One week until the deadline! Apply by November 3 to our postdoctoral scholars program. Two positions starting in August 2026: one focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Learn more at the link below! @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
               
            
            
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            Postdoc at the Minnesota Population Center, @minnpop.bsky.social 
Applications open now and being evaluated on a rolling basis. Pass on to demographers you know!
(This one requires folks to relocate to the Twin Cities, because it involves work in the restricted data center)
               
            
            
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                                            Title: Explaining the Extracurricular Investment Gap for School-age Children between Married and Cohabiting Families. Abstract: Existing research finds that differences in economic resources explain a much larger share of the spending gap between married and single parents than between married and cohabiting parents. This study focuses on extracurricular spending and considers three non-economic explanations for why children in cohabiting families receive less than those in married households: the greater prevalence of non-biological parents in cohabiting households, the relatively shorter duration of cohabiting relationships, and potentially lower levels of relational commitment. Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and its 2014 and 2019 Child Development Supplement, I first reproduce established differences in parental spending by family structure. Accounting for biological parent status and relationship duration does little to further reduce the gap between married and cohabiting parents. These findings suggest that unmeasured aspects of commitment may shape family-structure differences in extracurricular investments, but they also highlight the need for continued research given the growing complexity of U.S. family living arrangements and the importance of parental financial investments for childrenβs development and long-term outcomes.
                                                
    
    
    
    
            New working paper on family structure & parental investment in extracurriculars. Economic resources explain much of the spending gap between married & cohabiting families. What remains isn't explained by biological relatedness or relationship duration. Feedback welcome!
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
               
            
            
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            Not quite--Harvard is choosing to admit a cohort of six this year (still smaller than usual I think) and not next year.
               
            
            
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            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
               
            
            
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                Inequality Readers. Generally, My Best Guess
                IBE, in y.
            
        
    
    
            At the blog, I wrote about two very interesting recent methods articles - Inference to the Best Explanation and External/Construct Validity. 
Very thoughtful pushback against the ascendancy of the credibility revolution.
asocial.substack.com/p/inequality...
Hope you enjoy!
               
            
            
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            Day 2. #ISIWealtheConference2025 #isimunich
               
            
            
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            Day 1. #isiwealthconference2025 #isimunich
               
            
            
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                                            Nafeesa Andrabi, Alexander Adames, Joe Labriola and Hannah Tessler at the gingham picnic table
                                                
    
    
    
    
            Community is great! π
Thanks for coming to the PSC picnic...
@socinequality.bsky.social @joelabriola.bsky.social #PSCPicnic
               
            
            
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            My sense is that there is a lot of discontent about USA Swimming that is just bubbling up now because the US team slightly underperformed relative to expectations at Worlds. But it also feels like a lot of people who know more aren't sharing all the details.
               
            
            
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            Swammer who still follows the sport here. It's a little vague, but several threads: 1) USA Swimming hasn't had a CEO for a year, 2) its registration is flat, 3) national team pay is insufficient to keep athletes afloat, 4) swimmers got sick at Worlds training camp, maybe by doing tourist activities?
               
            
            
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                                            With Deep N.I.H. Cuts, Research Into Health Disparities Falters
In its campaign against βwokeβ science, the Trump administration has closed down studies and programs focused on the gaps between racial and socioeconomic groups.
                                                
    
    
    
    
            Dr. Sunghee Lee (@sungheelee.bsky.socialβ¬) featured in this NYT article examining the consequences of deep NIH cuts on health disparities research. Her work on dementia in underrepresented populations was defunded despite its critical value.
Read more: myumi.ch/W6dZb
#HealthEquity #SocialResearch
               
            
            
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                                            Join the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics on Tuesdays from 10:30-12 noon as we host our Fall 2025 Speaker Series. 
                                                
    
    
    
    
            Have you seen what we're up to next semester? π From #Econ & Public #Policy to #Sociology & Urban Planning, our fall lineup of speakers represent an array of fields studying social #inequality. #AcademicSky We hope you can joins us! π
inequality.umich.edu/fall-2025-sp...
               
            
            
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                                            August 1, 2025
AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
Committee on Economic Statistics and Committee on Government Relations
Statement from the American Economic Association on the
Dismissal of the BLS Commissioner
Leaders of the American Economic Association express their grave concern over the dismissal of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) earlier today.
The independence of the federal statistical agencies is essential to the proper functioning of a modern economy. Accurate, timely, and impartial statistics are the foundation upon which households, businesses, and policymakers make critical decisions. Undermining the independence or credibility of these agencies threatens the integrity of the information that markets, institutions, and the public rely on every day.
Measuring the vast and dynamic U.S. economy in real time is inherently challenging. It is standard practice for statistical estimates to be revised as more complete and higher-quality data become available. These revisions reflect the commitment of statistical agencies to accuracy, transparency, and methodological rigor-not failure or bias.
The BLS has long had a well-deserved reputation for professional excellence and nonpartisan integrity.
Safeguarding this tradition is vital for the continued health of the U.S. economy and public trust in our institutions.
We call upon elected officials to respect and preserve the independence of the nation's statistical infrastructure.
Lawrence Katz
President, American Economic Association
Katharine Abraham
President-Elect, American Economic Association
Karen Dynan
Chair, American Economic Association Committee on Economic Statistics
Kenneth Troske
Chair, American Economic Association Committee on Government Relations
                                                
