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Guillem Vidal @guillemvidal.me · 1d

Las democracias necesitan una política social y fiscal que limite la desigualdad de ingresos y riqueza si quieren sobrevivir a largo plazo:

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Income inequality and the erosion of democracy in the twenty-first century | PNAS

Among the most pressing problems societies face today are economic inequality and the erosion of democratic norms and institutions. In fact the two...

www.pnas.org

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 5d

Next RC28 Spring Meeting will be 20-22 May in Seville.
Submissions until 10 Dec here: eventos.upo.es/137585/detai...

If you're wondering if this is your conference, have a look at what we publish in our journal Research in Social Stratification and Mobility: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/rese...

The Conference

Addressing Social Inequalities in the Global North and South On behalf of the Organising Committee, it is an honour to welcome you to the RC28 Spring Meeting 2026. This academic meeting is proposed a...

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Carlos J. Gil @karlosj89.bsky.social · 5d

Lab Study in Berlin/Madrid on School Meritocracy:
Effort🔨(🧠objective cognitive effort / 👩‍🏫teacher-perceived effort) → + grades & inequality. Net of IQ, High-SES👨‍🎓 + effort & GPA returns when lazy. Low-SES👨‍🎓 - effort; + GPA returns if hardworking. WP👇 Effort-Project econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:fir:ec...

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Steven Forti @stevenforti.bsky.social · 3d

Merece la pena leer esta entrevista al politólogo Adam Przeworki publicada en castellano en Nueva Sociedad.

nuso.org/articulo/dem...

¿Cómo se desmoronan las democracias? | Nueva Sociedad

El politólogo de origen polaco, que dedicó su vida a estudiar las democracias -y también sus vínculos con el capitalismo y el socialismo-, analiza los desafíos políticos y conceptuales del presente. R...

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Carlos J. Gil @karlosj89.bsky.social · 5d

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Carlos J. Gil @karlosj89.bsky.social · 5d

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Carlos J. Gil @karlosj89.bsky.social · 5d

Lab Study in Berlin/Madrid on School Meritocracy:
Effort🔨(🧠objective cognitive effort / 👩‍🏫teacher-perceived effort) → + grades & inequality. Net of IQ, High-SES👨‍🎓 + effort & GPA returns when lazy. Low-SES👨‍🎓 - effort; + GPA returns if hardworking. WP👇 Effort-Project econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:fir:ec...

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Ea Blaabæk @blaabaek.bsky.social · 9d

Even in Denmark, cultural tastes are socially stratified. With some quite cool library data we find strong gradients by education and wealth - important as wealth is rarely studied in cultural stratification research

doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
OA: osf.io/ar2xc_v2/dow...
@europeansocreview.bsky.social

How are cultural tastes stratified? Evidence from library borrowing for the entire population of Denmark

Abstract. Research shows that cultural tastes are socially stratified. Yet, most of this research relies on small-sample surveys and includes only a few di

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Carlos J. Gil @karlosj89.bsky.social · 9d

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Carlos J. Gil @karlosj89.bsky.social · 9d

Teacher bias or unobserved ability? @ssreditorial.bsky.social paper w/ @marespadafor.bsky.social Test score error & omitted behavior = 🐘 in the (class)room to identify SES discrimination. Still, beyond "true ability", well-off (low-performing) kids get higher teacher ratings: doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

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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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Tom Calver @tomcalver.bsky.social · Aug 17

When we think rationally about the data we do have, we simply cannot say that migrants as a whole are more likely to commit crime than everyone else.

We await better data. Until then, bad data and bad interpretations threaten to fill the void

www.thetimes.com/article/72b6...

Does anyone know whether migrants really commit more crimes?

News reports suggest asylum seekers are more likely to break the law than people born in the UK — so what does the data show?

www.thetimes.com

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Javier Salas @javisalas.bsky.social · Aug 17

Entramos en modo ‘beta’ global: aún no hemos domado las redes y las mismas tecnológicas van a someter a la humanidad a un experimento masivo desplegando con avaricia sus ineficientes herramientas de IA en nuestras vidas.

Aquí trato de explicar porqués y consecuencias:
elpais.com/tecnologia/2...

Modo ‘beta’ global: el experimento masivo de la IA

La humanidad se convierte de nuevo en un laboratorio para las grandes tecnológicas, que despliegan sin control unas herramientas poco fiables que ya forman parte de la vida cotidiana de miles de millo...

