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In Denmark, new mothers are quasi-randomly assigned to mother groups by nurses.

This new paper shows that being assigned to a group with a depressed peer decreases mothers self-reported mental health + increases mental health care uptake.

Fascinating!

Assistant professors teach courses that are closer to the knowledge frontier than tenured faculty.

The uneven effects of gender parity: Trends in gender homophily in scientific publications, 1980–2019 This study examines gender collaboration patterns across male-dominated, gender-neutral, and female-dominated fields. Using data from the Web of Scien…

Thrilled to share our paper with Iñaki Úcar (@enchufa2.es) and Jesús Prieto, just out in Social Science Research!

📝 The uneven effects of gender parity: Trends in gender homophily in scientific publications, 1980–2019

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Generalizability of choice architecture interventions Nature Reviews Psychology - Choice architecture interventions (or ‘nudges’) aim to guide behaviour by changing the proximal physical, social or psychological environment. In this...

🧵 Can you predict whether behavioral interventions will work in new contexts?

… probably not, right?

In our new paper with @dggoldst.bsky.social @dilipsoman.bsky.social @susanmichie.bsky.social, we dive into how to better understand and improve generalizability. rdcu.be/ewD2z

Summary👇

Just published in @jpube.bsky.social:

"Does the prospect of upward mobility undermine support for redistribution?"

By @donandrewmoore.bsky.social‬, @renechoudhari.bsky.social, & @aileenwu.bsky.social
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#econsky #publiceconomics

Just published in @jpube.bsky.social:

"Parenthood and the gender gap in commuting"

By Aline Bütikofer, René Karadakic, & Alexander Willén

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#econsky #publiceconomics #gendergap

My academic job offer was rescinded. I’ll keep going—but U.S. researchers are running out of road Despite an uncertain future, this postdoc will “keep doing the science I love while I still have a bench”

A beautifully written piece on a terrible time

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Abstract for NBER WP 34040, “The Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfers on Parenting and Children”

1000 low income adults were randomly selected to receive $1000/month for 3 years, with a control group receiving $50/month over that same period. Many of them had children in the household. How did it affect how they parented and their kids’ outcomes? www.nber.org/papers/w34040

Vienna is pretty high on my list of liveable cities and so it should be on yours... consider applying

📢 New publication out!
We introduce the IAB-BAMF-SOEP Refugee Survey — a high-quality, longitudinal household panel on refugee integration in Germany. Combining rich survey data with administrative linkages.

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@iabnews.bsky.social @bamf.de @diw.de

With the recent diff-in-diffs upheaval, you may have asked:

When can I get away with using two-way fixed effects?

If so, check out this new working paper!

It proposes tests for differences in dynamic treatment effects over cohorts, which allows you to explore when TWFE is likely to be biased.

Writing this paper with John Jerrim and Phil Parker got me started on a whole journey about gender differences in over-/underconfidence.

I learned so much from working on this literature review on #menopause and the workplace, I hope it's helpful for others too. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/687755...

❌ “No” still isn’t heard equally.

Drs. @nennstielr.bsky.social and @saraalice.bsky.social’s #Socius study using #Eurobarometer shows men across the EU are less likely to reject “no means yes.” Rejection rises with #GenderEquality and stronger #ConsentLaws.

Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...

Cool paper with an great title.

Across the world, boys are much more likely to overestimate their math ability than girls.

People from high SES backgrounds do the same

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Using the Earned Income Tax Credit to study how an influx of cash affects food expenditure patterns of eligible households, from @emmajlag.bsky.social‬, Leslie McGranahan, and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach https://www.nber.org/papers/w34007

Average Marginal Effects of Children’s Unemployment on their Parents’ Depression Risk Overall and over the Great Recession Phases for Fathers and Mothers; Source: Data obtained from SHARE (Börsch-Supan et al., 2013); Note: Average marginal effects of children’s unemployment on their parents’ depression risk for the overall observation period (left) and over the Great Recession phases (right) estimated for fathers and mothers from pooled and fixed-effects linear regression models (Tables S6). All estimates are provided in Table S8.

Average Marginal Effects of Children’s Unemployment on their Parents’ Depression Risk Overall and for Great Recession Phases for Fathers and Mothers and by Country Groups; Source: Data obtained from SHARE (Börsch-Supan et al., 2013); Note: Average marginal effects of children’s unemployment on their parents’ depression risk for the overall observation period (left) and over the Great Recession phases (right) estimated for fathers and mothers from pooled and fixed-effects linear regression models and stratified by country groups of Northern (Panel A), Central-Western (Panel B), Southern (Panel C) and Central-Eastern European countries (Panel D). All estimates are provided in Table S8.

