How has public belief in the importance of merit๐ฅ and privilege๐ฐ changed over time?
๐Data viz shows a widening gap b/w the perceived importance of family wealth (privilege) and hard work (merit) in a majority of countries in the West
Paper: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
Code: github.com/cybe2001/mer...
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How Social Security Helps Married People More Than Singles
Social Security is a vital system, but it also perpetuates inequality between married and never-married people and men and women.
Married people get around $1,000 more per month in Social Security income than never-married people! TY for your important research, Deborah Carr @carrds723.bsky.social Leping Wang @lepingwang.bsky.social & Pamela J Smock
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/livi...
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Shoutout to Jonathan Mijs, Debby Carr, Neha Gondal, Michel Anteby, and Ashley Mears for their dedicated mentorship and constructive feedback!
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See our new study to find out how social security disparities persist even after adjusting for life course characteristics including human capital, labor supply, health, and socio-demographics!
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Sociology Ph.D. student @UChicagoSoc. Social Demography, Health, Family, Neighborhoods, Methods. @UCLSocRes Alum
https://yiang-li.github.io
Demographer and economist.
population dynamics | mortality | population ageing | fertility | public policy
https://sites.google.com/view/tothgcs
The Population Studies Center of the University of Pennsylvania has fostered research and training in population since its founding in 1962 and is led by Director Emilio Alberto Parrado.
Demographer and Sociologist. Postdoc @ Vanderbilt Universityโs LGBTQ+ Policy Lab. Data enthusiast and consumer of too much coffee.
Author of "SINGLE AT HEART: The Power, Freedom, and Heart-Filling Joy of Single Life." Always have been single, always will be. I write the "Living Single" blog for Psych Today. Bylines in NY Times, Wash Post, Atlantic, etc. TEDx talk, 1.7 million views.
Official Bluesky account of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior (JHSB), a publication of the American Sociological Association
Sociologist and Gender & Sexuality Studies scholar at Davidson College, They/Them, Photo by Katie Rainbow ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Medical sociologist. Postdoctoral scholar at Vanderbilt. Studying end-of-life health disparities, health policy, labor unions, and aging. Views my own.
cliffordjross.com
https://healprojectvu.org
Sociology, human geography, neighbourhood effects, segregation, inequality, class analysis, education, China @rug-gmw.bsky.social
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=64i-jc8AAAAJ
Assistant Teaching Professor of Sociology @ Montana State University | Studying economy, culture, work, organizations, theory, and methods | Sociology, Ph.D. | Alumnus @ Boston University; Pols & IR and Sociology @ Boฤazici University | gokhanmulayim.com
Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Director, Boston University. Author, Aging in America. Beagle mom. Rhode Islander
Associate Professor of Sociology at Boston University | studying meritocracy, inequality, segregation | previously: Erasmus University Rotterdam, London School of Economics, Harvard University, University of Amsterdam | www.jonathanmijs.com
PhD candidate at Boston University studying the sociology of AI.
Grad fellow at Rafik Hariri institute for computation and computer engineering.
Teaching fellow for AI Ethics
Machine learning analyst at Open Justice Lab.
Postdoc #NYUAD
Ph.D. #NUS Alumnus #UChicagoCrown #NJU
Stratification, demography, and well-being.
yanwenwang.com
Associate Professor of Sociology at Appalachian State University. Research and teaching interests include aging, medical sociology, and mental health.
Sociologist, PostDoc at TU Dortmund
https://sag.sowi.tu-dortmund.de/professur/team/alina-schmitz
Topics: inequalities in health and well-being, lifecourse, ageing, gender, social policy
Sociology PhD student @Vanderbilt. Singlehood, networks, policy, and health.
Sociologist at the University of Georgia. Social psychology, sociology of emotion, group processes, social networks.
Professor @BrownSociology @PSTC_Brown @AnnenbergInst | Study education & inequality.
Octavia Butler & Patrick Rothfuss fan. From the sticks via financial aid.
Sociologist @ Vanderbilt University | Social Networks & Health | Society Explorer ๐งญ | Nature Lover ๐ฑ | Curious Overthinker ๐คฏ
Webpage: https://my.vanderbilt.edu/lijunsong/
