This is exciting! The first edition is very good indeed, and is one of the required readings for the first class in our statistics sequence. Looking forward to reading the second edition.
1. A short thread on a Bluesky phenomenon that might be described as "They are a dead-eyed cultist who must be cast out lest the heresy take root!" OP has blocked me for mocking them - I'd usually obscure their name but since they themselves were quote-dunking to demand someone else be blocked ...
Sorry to hear this, and so pleased that you are doing better now.
This paper shows that the interaction between social origin (parental income eg) and education predicting destination (child’s income) is no longer negative once one holds constant for unobservables (using IV methods using local presence of colleges a.o.). >
See also this thread with a slightly longer summary of the argument. bsky.app/profile/mivi...
Three-panel illustrated graphic explaining the “paradox of specialization.” Top panel, titled “The rationalized occupation,” shows a classical building with “productivity,” supported by columns labeled “planning” and “verification.” The caption explains that work once guided by tradition now follows formal standards, structured training, and science-based practices. Middle panel, titled “The expanding scientific toolkit,” shows a scientist pouring labeled test tubes of “physics,” “statistics,” “biology,” and “sociology” into a cauldron labeled “occupational knowledge.” The caption explains that as science becomes more complex—embracing probabilistic models, causal inference, and prediction—occupations are expected to absorb more of it. Bottom panel, titled “paradox of specialization,” contrasts a barber of the past with a barber of the present, who is surrounded by icons representing email, money, checklists, medical symbols, and legal scales. The caption explains that specialized occupations become responsible for a broader range of tasks as science reveals problems to be more complex than previously imagined.
For a super-compressed summary of the argument of The Division of Rationalized Labor, see this fabulous visualization (by www.animateyour.science)
Had a great time talking to @drdaveobrien.bsky.social about The Division of Rationalized Labor. Listen to the podcast here: newbooksnetwork.com/the-division...
⚠️ New WP ⚠️ with @ftorche.bsky.social: Can childhood exposure to local wealth inequality help explain growing class gaps in income mobility? Short answer: Yes! Read the full answer here: doi.org/10.31235/osf... #Demography #Sociology #EconSky
I have a 5-year Senior Research Fellow position open! This is linked to my Academy Professorhip that launched in January.
I am looking for a person with strong methods skills, cv sufficient for an adjunct professor (”dosentti”, a bit similar to habilitation), and supervision experience.
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
#Econsky
The Epstein files document what many women researchers have long experienced but rarely seen laid bare so starkly: exclusion operating behind closed doors, shaping who gets funded, invited, mentored, and taken seriously. How many of these networks, norms, and gatekeepers remain in place?
💸🚨I am hiring 2 Postdocs for my ERC-funded project SOCDEBT on #debt dynamics across countries. One position: #SocialStratification + strong quantitative skills. The other: qualitative research and #EconomicSociology. waitkus.github.io/SOCDEBT/ 🚨💸
from the family of Virginia Giuffre: “At last. Today, our broken hearts have been lifted at the news that no one is above the law, not even royalty.... He was never a prince. For survivors everywhere, Virginia did this for you.”
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New Postdoctoral Research Associate positions at @Princeton's Office of Population Research!
I’m looking for three PhD students for my new ERC project, starting 1 September. The goal is to understand how firms shape inequality in workers’ careers—using population registers.
Please spread the word! Deadline is March 8, more info here (see projects 4-6):
ics-graduateschool.nl/vacancies/
STEM deserts, similar to education deserts, are rural, suburban, and urban areas where students have limited access to school-based STEM curriculum and coursework opportunities. Using administrative data from the Houston Independent School District following a state policy change to high school graduation requirements, this study develops measures of STEM deserts and identifies the students most likely to live in them. Findings reveal that Black and Asian/Pacific Islander students, students from non-English-speaking households, and those from lower socioeconomic neighborhoods are disproportionately likely to live in STEM deserts compared to White students, students from English-speaking households, and those from higher socioeconomic neighborhoods.
1/ 🚨 New publication in Educational Researcher
"Who Lives in a STEM Desert?"
🔗: doi.org/10.3102/0013...
We introduce student-level measures of “STEM deserts”—areas where students have limited nearby access to STEM courses and curricular pathways.
#STEM #EdPolicy #Equity
Thrilled to see this paper finally out in #BJS, which delves into the work of getting work on project-based platforms. It's hard work! Often invisible, affective and always gendered #Sociology @bjsociology.bsky.social
Definitely not just you!
Delighted to see Tiffany Liu's paper appear in Social Science Research. A really careful analysis of what happened when the College Board automatically linked SAT testing accommodations to students’ school-based Section 504 plans. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Aw, that's lovely. I remember our meeting well, and am looking forward to seeing more of your work in the years to come. Congratulations again!
So delighted to hear this! Congratulations!!!
"We find that children exposed to recommended levels of fluoride in drinking water exhibit modestly better cognition in secondary school...” -Eric Grodsky and colleagues in Science Advances.
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
Then again, it is only "one" of the worst majors.
A copy of the NEW BOOK by 2018-19 CASBS fellow @mivich.bsky.social - "The Divisions of Rationalized Labor" - has entered the Center's renowned Ralph W. Tyler Collection 📚
Michelle's initial book ideas developed here 😏
About this @harvardpress.bsky.social book: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Submit your paper to the RC28 summer meeting in NYC! Thank you NYU organizers @siweicheng.bsky.social and Mike Hout! as.nyu.edu/research-cen...
Please forward to economic sociologists who’d be interested in a professorship at the @eui-eu.bsky.social. #economicsociology
Jólakötturinn is huge, as big as if not bigger than a house, and only comes around for Christmas. Some say Jólakötturr (as sometimes shortened) is the pet of the a family of trolls known as the Yule Lads who are Santa’s helpers in Iceland. It’s also said that he has a particular taste for ungrateful children. The legend of the Jólakötturinn was not written down for publishing until the early 19th century. At first a more obscure countryside myth, the lore of Yule Cat has only grown since and is now internationally known and celebrated. It is theorized the practical purpose of this myth may have been to aid in wool production in earlier seasons of the year which children took part in helping with. ❄️❄️ ❄️❄️❄️
In Icelandic folklore Jólakötturinn, the Yule Cat, comes to eat those who do not wear their new clothes for Christmas. In this image, you can see somebody did not put on their new Christmas sweater. Or perhaps even more unfortunately, no one got them one!
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Call for Papers: the ISA RC28 Summer Meeting at New York University, New York, USA on August 5-7, 2026
Abstracts must be submitted by February 15, 2026 (11:59 pm EST). Authors will be informed of the committee’s decision by April 2026. as.nyu.edu/research-cen...
Always wanted to have gini coefficients and other inequality statistics of different sources in one dataset? Here you are. The Integrated Inequality Data, from WIID, Worldbank, LIS, and SWIID. osf.io/5cguq/overview
BEYOND MEASURE The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Immediacy or, The Style of Too Late Capitalism WHY AI UNDERMINES DEMOCRACY STAMPEDE THEORY NIHILISM AND TECHNOLOGY THE DIVISION OF RATIONALIZED LABOR
A bit of a theme emerging for my holiday reading list.
