Photo of Jonas Radl, Gastforschungsprofessor "Effort and Social Inequality" with the quote "Educational opportunities could be made more equitable if not only performance but also individual progress was rewarded in the classroom.", Foto: David Ausserhofer

The Social Origins of #Effort: Social background influences how hard children try. However, incentives at school can reduce socioeconomic inequalities, as a new study by Jonas Radl and Heike Solga et al. shows.
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@davebrady72.bsky.social

Kristian Karlson: Do Political Attitudes Skip Generations? Testing a Formal Model of Intergenerational Attitude Transmission - INVEST Research Flagship Centre Kristian Karlson, University of Copenhagen Do Political Attitudes Skip Generations? Testing a Formal Model of Intergenerational Attitude Transmission Invest Seminar...

Looking forward to presenting work on the multigenerational transmission of political attitudes next week at @invest-flagship.bsky.social

With the outstanding @stephandoc.bsky.social!

Based on survey covering 100,000 cousins and their parents!

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#sociology

New working paper on recent trends in class mobility in the US: www.nber.org/papers/w34800

I learned a lot from an amazing team of collaborators at the @ucstonecenter.bsky.social while working on this propject: Weiqi Wang, @butaevak.bsky.social, and @durlauf.bsky.social

I share early descriptive insights from a new cross-national dataset I developed to examine trends in the institutional configuration of school systems, and how these relate to inequalities in… | Fran... I share early descriptive insights from a new cross-national dataset I developed to examine trends in the institutional configuration of school systems, and how these relate to inequalities in learnin...

New blog post 📊 + data + stata package, on institutional configuration of Latin American school systems (UNESCO/LLECE data)
🔗 Blog: shorturl.at/vgbWC
📊 Data: shorturl.at/gFhVB
🛠️ ehutchens: available on ssc
📝LinkedIn: shorturl.at/I456F
#EducationPolicy #Inequality #Stratification #LatinAmerica"

📍 Period of Stay:
2–8 weeks, anytime between March and December 2026 (excluding mid-July–mid-August)

📅 Important dates:
Deadline for applications: January 31, 2026
Notifications of result: February 15, 2026
Earliest start: March 1, 2026

My PhD dissertation is available here: shorturl.at/jJhIt
Unpublished chapters are being developed into w papers 📄
I'am deeply grateful to my promotors @hermwerf.bsky.social, @thijsbol.bsky.social, for their guidance+support, the committee's thoughtful engagement & @aissr.bsky.social colleagues+team

We’d like to believe that effort matters to what we attain in life. In fact our belief in meritocracy depends on that. But what if how much effort people spend itself depends on your social background?

“The Social Origins of Effort: How Incentives Reduce Socioeconomic Disparities among Children”

Nine UvA researchers receive ERC Consolidator Grants The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Consolidator Grants to nine UvA researchers. The laureates are: Thijs Bol, Jaron Harambam, Eirini Karyotaki, Patty Leijten, Dora Matzke, Matthijs Roodui...

Extremely happy that my project got funded with a Consolidator Grant from @erc.europa.eu. The project is called FIRMS, and with a team, I'll study how the workplace/firm affects inequality in careers. We'll use register data to trace the careers of millions of workers. 1/3
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Front cover of The Division of Rationalized Labor. The cover includes four pictures: pen and paper, microscope, factory tower, police badge. Modern-looking yellow lines and graphs are superimposed.

My new book, The Division of Rationalized Labor, is now shipping! A brief summary of the argument to follow…

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

Thank you very much to all! :))

Congratulations Dr. @panchoceron.bsky.social! 👨🏻‍🎓Well done 👏

Thank you very much Herman and Thijs! I am very grateful for your guidance, generosity and support. I really apreciate it. It was a great day!

Today, @panchoceron.bsky.social defended his thesis on educational inequalities in Chile and Latin America. Great data, great data analysis, and lot of general knowledge. Proud supervisors with @thijsbol.bsky.social

I share early descriptive insights from a new cross-national dataset I developed to examine trends in the institutional configuration of school systems, and how these relate to inequalities in… | Fran... I share early descriptive insights from a new cross-national dataset I developed to examine trends in the institutional configuration of school systems, and how these relate to inequalities in learnin...