🐣 Another chapter from my dissertation was just published in @europeansocreview.bsky.social – Fanny Janssen (NIDI-KNAW), Tobias Vogt (@popresgroningen.bsky.social @rug.nl) & me we were wondering:

Do #parents suffer too if their adult children experience #unemployment?

OA-🔗: doi.org/10.1093/esr/...

🔴New working paper with @marcocozzani.bsky.social and @juhoharkonen.bsky.social. We describe the temporal link between conception timing and preterm birth rates. When conception rates fluctuate, preterm birth proportions shift predictably but with different magnitudes depending on baseline risk. 1/4

📚📊 NEW @cgdev.org RESEARCH: Children who master basic reading and math in primary school earn significantly more as adults. Evidence that foundational literacy and numeracy skills have real economic returns throughout life.

I completely agree!

From personal experience I think my local library does a great job at making exhibitions that advertise great less wellknown books ordered by topic or style, hence hopefully increasing access without requiring everybody to know exactly what book to look up yourself

It’s my sense that most librarians still have a very strong commitment to ensuring access to a wide variety of high quality modern and classic literature.

But at least here in Copenhagen they are experimenting with investing more in having a lot of popular titles rather that a wider selection

Not really your point, but I find libraries’ book selection super interesting🫣

those who borrow “highbrow” books are socioconomically advantaged

Hence, if libraries want to cater to those who have less means to buy books it’s not a bad strategy to focus on popular titles

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Will anyone review this paper? Screening, sorting, and the feedback cycles that imperil peer review Scholarly publishing relies on peer review to identify the best science. Yet finding willing and qualified reviewers to evaluate manuscripts has become an increasingly challenging task, possibly even ...

1. Kevin Gross and I just posted a new science-of-science preprint.

This one explores the looming peer review crisis. As many of you know, it's becoming significantly more difficult for journal editors to find scholars willing to serve as peer reviewers for submitted manuscripts.

Tinder’s introduction
+ sharply & persistently increased sexual activity with no impact on relationship formation
+ increased inequality
in dating outcomes among male but not female students
+ increased sexual assaults & STDs
+ improved female students' mental health
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A checklist for designing and improving the visualization of scientific data Nature Cell Biology - Creating clear and engaging scientific figures is crucial to communicate complex data. In this Comment, I condense principles from design, visual perception and data...

I gave in! After students asking for it, I now made a simple figure design checklist.
To help all scientists w/o graphic skills create clear, accessible, and truthful charts!
-> Out in @nature Cell Biology: rdcu.be/erwl4

#DataVisualization #PhD #SciComm

Thx for review @bethcimini.bsky.social + 2

Our article on parental union dissolution and children’s emotional and behavioral problems appears in the most recent issue of @sfjournal.bsky.social. We find a longterm increase in SDQ score following parental union dissolution [1/2]

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New preprint 💥

In 2020, @ianlundberg.bsky.social wrote a fabulous paper showing that cousin correlations don’t have to imply extended family effects.

I put that idea to the test using NLSY data—and he’s right! The patterns fit a dynamic first-order Markov model.

#sociology

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Turns out the book I wanted to write already exists: *Thinking Through Statistics* by John Levi Martin. Even took my title. I will be assigning this everywhere, be forewarned.

The Effects of High School Remediation on Long-Run Educational Attainment Umut Özek This study examines the effects of remedial courses in high school on postsecondary outcomes using a regression discontinuity design and explores the mechanisms behind these effects. I find that being placed in the remedial schedule and taking an additional remedial course in high school reduces the likelihood of attaining a 2- or 4-year college degree by 20 percent. The findings also suggest that nearly half of this adverse effect is driven by the tracking effect of remediation, which significantly reduces students’ access to advanced courses in high school not only in the remediation subject but also in other core subjects.

High school remediation might hurt college chances? A study by @uozek.bsky.social finds students assigned remedial ELA courses in FL were 20% less likely to earn a 2 or 4 year degree, largely due to being tracked away from advanced courses. #Education
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Gender and wealth accumulation: an international perspective Abstract. Why do women accumulate less wealth than men globally? As wealth inequality rises both within countries and worldwide, studies on gender and weal

1/10 🚨Why do women accumulate less wealth than men across countries and time?

I had the privilege of co-directing the latest Special Issue of #SER @sasemeeting.bsky.social with @celinebessiere.bsky.social on gender and wealth accumulation. 🧵 ⤵️

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