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Peter Fallesen @pfallesen.bsky.social · Jul 16

🔴New working paper with @marcocozzani.bsky.social and @juhoharkonen.bsky.social. We describe the temporal link between conception timing and preterm birth rates. When conception rates fluctuate, preterm birth proportions shift predictably but with different magnitudes depending on baseline risk. 1/4

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Carlos J. Gil @karlosj89.bsky.social · Jun 28

Here we discuss sociological (labour division; power relations) and economic (income sources/attributional/thresholds) perspectives on class theory/measurement and analyse interpersonal inequality (Gini) and stratification (Overlap in distributions) in income/wealth by class: doi.org/10.1007/s112...

Wealth and Income Stratification by Social Class in Five European Countries - Social Indicators Research

Wealth is a central determinant of life chances and intergenerational status persistence in modern societies. Despite increasing attention, sociologists traditionally overlooked its role in class-base...

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Carlos J. Gil @karlosj89.bsky.social · Jun 25

Thanks :) Also, credit to you for your terrific feedback on the WP!

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Carlos J. Gil @karlosj89.bsky.social · Jun 25

Gracias :)

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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · Jun 25

Pedro Salas-Rojo, Carlos J. Gil-Hernández, Guillem Vidal-Lorda, and Davide Villani have won the Aldi Hagenaars Memorial Award for their paper 'Wealth Inequality and Stratification by Social Classes in 21st-Century Europe.'

Congratulations to the authors for their recognition!

LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg

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Carlos J. Gil @karlosj89.bsky.social · Jun 25

Thanks @psalasr.bsky.social & #DIGCLASS (@guillemvidal.me & D.Villani) for the @lisdata.bsky.social Award! Wealth is stratified by class💸—Class isn't dead 🧟

📝Article @socialindicators.bsky.social: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
📰Post @lseinequalities.bsky.social: blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...

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RC28 Social Stratification @isa-rc28.bsky.social · Jun 20

We are pleased to announce that the ISA RC28 Spring Meeting 2026 will be held at the campus of Universidad Pablo de Olavide (UPO) in Seville.
Conference dates: May 20–22, 2026.
Theme: Addressing Social Inequalities in the Global North and South
Stay tuned! Submissions will begin soon.

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AISP @aisp-sis.bsky.social · Jun 17

Brilliant session about “The Surprises of Population Studies” at #SIS2025 in Genova!
Thanks to speakers and participants for the stimulating discussion! 👏
@karlosj89.bsky.social @florenceups.bsky.social @comochia.bsky.social

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Tomás Cano @tomascano.bsky.social · May 20

🚨 Postdoc position! 🚨

Join MultiMasc — a project on social stratification & masculinities.

📍 Based at UNED (Madrid) / remote possible
🧑‍💻 1-year / €2,250 net monthly / €4,000 travel fund
👉 Apply by June 7
ℹ️More info 👉 files.persona.co/60187/Call-P...
🙏 Share widely 📣📣

#Sociology #Postdoc

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Carlos J. Gil @karlosj89.bsky.social · May 28

New @florenceups.bsky.social WP 📄🔨! Italian panel tax data shows a positive 💸 income-first-child 👶 link for both men and women within couples. This finding challenges traditional gender roles 🚻 but warns of the (rising) economic stratification of parenthood 👇
labdisia.disia.unifi.it/wp_disia/202...

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Ted Schwaba @tedmond.bsky.social · May 20

Extremely excited to share the first effort of the Revived Genomics of Personality Consortium: A highly-powered, comprehensive GWAS of the Big Five personality traits in 1.14 million participants from 46 cohorts. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Daniela Piazzalunga @danipiazz.bsky.social · May 12

#CallforPapers #EconSky #EconConf
📣Workshop on Socio-emotional skills & education | Sept 11-12 Trento, Italy
Keynotes @gabriconti.bsky.social Giuseppe Sorrenti & @emmatominey.bsky.social

🚨Deadline 6 June
Please repost, share & submit your work

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Luca Piccoli @lucapiccoli.bsky.social · May 12

#CallforPapers #EconSky #EconConf Workshop on Socio-emotional skills and education takes place on Sept 11-12 in Trento.

Keynotes: @gabriconti.bsky.social, Giuseppe Sorrenti (@heclausanne.bsky.social) & @emmatominey.bsky.social

Deadline: 6 June
Please repost, share and submit your work!

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