Fabian Pfeffer

Soziale Ungleichheit - Soziologe Pfeffer: Vermögenssteuer ist "keineswegs radikal" Der Soziologe Fabian Pfeffer hat sich für die Wiedereinführung einer Vermögenssteuer in Deutschland ausgesprochen.

@fabianpfeffer.bsky.social on @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy

www.deutschlandfunk.de/soziologe-pf...

📆 Save the date: the 3rd edition of the World Inequality Conference will take place on 4–5 June 2026 at Paris School of Economics @pse.bsky.social

The call for papers is open until December 1.

🔗 More details & submission: inequalitylab.world/en/event/wor...

🎉Big news! My ERCStG proposal SOCDEBT has been selected for funding @erc.europa.eu!
📚I’ll study how household debt is stratified across countries & over time; how people strategize, evaluate, and morally judge debt(ors).
🙏I'm truly indebted to all my friends, colleagues & mentors for your support!

Very interesting mentorship program for early career folks working on wealth inequality and related topics, run out of the Munich Stone Center for Inequality Research
www.isi-munich.de/en/programs/...

At National Academies Webinar on September 22: Research Agenda for Improving Economic and Social Mobility in the United States featuring L. Shaefer, F. Torche, L. M. Berger, S. A. DeLuca, D. Grusky, F. Pfeffer, P. Sharkey, and K. R. Troske.
Register here: www.nationalacademies.org/event/45575_...

ISSUE #1 ISI has a newsletter now, isn't it exciting?

🚀 The first ISI Newsletter just launched!
Inside: center insights, job opportunities… and a few surprises we promise are way better than finding an extra fry at the bottom of the bag. 🍟✨

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ISI has a new website.
Yes, one that works.
Yes, also on your phone.
No, we didn’t do it ourselves. We called Max from Goodaim (en.goodaim.de). He speaks both design and durkheim.

Visit www.isi-munich.de/en
Come for the inequality, stay because you accidentally closed all your other tabs.

⚠️ New timely WP ⚠️ Rising wealth inequality and democratic backsliding at the US state-level #EconSky #Sociology #PolicySky
@stone-lis.bsky.social WP here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...

Congratulations, Zach. That's fantastic!

Our article (with @madselk.bsky.social, @jacobnyrup.bsky.social, @benansell.bsky.social, @aslicansunar.bsky.social, and Laure Bokobza) on why it is so hard to counteract wealth inequality through inheritance taxation is out in @worldpolitics.bsky.social!

Tax on ultra-rich: 'France has the opportunity to lead the way,' say Nobel Prize-winning economists OP-ED. As public deficits balloon and extreme wealth explode, creating a minimum tax on the assets of billionaires should be a priority, argue seven Nobel Prize-winning economists in an op-ed for Le M...

An international call for action just got louder:

Today, 7 Nobel Laureates have issued a powerful call for a minimum tax on the ultra-wealthy in Le Monde

Here’s a quick breakdown of the debate—and where things stand globally

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www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...

Thank you, Herman. It was fun to put it together and I find the contributions impressive. The last few will be coming online shortly and then the full special issue will be out soon. Complete line-up below, quick summaries here: doi.org/10.1177/0049...

It was great to chat with Steven Durlauf (@durlauf.bsky.social), Director of @ucstonecenter.bsky.social‬, about wealth inequality, social mobility, education, and the problem of owning a Picasso!

Arrested Development meme. People have suggested empirically solving the APC problem just by applying the right model to the right data Well did it work for those people Not, it never does, I mean, these people somehow delude themselves into thinking it might, but... ...but it might work for us.

PSA: Don’t trust anyone who tells you that you can identify age or period or cohort effects simply by applying the right statistical model to the right type of data. This is fundamentally misunderstanding the nature of the age-period-cohort problem!>

Yes, thanks! Our paper should be coming out soon & I'll forward it

📊ORBIS Workshop
Ever wanted to ethically spy on 550M+ companies? ORBIS gives you the data — ownership, financials, M&A, IP — you name it.
🗓️ May 15 | 🕐 13:00–14:30
📍 Think Tank Room, IFO Institute, Munich (Poschingerstraße 5) Hosted by @isi-munich.bsky.social

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You: "I should really submit that abstract on wealth inequality."
Also you: waits until the last possible second.

🔥 THE LAST POSSIBLE SECOND IS NOW 🔥

CfP for our Wealth Conference closes APRIL 28.

Submit or regret it!
www.lmu.de/isi/en/lates...

I have a new paper out! "Should Social Insurance Programs Count as Wealth? Augmented Wealth in Research and Policy." Published yesterday in Socio-Economic Review @sasemeeting.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/ser/...

The nomination deadline for @asa-ipm.bsky.social awards is TODAY. It doesn't take much or long to nominate a book, paper, or person -- including your own work!

The nomination deadline for @asa-ipm.bsky.social awards is TODAY. It doesn't take much or long to nominate a book, paper, or person -- including your own work!

ISI International Wealth Conference is open to submission. Submit a 1-3 page extended abstract or a full paper by April 28, 2025 (CET)! Please see more information below @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social

The conference itself, of course, is after the Oktoberfest as well as after the big "International Trade Fair for Property and Investment" -- which, of course, may also be worth a visit ... for very different reasons!

Join us for the first
ISI INTERNATIONAL WEALTH CONFERENCE
in Munich, October 9-11 2025

CfP: www.lmu.de/isi/en/lates...

Submit a short abstract or paper by April 28.

Keynotes by Annette Lareau & Lane Kenworthy. And if you arrive a few days early, you can catch the last weekend of Oktoberfest :)

We’re excited to receive nominations for papers written by graduate students doing important work on inequality, poverty, and mobility. More info here: www.asanet.org/communities-...

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Send nominations for IPM paper and book awards by March 31!

Send to:
OUTSTANDING BOOK AWARD: emonk@fas.harvard.edu
OUTSTANDING ARTICLE AWARD: jayanti.owens@yale.edu
GRAD STUDENT PAPER AWARD: mclair@stanford.edu
EARLY CAREER AWARD: dbloome@hks.harvard.edu
DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR AWARD: aajack@bu.edu

Section Award Nomination Calls | American Sociological Association Many ASA Sections offer awards to recognize achievement in their respective areas of academic interest.  Following are the most recent calls for nominations

For an overview of all awards and submission details: www.asanet.org/communities-...

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Please nominate your favorite senior sociologist by March 31 for the

2025 ROBERT M. HAUSER DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR AWARD
(awarded to celebrate the field’s most fundamental accomplishments)

Send a brief nomination letter and their CV to Anthony Jack (aajack@bu.edu).

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Please nominate your favorite junior sociologist by March 31 for the

2025 WILLIAM JULIUS WILSON EARLY CAREER AWARD
(to recognize a scholar who has made major contributions early in their career)

Send a brief nomination letter and their CV to Deirdre Bloome (dbloome@hks.harvard.edu)

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Please nominate an (or your) article by March 31 for the

2025 ROBERT D. MARE GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AWARD
(published in 2024)

Send a brief nomination letter and the pdf to Matthew Clair (mclair@stanford.edu)

@mathuclair.bsky.social

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