    
    
    
    
            Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
               
            
            
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            If you live in Ann Arbor and want to see Ann Arbor become more accessible for a greater range of households, please write city council / your ward representatives before tomorrow night's meeting to express your opposition! Or, even better, call the city clerk's office to sign up to speak :) (3/3)
               
            
            
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	City of Ann Arbor - File #: 25-1371
                Title: Resolution Regarding the Draft Comprehensive Land Use Plan
            
        
    
    
            The resolution would limit the construction of multifamily housing in residential neighborhoods, and allow for certain neighborhoods to implement setback requirements, lot coverage maximums, and limits on bedrooms per units.  (2/3) a2gov.legistar.com/LegislationD...
               
            
            
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            I just emailed @a2gov-mirror.bsky.social to urge the City Council to vote NO on tomorrow's resolution, which will significantly limit the amount of new housing that can be built under the proposed Comprehensive Land Use Plan. (1/3)
               
            
            
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                Your Credit Score Is Shaped by the Neighborhood Where You Grew Up
                What helps poor kids grow up to make better decisions about money? A new study of 25 million people finds an unexpected answer.
            
        
    
    
            New paper!! We show access to credit differs by race, class & geography-diffs in credit scores emerge early & persist through life. Childhood contexts play large role-credit scores of parents & neighbors predict later-life repayment, even cond. on income, wealth, ed. www.wsj.com/economy/cred...
               
            
            
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                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 π
equitablegrowth.org/working-pape...
               
            
            
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                                            New Data are now available from the PSID Data Center. The 2023 PSID Main Interview Data and Medicare Data are now available. Learn more by visiting the website. The image is blue with white text. The Panel Study of Income Dynamics logo is at the bottom. 
                                                
    
    
    
    
            New data are here! #PSIDdata are now available in the PSID #Data Center and zip packages. Learn more: buff.ly/weBpf1n
               
            
            
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            must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
               
            
            
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            10 more days to apply! π #academicsky #postdoc #nowhiring
               
            
            
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            Late-breaking postdoc opportunity at our Stone Center! Come join our amazing intellectual community @umichstonecid.bsky.social.
               
            
            
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                                            The Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics is now accepting applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. A Now Hiring stack of post-its is ont he left side of the graphic. 
                                                
    
    
    
    
            Job alert! We're now accepting applications for a Postdoc Research Fellow who will work with restricted and hard-to-access data related to the sources of class-based income #inequality on cutting-edge research topics. Apply by June 15! π myumi.ch/155qg 
#academicjobmarket #nowhiring #academicsky
               
            
            
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                                            Econ PhD student 
@eui-eco.bsky.social
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Preliminary and unofficial voting results from Ann Arbor City Council meetings. Accuracy not guaranteed!
Created by @akgood.bsky.social
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                    
                            
                    
                    
                                            Donald R. Kinder Collegiate Professor of Political Science, Research Professor at the Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                    
                            
                    
                    
                                            Housing guy. Researcher at UCLA Lewis Center, host of UCLA Housing Voice Podcast, author of The Affordable City, resident of Los Angeles.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Cat person. Sometimes sociologist of science, sex, & other stuff.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Grumpy townie since 1983. Sometimes parody is indistinguishable from reality. DM your pitches to pitchbot AT theinternetemail DOT com. they/them
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            We stand for secure, abundant homes for everyone in Ann Arbor.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Ann Arborite, computerist, cat dad, best skier on the mountain. Go Blue. Build housing, transit, and bike lanes. Ban cars. π he/him
as seen on vice.com
signal: @bdimcheff.1701
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                    
                            
                    
                    
                                            Poverty & Inequality Research Lab Director, JHU Prof, Research Principal @ OpportunityInsights, hopeful policy shaper, apathy eraser, Balto Lover, Chicago Born
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Historian at Elmhurst U, UW Madison + UT Austin alum
Good Parents, Better Homes, and Great Schools: Selling Segregation before the New Deal available July 2025 from UNC Press 
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Professor at Duke University. Cultural evolution, political attitudes, social change, nerdy stuff in R. YNWA. https://vaiseys.github.io/
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            The Terner Center formulates bold strategies to house families from all walks of life in vibrant, sustainable, and affordable homes and communities.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Incoming PhD student in sociology @ University of Michigan
Johns Hopkins alumna | New Yorker | First gen
Family, inequality, mixed methods, and more
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            The W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research is a nonpartisan, independent research organization, founded in 1945 to study policy-related employment issues and to implement workforce solutions. Based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. https://www.upjohn.org/
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Official account for the Department of Sociology at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
https://sociology.wisc.edu/
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Assistant Professor at Kean University, Social Housing Development Authority,  "Housing is a Social Good" (2026)-@UChicagoPress
https://www.hjacobcarlson.com/
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Postdoctoral Fellow @ UMich. Sociology PhD from UW-Madison.
Housing/property, place, value, & inequality. Newly entering the world of STS research. Qual methods & spatial analysis. Seattle/PNW lover. Dog mom.
www.sarahefarr.com