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Toni Gamundí @gamunto.bsky.social · 7d

Thrilled to share that my first (coauthored) paper is out. Check it out 👇🏽

Javi San Millán @javiersanmillan.bsky.social · Sep 5

🚨Publication alert🚨

Housing discrimination undermines a fundamental right and generates distortions that limit collective prosperity.

Today we are happy to publish in Social Forces an article on this phenomenon using experimental methods!

Two highlights ⬇️

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Rental housing discrimination against Chinese minorities in Spain: a new instant messaging correspondence test

Abstract. Research on rental housing discrimination (RHD) against migrant minorities has overwhelmingly focused on the first generation, paying special att

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · Sep 5

The takeaway:

👉 Accommodating the radical right on immigration doesn’t win back voters.
👉 It alienates the progressive base.
👉 And it raises the salience of the very issue the radical right owns.
In short: it’s electoral self-harm.

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Javi San Millán @javiersanmillan.bsky.social · Sep 5

👉 You can read the full article here: academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

We are very much looking forward to continuing to research and discuss how to tackle discrimination in access to housing!

Rental housing discrimination against Chinese minorities in Spain: a new instant messaging correspondence test

Abstract. Research on rental housing discrimination (RHD) against migrant minorities has overwhelmingly focused on the first generation, paying special att

academic.oup.com

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Javi San Millán @javiersanmillan.bsky.social · Sep 5

2️⃣ While most previous research has focused on the so-called “first generation” of immigrants, we also designed a way to test discrimination against their children. We find that descendants of Chinese migrants face much less discrimination than those perceived as newcomers.

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Javi San Millán @javiersanmillan.bsky.social · Sep 5

If almost 90% of landlords replied the "Spanish" candidate with an invitation for a visit to the house, the response rate (RR) went down to the 81% fo "Chinese candidates"

❗Roughly 1 in 10 landlords discriminated the Chinese candidate

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Javi San Millán @javiersanmillan.bsky.social · Sep 5

1️⃣ For the first time in the field, we used WhatsApp for a correspondence test.

We created two fictitious accounts: a “typically Spanish” person one, and another of a “typically Chinese” person. With these profiles, we contacted 1,600 landlords in Madrid and compared response rates.

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Javi San Millán @javiersanmillan.bsky.social · Sep 5

🚨Publication alert🚨

Housing discrimination undermines a fundamental right and generates distortions that limit collective prosperity.

Today we are happy to publish in Social Forces an article on this phenomenon using experimental methods!

Two highlights ⬇️

academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

Rental housing discrimination against Chinese minorities in Spain: a new instant messaging correspondence test

Abstract. Research on rental housing discrimination (RHD) against migrant minorities has overwhelmingly focused on the first generation, paying special att

academic.oup.com

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Javi San Millán @javiersanmillan.bsky.social · Aug 26

Congrats!

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Maël Lecoursonnais @lecoursonnais.bsky.social · Aug 26

Thrilled to share my first publication! 🎉
Together with Maria Brandén and Erik Rosenqvist, we show that distance to higher education shapes academic aspirations in Sweden—well before their university education begins. (1/4)

The Spatial Determinants of Academic Aspirations: Evidence From Sweden

Differences in access to higher education are a well-known contributor to socioeconomic inequalities. Yet, despite considerable interest from policymakers, we know little about the processes linking ...

doi.org

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Emilio Delgado @emiliodelgado.bsky.social · Aug 8

En el aniversario de las ejecuciones de las trece rosas un pueblo retira a Franco de su nombre. A Ana por lo que sea le parece una tontuna.

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Javi San Millán @javiersanmillan.bsky.social · Jul 4

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Javi San Millán @javiersanmillan.bsky.social · Jul 4

Enamorado de esta exposición 🥹

"Com dissenar una revolució: la via xilena al disseny" - DHub Barcelona

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Javi San Millán @javiersanmillan.bsky.social · Jun 25

Y venga Javi de vuelta a las vacaciones

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Javi San Millán @javiersanmillan.bsky.social · Jun 25

Brutal también que un candidato como el Cuomo pueda agrupar a los votantes más pobres con los super ricos de esa manera, a la vez que cae tanto en apoyos de las personas con ingresos medios

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Javi San Millán @javiersanmillan.bsky.social · Jun 25

