@pmlersch.bsky.social
Sociologist at DIW Berlin/SOEP and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | https://pmlersch.github.io/
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
08.12.2025 09:29 — 👍 27428 🔁 7481 💬 370 📌 1092
📣 New op-ed in Süddeutsche Zeitung: What the data say about the “Brandmauer”
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
🗓️Register now for the 16th International German Socio-Economic Panel User Conference #SOEP2026 held in Berlin from July 8 to 9, 2026. This interdisciplinary conference provides a platform for researchers to present and discuss their work with peers. www.diw.de/en/diw_01.c....
13.11.2025 14:47 — 👍 1 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 2I'm facilitating a causal inference reading group next semester for Sociology PhD students. (I will also be learning!) If there are (1) pedagogical articles or (2) empirical examples in soc that you ❤️, will you share in the comments? [And please RT to help me crowd-source!]
11.11.2025 21:28 — 👍 40 🔁 25 💬 9 📌 1
🟢Wealthy individuals fuel the climate crisis through their investments even more than through their consumption and lifestyles — This is one of the key findings presented in *Chapter 1 of the 2025 #ClimateInequality Report*.
Read more in this thread [1/6]🧵
Infografik zum DIW Wochenbericht 44/2025: Die Chancen auf Wohneigentum in Deutschland haben sich verringert – unabhängig vom Wohnstatus der Eltern
Junge Menschen in Deutschland besitzen deutlich seltener Wohnimmobilien als ihre Eltern, immer mehr von ihnen wohnen zur Miete. Das zeigt eine neue DIW-Studie auf Basis von EU-SILC-Daten, die in Kooperation mit Forschern der @ox.ac.uk erstellt wurde. 🧵(1/6) www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
29.10.2025 09:23 — 👍 13 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 1Check out this open-access article that deepens on compound effects of residential and social mobility!
22.10.2025 10:52 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Is childhood exposure to local wealth inequality associated with upward income mobility achieved in adulthood? Yes! Check out my new paper, just published in @natureportfolio.nature.com here: doi.org/10.1038/s414... #EconSky #Sociology #Demography
15.10.2025 12:11 — 👍 71 🔁 25 💬 2 📌 3
#shiny #RStudio #openscience #metascience @die-bonn.de @oecd-ocde.bsky.social @gesis.org
Workflow: github.com/nbreznau/PIA... 🧪
Young People's Homeownership in Europe: Delayed or Out of Reach? A Research Note: https://osf.io/rfpum
15.07.2025 16:25 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0This was a great collaboration with the brilliant @smaexie.bsky.social and Lisa Klein. We find demographic trends having counterbalancing effects on wealth inequality.
27.06.2025 17:59 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
We are hiring a 3-year postdoc for the ERC-funded WEALTHTRAJECT project at DIW Berlin. More details here: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...
13.06.2025 13:51 — 👍 44 🔁 40 💬 0 📌 1
Call for applications for the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) 2025-2026: one week left to apply!
More information: ow.ly/1ZOl50V9y65
🚨New paper in SER🚨
Cohabitation boosts wealth in 🇫🇷 & 🇩🇪—but legal recognition matters. Findings highlight the role of policy in shaping fin. outcomes for cohab. couples.
academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...
@pmlersch.bsky.social @marionleturcq.bsky.social & N. Fremeaux
#Sociology #Demography #Inequality
🚨I'm advertising for a PhD position (4 yrs) in quant. Sociology/Social Demography (life course, social ineq.) @tcdsociology.bsky.social!
📅 Deadline: April 21, 2025
📄 More info: www.tcd.ie/sociology/va...
🔄 Please share! #Sociology #Demography #AcademicChatter #PhDOpportunity #TrinityCollegeDublin
• CALL FOR PAPERS – 2026 CPoS Special Issue “Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course”
Comparative Population Studies welcomes submissions to the 2026 special issue Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course, guest edited by Sergi Vidal (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Aude Bernard…
The call for applications for the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) 2025-2026 is open!
This international doctoral program aims to provide students with a high-level education in demography.
Deadline to apply: March 25th, 2025 at 12 PM (noon).
More information: eaps.nl/edsd/how-to-...
The European Association for Population Studies is now on bluesky.
Follow @eaps.bsky.social for updates on activities and the next European Population Conference in Bologna!
Awesome work!
09.01.2025 18:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
"Fiscal Centralization and Inequality in Children's Economic Mobility"
New research with @schechtlm.bsky.social @zparolin.bsky.social just out in ASR doi.org/10.1177/0003...
#sociology #demography #econsky
We are hiring a postdoc for the deciphe.eu project at @diw.de. Work with @svidal.bsky.social, @sbeduk.bsky.social, S. Zinn, M. Medgyesi, myself, and other fantastic team members to understand the intergenerational persistence in homeownership in Europe! More details here: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...
29.11.2024 09:53 — 👍 27 🔁 24 💬 0 📌 4
Reminder: From 1st Jan. 2025, the deposit of replication packages will be condition for publication in ESR!
Find out more at:
academic.oup.com/esr/pages/General_Instructions
🚨New publication alert🚨
What happens to female labor market supply when their male partner starts to earn payroll tax exempt income? Joint work w/ @andreashaupt.bsky.social, now open access at JMF: doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
#sociology #gendersky #polisky #econsky
European Sociological Review is on Bluesky!
@europeansocreview.bsky.social
Follow it for alerts and new initiatives
Come bye if you are in London tomorrow! I will present my latest research on the role of parental transfers in creating wealth disparities between women and men 👇
03.12.2024 10:28 — 👍 14 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0Brexit associated with 86% increase in departure of EU origin professors from UK.
02.12.2024 14:35 — 👍 42 🔁 23 💬 2 📌 1
Big news from Germany
28.11.2024 13:11 — 👍 135 🔁 23 💬 8 📌 7We are hiring a postdoc for the deciphe.eu project at @diw.de. Work with @svidal.bsky.social, @sbeduk.bsky.social, S. Zinn, M. Medgyesi, myself, and other fantastic team members to understand the intergenerational persistence in homeownership in Europe! More details here: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...
29.11.2024 09:53 — 👍 27 🔁 24 💬 0 📌 4
