Alex Adames
@socinequality.bsky.social
Postdoc @Princeton; Sociology PhD @UPenn.
Social stratification, social mobility, wealth, labor markets, education, sociology, and economics.
I mostly repost interesting research and resources.
Social stratification, social mobility, wealth, labor markets, education, sociology, and economics.
I mostly repost interesting research and resources.
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Why did that happen, what does it tell us, and what can we do next?
That’s what my forthcoming book, The Wage Standard, is about: how rules, norms, and power in the labor market shape who shares in growth. Coming out March 31. Pre-order here:
www.thewagestandard.com
That’s what my forthcoming book, The Wage Standard, is about: how rules, norms, and power in the labor market shape who shares in growth. Coming out March 31. Pre-order here:
www.thewagestandard.com
The Wage Standard by Arindrajit Dube: 9780593471418 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
“The go-to guy on minimum wage” (Nobel Laureate and New York Times bestselling author Paul Krugman) tackles one of the thorniest social issues of our times—income inequality—from...
www.thewagestandard.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Why did that happen, what does it tell us, and what can we do next?
That’s what my forthcoming book, The Wage Standard, is about: how rules, norms, and power in the labor market shape who shares in growth. Coming out March 31. Pre-order here:
www.thewagestandard.com
That’s what my forthcoming book, The Wage Standard, is about: how rules, norms, and power in the labor market shape who shares in growth. Coming out March 31. Pre-order here:
www.thewagestandard.com
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broke: teach the kids to code because it's employable
woke: teach the kids humanities because it's important to know about art, philosophy and other languages
bespoke: teach the kids to code because it's important to know about art, society, philosophy and other languages
woke: teach the kids humanities because it's important to know about art, philosophy and other languages
bespoke: teach the kids to code because it's important to know about art, society, philosophy and other languages
December 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
broke: teach the kids to code because it's employable
woke: teach the kids humanities because it's important to know about art, philosophy and other languages
bespoke: teach the kids to code because it's important to know about art, society, philosophy and other languages
woke: teach the kids humanities because it's important to know about art, philosophy and other languages
bespoke: teach the kids to code because it's important to know about art, society, philosophy and other languages
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this is why quantitative social scientists, the perfect balance of both worlds, should be in charge of everything.
December 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
this is why quantitative social scientists, the perfect balance of both worlds, should be in charge of everything.
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Maybe it also helps if I make clear what I’m advocating for. When we do what we now call association studies, we should instead be clear that our goal is to generate evidence for a causal effect. We carefully state our estimand, are explicit about our causal assumptions and…
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Maybe it also helps if I make clear what I’m advocating for. When we do what we now call association studies, we should instead be clear that our goal is to generate evidence for a causal effect. We carefully state our estimand, are explicit about our causal assumptions and…
I was going to say the same thing but about Houston. My prior is that Houston is capturing the large concentration of Black people in the mostly red Southern states. Would be interesting to see how names vary by race and partisanship or geography.
November 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I was going to say the same thing but about Houston. My prior is that Houston is capturing the large concentration of Black people in the mostly red Southern states. Would be interesting to see how names vary by race and partisanship or geography.