Acabo de ver esto sobre las primarias de Nueva York por casualidad y qué ejemplo más curioso de sesgo por agrupación:

Si divides las secciones censales en tres grupos, te sale que cuando más ricas, más se vota al ganador. Si utilizas la variable de ingresos continua, la relación es curvilínea 👀

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Javi San Millán @javiersanmillan.bsky.social · May 27

Josep Ferrer Riba sobre las vías para regular el alquiler de temporada:

1️⃣ Reducir el número de contratos fraudulentos

2️⃣ Extender la regulación del alquiler ordinario al alquiler de temporada

3️⃣ Limitar directamente los contratos de temporada (incluso mediante normativa urbanística 👁)

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Robert Manduca @robertmanduca.bsky.social · Apr 24

Using @lisdata.bsky.social data, I plot wealth inequality against income inequality and the wealth-to-income ratio: how much wealth a country has, relative to the size of its economy. As expected, there's minimal relationship between the Gini index for marketable wealth and that for income

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Javi San Millán @javiersanmillan.bsky.social · May 12

Bottom line: inequality & segregation are linked, but take different shapes across cities. Local housing markets, demographics and policy matter.

📖 Read our paper in @tesg-journal.bsky.social by @clementinecttn.bsky.social, @maartenvanham.bsky.social and me:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

The Economic Urban Divide: A Detailed Study of Income Inequality and Segregation in Dutch Urban Areas (2011–2022)

Research on segregation and economic inequality is often limited to major capitals and conurbations, neglecting smaller cities. This oversight can lead to public policies based on insights that may n....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Javi San Millán @javiersanmillan.bsky.social · May 12

🌆We also analyzed the geographic scale of segregation, discovering that it mostly unfolds at the micro-scale

However, the scale of segregation varies by income (and city!): the poorest tend to be segregated over larger areas, while the rich are clustered in tight enclaves

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Javi San Millán @javiersanmillan.bsky.social · May 12

Meanwhile, the poorest have become the most spatially segregated group.

In 2011, the rich were more segregated.

By 2022, that had flipped: the poor are now more isolated—likely due to the residualisation of social housing.

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Javi San Millán @javiersanmillan.bsky.social · May 12

Inequality and segregation may look stable overall—but who holds income has shifted.

In 2022, the top 1% in the average Dutch FUA earned 5.17% of total income, an increase from 2011.

📈 That gain came largely at the expense of the upper-middle class.

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Javi San Millán @javiersanmillan.bsky.social · May 12

Contrary to expectations, income inequality and residential segregation have remained stable—or even declined—in most Dutch cities over the last decade

❗️But there is a lot of variability, suggesting that local particularites matter

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Javi San Millán @javiersanmillan.bsky.social · May 12

🚨Publication alert🚨

Most studies on inequality & segregation focus on big cities—assuming a universal rise. But what if we look beyond the usual suspects?

We analyse 35 Dutch urban areas over 12 years using geo-coded microdata to uncover patterns hidden in national debates.

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Javi San Millán @javiersanmillan.bsky.social · Apr 26

Ojalá por una vez aquello del "evidence-based policy" fuera hacer caso a estas cosas evidentes si pisas un poco la calle y no tanto mil y pico análisis econométricos de por qué es bueno tener juzgados rapidísimos en echar a gente de sus casas, por ejemplo

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Javi San Millán @javiersanmillan.bsky.social · Apr 26

Esto y mil veces esto.

Incluso si aceptamos que la ocupación sea un "problema" (que no lo es, porque es el síntoma), viene fundamentalmente de viviendas vacías y descuidadas por grandes propietarios. La razón es obvia: es el único tipo de sitio que es fácil ocupar ❗️

Benet Fusté @bfuste.bsky.social · Apr 26

Hi ha una fantasia pueril que considera que si no empadrones rebràs menys població estrangera en situació precària i tindràs menys ocupacions irregulars. No té gaire fonament: tot apunta que el que explica les ocupacions irregulars és l'existència d'habitatges buits, particularment de grans tenidors

Alcaldes de Junts pressionen per endurir l'empadronament

Han treballat un document amb modificacions legals, també sobre l'accés als serveis socials, que volen que assumeixi la direcció nacional

www.ara.cat

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