New blog post 📊 + data + stata package, on institutional configuration of Latin American school systems (UNESCO/LLECE data)
🔗 Blog: shorturl.at/vgbWC
📊 Data: shorturl.at/gFhVB
🛠️ ehutchens: available on ssc
📝LinkedIn: shorturl.at/I456F
#EducationPolicy #Inequality #Stratification #LatinAmerica"

Looking forward to our AMCIS Kick-Off event on 10 April - join us in Amsterdam for a discussion on wealth and class inequality with @norawaitkus.bsky.social and @mikesavagelse.bsky.social
@aissr.bsky.social

📢New working paper out today by
@fabienpetit.bsky.social's doctoral student German Pulido

"Assessing the Efficacy of Debt Forgiveness Incentives in Promoting Higher Education Outcomes: Evidence from Colombia's National Student Loan Company"

➡️Read it here: econpapers.repec.org/paper/uclcep...

More on my take on causality, as explained during my discussion of Checchi’s keynote at @isa-rc28.bsky.social #rc28milano #rc28 #rc28milano25, see my blog open.substack.com/pub/hermwerf...

Difference-in-Differences LISER's public research focuses on social and economic policies, including their spatial dimension. Its mission is to provide the scientific community and society with clear, relevant and solid answer...

⭐LISER is honoured to host a 12-hour course on Difference-in-Differences, led by Prof. Clément de Chaisemartin, starting today.

ℹ️ Free registration for Days 3 and 4 is still possible!

ℹ️ Learn More & Register here:
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@andreaecon.bsky.social
@cdechaisemartin.bsky.social

When Do Parties Lie? Misinformation and Radical-Right Populism Across 26 Countries

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Across 26 countries and using a database of 32M tweets, radical-right populist elites are the most likely to spread misinformation, finds @pettertornberg.bsky.social &
@julianachueri.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/1940...

To counter elite capture we must reinvigorate class consciousness Greater "class consciousness" may be the key to countering the Far Right, elite capture and policies such as welfare cuts

“After 20 years working on inequality, I can confidently say that class - indeed class war - has never been more evident in my lifetime” – @faizashaheen.bsky.social in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog

Join us for a panel on standardized testing, college admissions, and social mobility. Experts will explore the role of standardized tests in education, meritocracy in admissions, and how to address social and educational injustices.

🔗Register here: bit.ly/3QGbAQN

#CollegeAdmissions #Meritocracy

🖥️ LIS is happy to announce data updates:

▶️LIS Data
• Austria – AT22
• Australia – AU20
• Brazil – Annualisation BR80-BR89
• Canada – CA21
• Greece – Annualisation GR02-GR21
• Norway – NO22

▶️LWS Data
• France – FR09/14/17/20
• Norway – NO22
• Slovenia – SI21
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📢 Applications Open! The 33rd LIS Introductory Workshop is set for 30 June – 4 July 2025 at the University of Luxembourg, Belval Campus.
Learn more & apply now until April 11,2025: www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-eve...
#LISdata #LWSdata #EconomicInequality #InequalityMatters

🔗 Highlights from the 2nd III-LIS Comparative Economic Inequality Conference, featuring 79 research papers, keynotes, and a special event on Branko Milanovic’s Visions of Inequality
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🔗 Labor Market Returns under Educational Expansion in the Americas: Is the Value of Educational Credentials Changing? by Francisco Ceron & Andrea Canales
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--Inequality Matters, Issue 33, March 2025--
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This issue of Inequality Matters features:

We are excited to share our contribution to the @lisdata.bsky.social Newsletter! @andreacanales.bsky.social & I explored how the value of #education credentials in the labour market has changed in #TheAmericas since 1990. Direct link: shorturl.at/vJW3k Issue: shorturl.at/TAbF6 #Sociology #lm2c2

This is an excellent post; highly recommended.

You may like this, a blog I wrote about standardized testing. @durlauf.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/hermwerf...