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Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility (ASA Section) @asa-ipm.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Back from #ASA2026 with so many great conversations, new ideas, and inspiring work! Sharing a few moments from ASA—congratulations to all the award winners, and thanks to everyone who made the section such a great community. See you next year! 🎉📚

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Janet Gornick @janetgornick.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

In my keynote at the International Chinese Sociological Association, I emphasized the value of assessing relative and absolute poverty together, especially during rapid change. Between 2002-2018, in China, relative poverty rose while absolute poverty fell. @lisdata.bsky.social @ourworldindata.org

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Ingrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Next step for the Extreme Wealth Line project - you can now sign up to newsletters - We have been making progress and plan to share more details very soon :) To sign up, go to extremewealthline.com and scroll all the way down.

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Extreme Wealth Line

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Pat Hastings @ophastings.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

What’s happened to income-group gaps in parental spending on children in the U.S.? For the last 45 years, they just. keep. getting. wider. In a new @socarxiv.bsky.social working paper, I present updated evidence on trends in spending on childcare, education, and extracurricular activities.

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Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility (ASA Section) @asa-ipm.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Don’t forget to nominate your favourite inequality paper in 2025!

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Fartein Ask Torvik @torvik.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

New paper out in PNAS! We show that becoming a grandparent substantially reduces employment and earnings, especially for women. At the same time, grandparents go more to the doctor for respiratory infections, but less for mental health conditions. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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The cost of caring: Gendered health and labor market effects of grandparenthood | PNAS

While the effects of the transition to parenthood are well researched, less is known about how the transition to grandparenthood affects health and...

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Zach Parolin @zparolin.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

With @joshuachoper.bsky.social & @lukaslehner.bsky.social in the American Sociological Review, we ask: What happens to organized labor when Walmart Supercenters enter a local labor market? Broadly, how do worker power and buyer power interact to shape inequality? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility (ASA Section) @asa-ipm.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

What inequality-related articles from 2025 should sociologists be reading? The IPM Section is creating a community-sourced reading list of notable 2025 articles on inequality, poverty, mobility, stratification, and related topics. Submit your recommendations here: forms.gle/QWQuLZfVc5y3...

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Maik Hamjediers @mhamjediers.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Do waitresses receive the same occupational prestige as waiters? Using German gendered occupational titles, we find that feminine job titles receive slightly lower prestige than masculine ones, especially among male-domindated occupations. Out now in Social Forces. doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...

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David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

WHAT IS PUBLIC POLICY THEORY? My new Substack post opens this debate thinking about the big picture questions I’m grappling with as I prepare a PhD seminar on public policy theory. substack.com/@davebrady72...

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What is Public Policy Theory?

Part I: The Big Picture Questions

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Milly Yang @millysoc.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Temporary visa status is a growing source of inequality. My dissertation chapter published in IMR uses 3.4M population-level administrative records of H-1B workers. I show they are OVEREDUCATED and paid 10% less than similarly employed U.S. citizens. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility (ASA Section) @asa-ipm.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Have a new publication in inequality, poverty, or mobility? We welcome scholars and graduate students to share their work and tag @asa-ipm.bsky.social! We’d be glad to help highlight exciting new research from across the field.

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morellisal.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

The data warehouse includes information on household wealth levels and balance sheets, distributional statistics, and wealth transfer taxation. It brings together data on tax revenues, rates, exemptions, and schedules. Explore: wealthproject.gc.cuny.edu

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The GC Wealth Project

Expanding and consolidating research and data on wealth, wealth inequalities, and wealth transfers and related tax policies — across countries and over time.

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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Apply for an ASA Travel Award! Student members and sociologists who would otherwise find it difficult to attend the annual meeting in NYC are eligible to apply for financial assistance via the Travel Fund Award or Student Forum Travel Award. Deadline April 27. Find out more: bit.ly/4dhWL3r

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Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility (ASA Section) @asa-ipm.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Submit to the IPM's Participatory Budget Proposal! Submit here: forms.gle/2j6GaCwvS77B... Due date is the end of the month.

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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Do you have a good idea of how to spend up to $1,500 to help the community of inequality researchers? Then submit it by Jan 31 (here: forms.gle/2j6GaCwvS77B...) to be included in the new participatory budgeting process of the ASA Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility section. @asa-ipm.bsky.social

The ASA IPM section is excited to launch our new participatory budgeting initiative where section members can propose new initiatives or projects that the full membership will then vote on. The IPM Section has dedicated $1,500 to be allocated across the proposed projects that receive the most votes by section members.
You can read through the IPM Participatory Budgeting Rulebook linked here for more information about what kinds of projects qualify for funding, how the voting process will work, and the overall timeline for this funding cycle.
To submit a proposal, please use the following link: IPM PB: Proposal Submission Site. The last day to submit a proposal is January 30, 2026. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to Fabian Pfeffer at fabian.pfeffer@Imu.de.

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Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility (ASA Section) @asa-ipm.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

There are only a few slots left! Grad students, see the quoted post for the link to sign up!

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Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility (ASA Section) @asa-ipm.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

The IPM section will once again be hosting a mentoring event at ASA in Chicago this year - Saturday, August 9 (12:00-1:30pm). Registration for the event is open to the first 40 graduate students who sign up. Grads can register here: urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt...

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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

The nomination deadline for @asa-ipm.bsky.social awards is TODAY. It doesn't take much or long to nominate a book, paper, or person -- including your own work!

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Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility (ASA Section) @asa-ipm.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

IPM community - submit nominations for the IPM paper and book awards - nominations for yourself or for others - by tomorrow (March 31)!

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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Please nominate your favorite senior sociologist by March 31 for the 2025 ROBERT M. HAUSER DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR AWARD (awarded to celebrate the field’s most fundamental accomplishments) Send a brief nomination letter and their CV to Anthony Jack (aajack@bu.edu). /6

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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Please nominate your favorite junior sociologist by March 31 for the 2025 WILLIAM JULIUS WILSON EARLY CAREER AWARD (to recognize a scholar who has made major contributions early in their career) Send a brief nomination letter and their CV to Deirdre Bloome (dbloome@hks.harvard.edu) /5

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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Please nominate an (or your) article by March 31 for the 2025 ROBERT D. MARE GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AWARD (published in 2024) Send a brief nomination letter and the pdf to Matthew Clair (mclair@stanford.edu) @mathuclair.bsky.social /4

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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Please nominate an (or your) article by March 31 for the 2025 DEVAH PAGER OUTSTANDING ARTICLE AWARD (published in 2024) Send a brief nomination letter and the pdf to Jayanti Owens (jayanti.owens@yale.edu) /3

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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Please nominate a (or your) book by March 31 for the 2025 IPM OUTSTANDING BOOK AWARD (published 2022, 2023, or 2024) Send a brief nomination letter to (and have the book publisher contact) Ellis Monk (emonk@fas.harvard.edu) @ellismonk.bsky.social /2

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Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility (ASA Section) @asa-ipm.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Send nominations for IPM paper and book awards by March 31! Send to: OUTSTANDING BOOK AWARD: emonk@fas.harvard.edu OUTSTANDING ARTICLE AWARD: jayanti.owens@yale.edu GRAD STUDENT PAPER AWARD: mclair@stanford.edu EARLY CAREER AWARD: dbloome@hks.harvard.edu DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR AWARD: aajack@bu.edu

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