Davide Gritti

Acquiring citizenship is often seen as a milestone of integration.

For once because it is assumed to lead to better job prospects. A new study on #Italy challenges this assumption.

Read our #PopDigest led by scholars at @csisunitn.bsky.social

🔗https://tinyurl.com/mxd4rdk

31.07.2025 08:33 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

Unnatural Wills: Inheritance Disputes and Inequality Within the conceptual frame of relational economic sociology, inheritance disputes are a canonical form of relational mismatch. But the social patterning of relational mismatches, and their various t...

I am soo excited to share my newest article, “Unnatural Wills.” It’s about inheritance disputes!!! Murder, gold diggers, sex work, racial passing, secret lesbian lovers…WOW this was fun to write, and I hope it’s fun to read, too.

23.07.2025 14:56 — 👍 67    🔁 21    💬 3    📌 9

Italian citizenship referendum void after low turnout Only about 30% of Italians cast a vote - well below the 50% threshold needed to make a poll binding.

🗳️ Why it matters

Italy just voted *NO* to a referendum that would have shortened the residence requirement for citizenship.
Our findings suggest: when access remains slow and selective, citizenship rewards those already integrated

www.bbc.com/news/article...

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🧪 Data & Methods

We link longitudinal survey data with administrative registers on income & naturalisations (2012–2021).

We use growth curve models + two-way fixed effects to control for observable selection bias

14.07.2025 13:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

🚨New paper out🚨
First evidence on the returns of citizenship acquisition in Italy

🔎 Naturalized do better, but not because of naturalization
🔗 OA in IOM doi.org/10.1111/imig...

w/ @filippogch.bsky.social @rafgrotti.bsky.social ‬@stefanischerer.bsky.social ‬@zamberlanna.bsky.social

#MigCitSky

14.07.2025 13:38 — 👍 26    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 1

TN-Square 6th Edition, Trento School of Applied Quantitative Research, 22-24 October 2025, Trento Employment and Mobility over the life course in changing societies

The 6th TN-Square is coming! 🏔️

This edition we are discussing employment, mobility trajectories and social inequality and we
couldn’t be more excited. ✨

Submit your application by August 25th and spread the news!

For more spoilers, check our website:
event.unitn.it/tn-square/

#TNSquare25

03.06.2025 12:10 — 👍 17    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 3

PopDays 2025, we are on our way! 🌞

The Trento delegation is heading to Cagliari to join the 2025 edition of PoPDays ( @aisp-sis.bsky.social ) - and hopefully squeeze in some sunny moments by the sea.

Want to catch up with our members and their works? Here is when and where you can find them:

02.06.2025 08:42 — 👍 15    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

🚨 New in Demographic Research with @crowold.bsky.social!
We explore how family life courses shape later wealth using a data-driven approach.
Top wealth predictors? Time spent never-married—with or without kids, but complex matters! #Demography #Sociology
www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

09.04.2025 09:29 — 👍 34    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1