Manuel Mejías
@mmejiasl.bsky.social
PhD @uva-es.bsky.social • @cedemografia.bsky.social | Interested in families, educational inequality and the intergenerational transmission of (dis)advantages
https://manuelmejiasleiva.github.io/
https://manuelmejiasleiva.github.io/
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Manuel Mejías
@mmejiasl.bsky.social
· May 19
🚨New paper in the International Journal of Sociology of Education where I analyse how growing up in single-parent families influences tertiary education attainment, which mechanisms explain this, their heterogeneity by parental SES and how it has changed over time.
👉🏽 doi.org/10.17583/ris...
👉🏽 doi.org/10.17583/ris...
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just published (with a super team A Pietrolucci, @nrmllr.bsky.social, @jaschadraeger.bsky.social )
Association btw != wealth components & post-secondary enrollment (a comparison across many European countries)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#rc28 #inequality #wealth #TertiaryEducation #ieo
Association btw != wealth components & post-secondary enrollment (a comparison across many European countries)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#rc28 #inequality #wealth #TertiaryEducation #ieo
The educational wealth divide in Europe: Post-secondary enrollment gaps across parental wealth components and countries
Parental wealth is a crucial dimension of socioeconomic status (SES) and plays a significant role in the intergenerational transmission of educational…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
just published (with a super team A Pietrolucci, @nrmllr.bsky.social, @jaschadraeger.bsky.social )
Association btw != wealth components & post-secondary enrollment (a comparison across many European countries)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#rc28 #inequality #wealth #TertiaryEducation #ieo
Association btw != wealth components & post-secondary enrollment (a comparison across many European countries)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#rc28 #inequality #wealth #TertiaryEducation #ieo
Reposted by Manuel Mejías
🆕 NEW Paper with K. Bobrowicz (lead), Z. Teuber & S. Greiff in @plosone.org!
Early Childhood Education (ECE) Stakeholders push Competition & Achievement over Solidarity & Cohesion
#Meritocracy #Trap
🌍 53 countries
📊 Thematic Analysis
🕰️ 1999–2023
Open Access 👉 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Early Childhood Education (ECE) Stakeholders push Competition & Achievement over Solidarity & Cohesion
#Meritocracy #Trap
🌍 53 countries
📊 Thematic Analysis
🕰️ 1999–2023
Open Access 👉 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
July 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🆕 NEW Paper with K. Bobrowicz (lead), Z. Teuber & S. Greiff in @plosone.org!
Early Childhood Education (ECE) Stakeholders push Competition & Achievement over Solidarity & Cohesion
#Meritocracy #Trap
🌍 53 countries
📊 Thematic Analysis
🕰️ 1999–2023
Open Access 👉 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Early Childhood Education (ECE) Stakeholders push Competition & Achievement over Solidarity & Cohesion
#Meritocracy #Trap
🌍 53 countries
📊 Thematic Analysis
🕰️ 1999–2023
Open Access 👉 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Reposted by Manuel Mejías
Which family life course aspects shape wealth the most? Our (@crowold.bsky.social @nicolekapelle.bsky.social) novel data-driven study uncovers the key family-related predictors of wealth in late working age. Hint: It’s not as simple as you think!
👀👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
👀👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
April 9, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Which family life course aspects shape wealth the most? Our (@crowold.bsky.social @nicolekapelle.bsky.social) novel data-driven study uncovers the key family-related predictors of wealth in late working age. Hint: It’s not as simple as you think!
👀👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
👀👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
🚨New paper in the International Journal of Sociology of Education where I analyse how growing up in single-parent families influences tertiary education attainment, which mechanisms explain this, their heterogeneity by parental SES and how it has changed over time.
👉🏽 doi.org/10.17583/ris...
👉🏽 doi.org/10.17583/ris...
May 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🚨New paper in the International Journal of Sociology of Education where I analyse how growing up in single-parent families influences tertiary education attainment, which mechanisms explain this, their heterogeneity by parental SES and how it has changed over time.
👉🏽 doi.org/10.17583/ris...
👉🏽 doi.org/10.17583/ris...
Reposted by Manuel Mejías
For once a little bit of self promotion: interesting paper on M
mediation of parental social class via wealth transfers on homeownership by @jaschadraeger.bsky.social @nrmllr.bsky.social and myself www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
mediation of parental social class via wealth transfers on homeownership by @jaschadraeger.bsky.social @nrmllr.bsky.social and myself www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The keys to the house - How wealth transfers stratify homeownership opportunities
This study investigates how actual and anticipated intergenerational wealth transfers – i.e., inter vivos gifts and inheritances – contribute to inequ…
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April 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
For once a little bit of self promotion: interesting paper on M
mediation of parental social class via wealth transfers on homeownership by @jaschadraeger.bsky.social @nrmllr.bsky.social and myself www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
mediation of parental social class via wealth transfers on homeownership by @jaschadraeger.bsky.social @nrmllr.bsky.social and myself www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Manuel Mejías
the Gini coefficient for social ties often exceeds that of income & social ties are concentrated among those with the highest incomes
sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
Inequality and Social Ties: Evidence from 15 U.S. Data Sets
Article: Inequality and Social Ties: Evidence from 15 U.S. Data Sets | Sociological Science | Posted May 12, 2025
sociologicalscience.com
May 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
the Gini coefficient for social ties often exceeds that of income & social ties are concentrated among those with the highest incomes
sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
Reposted by Manuel Mejías
Us college educated folks are so diverse in our cultural practices, right? Not when it comes to the high-stakes cultural practice of social reproduction: #parenting! We parent much more alike than parents with fewer years of #education: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Hidden patterns of inequality: The heterogeneity in parenting within educational groups
When sociology deals with differences within groups of similar socioeconomic status, research and theorizing tend to focus on the heterogeneity among …
www.sciencedirect.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Us college educated folks are so diverse in our cultural practices, right? Not when it comes to the high-stakes cultural practice of social reproduction: #parenting! We parent much more alike than parents with fewer years of #education: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Manuel Mejías
The problem is: they've mistaken correlation for causation. They think their parents and grandparents had a good life *because* of manufacturing jobs. When, in reality, their parents and grandparents had a good life *despite* manufacturing jobs, because of unions, high taxes, and social policies.
April 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The problem is: they've mistaken correlation for causation. They think their parents and grandparents had a good life *because* of manufacturing jobs. When, in reality, their parents and grandparents had a good life *despite* manufacturing jobs, because of unions, high taxes, and social policies.
Reposted by Manuel Mejías
📣 New paper by Mejías-Leiva & Mínguez: adolescents from single-parent families have more school absences than those from two-parent families due to poorer economic and family resources, especially among lower social backgrounds.
🔗https://genus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41118-024-00214-3
🔗https://genus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41118-024-00214-3
April 29, 2024 at 9:40 AM
📣 New paper by Mejías-Leiva & Mínguez: adolescents from single-parent families have more school absences than those from two-parent families due to poorer economic and family resources, especially among lower social backgrounds.
🔗https://genus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41118-024-00214-3
🔗https://genus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41118-024-00214-3