty/income measures) over a 61 year period of US history (1963-2023).

Here's the trend in Black-white inequalities in poverty.

Sad to hear the brilliant and great Walter Korpi passed. Korpi was on a very short list of my all time favorite political economic theorists. Almost all my work is fundamentally based on power resources theory. His work on the welfare state is pivotal and central to so many fields.

I created this list a couple of days ago based on some people I know about but there has been a ton of new arrivals--please let me know who else to include. Also, this is an interdisciplinary list! #EconSky #Sociology #PoliSky #Demography

go.bsky.app/T667spi

How have the living standards of low-to-middle income Britain changed since the mid-1990s?

After about a decade of significant growth, income growth has stagnated since the mid-2000s.

Here are the key things you need to know ⬇️ buff.ly/3Z8Emyk

Same again tonite at the cadogan hall, 40 mins of a Norwegian fiddler solo before tord gustevson