Zach Parolin

Bocconi University in Milan is hiring in sociology at any level (open rank). Ideal candidate might focus on inequality, social policy, computational, labor markets, or similar. Happy to answer questions about my time there for anyone considering applying. More details: jobmarket.unibocconi.eu

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The Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in the field of demography of health and aging beginning in August 2026
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Ready to make plans for the academic year 2026/27? Why not visit us: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/our-research...

Introducing "Etched in Marble": Writers on the Forces That Shape Us and the Writing That Endures Catherine Talks to Writers About Why and How They Write

This September, I’m launching a new series as part of my Respect the Marble Substack called:

Etched in Marble: Conversations with writers about how & why they write

I wrote about in my latest post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/introducin...

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In a new preprint, I report a fascinating finding on multigenerational effects:

First cousins are more similar in their educ. attainment among Black than white Americans—yet extended family (e.g., grandparental) effects are essentially zero for both groups.

#sociology

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The Evolution of Scientific Credit: When Authorship Norms Impede Collaboration Scientific authorship norms vary dramatically across disciplines, from contribution-sensitive systems where first author is the greatest contributor and subsequent author order reflects relative input...

New preprint from @tobyhandfield.bsky.social and me!

We analyze authorship order norms from two perspectives: (1) why do disciplines have different norms and (2) do those different norms affect what kinds of collaborations take place.

arxiv.org/abs/2507.07364

Some things I'll never give up: fall, parking lot, chips (which are not fries), garbarge, and a proper pronunciation of aluminum!

Thanks, Per. That's very kind. I'm looking forward to being a short train ride away before long.

Thanks, Sofia! All the best to you and the team there in Palo Alto.

Thanks, Ala. I'm sure we'll meet again soon, whether in Italy or the UK!

Thanks, Fabian!

Finally, I leave Italy with immense gratitude. During these past four years, I have been able to reunite with my father's family in Veneto, embrace the Italian language and culture, and learn so much from my Bocconi colleagues. I am forever grateful.

I'm really thrilled to build on the terrific track-record of the @inetoxford.bsky.social inequality team. Over the coming year, I'll be hiring inequality, mobility, and policy researchers to join our team. Please watch this space or be in touch if interested.

Zach Parolin Appointed Oxford Professor of Social Policy, Inequality… Zach Parolin will direct the Economics, Inequality and Opportunity Programme at INET Oxford, which seeks to understand the drivers and implications of…

This fall, I'll join the University of Oxford as Professor of Social Policy, Inequality & Opportunity. I'll also become the Director of the Economics, Inequality and Opportunity Program at INET Oxford, and will join @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social as a Professorial Fellow.

New report by @zparolin.bsky.social: Housing costs, especially in high-cost states like California, are a massive driver of poverty.

A few of Zach's key findings ⬇️ 🧵

Financial and Transfer Income as Components of the Regional Economic Base Government transfers and financial income form a major component of the basic sector in the United States.

New working paper alert! Posted at @equitablegrowth.bsky.social, it investigates the economic geography of social transfer programs and financial income--with implications for the Medicaid and SNAP cuts proposed in the reconciliation bill 👀

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6/6: There are clear trade-offs w/ this proposal. It is more targeted and less work-incentivizing relative to some other proposals. It redirects some current MoE resources. It is sensitive to federal CTC changes. Yet: it’s an affordable, efficient option for state govts to reduce child pov today.

5/ How does the Targeted CTC compared to currently-existing state CTCs? It avoids the large benefit cliffs present in many states, generally offers a higher maximum benefit level, but phases out at much earlier level. A perfect ‘starter pack’ for states currently lacking a refundable CTC.

4/ Are the resources well-targeted? Yes! The cost per individual moved out of deep poverty is substantially less for the Targeted CTC relative to SNAP, EITC, or TANF cash assistance. By design, the Targeted CTC is primarily reaching the lowest-income HHs.

3/ Does it reduce poverty? Yes! The Targeted CTC could reduce child poverty rates for the average state by 10%, and could reduce deep child poverty by 21%. Not bad given its price-tag, which I’ll show next.

3/ How to fund a Targeted CTC? I propose that states use their TANF MoE resources to cover the bulk of the costs (read paper to get into the weeds of MoE and why it works). The average state could cover 61% of the targeted CTC costs using MoE funds (otherwise, less than 2% of state revenues).

2/ What does the Targeted CTC look like? It is designed precisely to reach families who do not receive the full benefit value of the federal CTC due to low earnings. When combined, the federal + Targeted CTCs create a universal child benefit that does not increase fams' effective marginal tax rates.

Targeted Child Tax Credit: An affordable option for state governments to reduce child poverty rates The federal expansion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC) in 2021 contributed to a record low child poverty rate for the United States; however, the expansion expired after 1 year and Congress is unlikely ...

New at JPAM: What can state governments do to reduce child poverty? I propose a Targeted Child Tax Credit – a fully-refundable CTC funded mostly through TANF that reduces child poverty with a low overall cost, no benefit cliffs, and high spending efficiency. 🧵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

this speaks to longstanding belief that anyone who has constructed a workable NLSY dataset from scratch deserves automatic tenure

DIW Berlin: Researcher (f/m/x)

We are hiring a 3-year postdoc for the ERC-funded WEALTHTRAJECT project at DIW Berlin. More details here: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...

- 2 or 3 weeks after submission to "awaiting reviewer scores"
- Reviewer scores apparently in after two months ("awaiting decision")
- stuck on "awaiting decision" for two months, then back to "awaiting reviewer scores"

Heard from others that desk rejects are up a bit (probably good)

Sociologists: Do you have recent experience submitting to ASR? What are review times like these days?

How much of the "long arm of childhood" works thru intergenerational stratification?

Almost all for some health outcomes like psychological distress and self-rated health, but a lot less for others like severe chronic conditions. Heart attacks and stroke are in between.

At the blog I focus on a few recent articles by the one and only Deirdre Bloome.

One of them: be careful about interpreting trends in absolute mobility (the % of people who outearn their parents). This measure tends to privilege trends of higher income kids.

asocial.substack.com/p/inequality...

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