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Pat Hastings @ophastings.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

How well can we predict which children will end up poor adults or rich adults? Or how much education they'll earn? In a new working paper, @zparolin.bsky.social and I show the predictability of life outcomes depends on the country and outcome. www.inet.ox.ac.uk/publications... Highlights below! 🧵👇

Title: Rags or Riches? Predicting Life Outcomes from the Birth Lottery Across Five High-Income Countries

Authors: Orestes P. Hastings and Zach Parolin

Abstract: The stratification of life outcomes is a central concern of sociology, but to what extent can adult outcomes be predicted from childhood circumstances? Although decades of research have identified important family and socioeconomic factors associated with mobility and attainment, these models explain only a modest share of individual variation in outcomes. Using harmonized longitudinal data from the Cross-National Equivalent Files (CNEF) and an ensemble of machine-learning models, we estimate the predictability of adult outcomes in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and South Korea. Predictability varies substantially across outcomes and national contexts: educational attainment is more predictable than economic outcomes, poverty is far more predictable in the U.S., and income mobility is substantially less predictable than overall attainment outcomes. Additional U.S. analyses show that adding race, wealth, parental incarceration, and other variables improves predictions only slightly. We further show that predictability captures a distinct dimension of stratification not fully captured in other traditional measures of mobility, inequality, and opportunity. Together, these findings provide new insights into where and how the birth lottery most strongly shapes life chances.

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Ida Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Spännande vad som kommer hända med presumtionshyrorna efter domen i hyresnämnden. Antar att domen överklagas.

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Ida Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I have a new job! ⭐️ I am now a senior lecturer in Human Geography at Örebro University. But also continuing as a researcher at Stockholm University.

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Ida Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Varit på två turistgrejer där forskare guidade, en om hällristningar och en om maneter. Gillar verkligen hur de 1) lämnar öppet för tolkning 2) uppmuntrar barn att det finns mycket saker att ta reda på

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Martin Andersson @martinhist.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Vi letar ny doktorand i agrarhistoria till ett projekt om hur människor i det förindustriella Sverige fick tillgång till mat – Känner du någon som vill du forska om bröd, öl och gröt i fyra år!? www.slu.se/om-slu/jobba...

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Doktorand i agrarhistoria | slu.se

Vetenskap och utbildning för hållbart liv.

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Ida Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

On my way to European Network for Housing Research (ENHR) conference in Oslo! Looking forward to the coming days!

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Olle Bergvall @ollebergvall.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

När flerbostadshus rustas upp höjs ofta hyran kraftigt. Ny forskning visar att det främst är fattiga hyresgäster som bor kvar. Något som kan få stora konsekvenser för deras levnadsstandard och för samhället. Hyresgästen Christer Sambring tvingas nu söka socialbidrag.

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Christer tvingas söka socialbidrag för att klara hyreshöjningen | Dagens Arena

Ny forskning: Fattiga hyresgäster snarare inlåsta än bortträngda efter omfattande renovering.

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Ida Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

En artikel i dagens arena där vår forskning uppmärksammas. Fattiga blir inlåsta, snarare än bortträngda av renoveringar: www.dagensarena.se/innehall/chr...

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Christer tvingas söka socialbidrag för att klara hyreshöjningen | Dagens Arena

Ny forskning: Fattiga hyresgäster snarare inlåsta än bortträngda efter omfattande renovering.

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Ida Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Tyckte folk var långsamma in i spärren. Här kommer jag, med fart, beredd med blippkort. Höll alltså i jobbets entrékort.

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Rense Nieuwenhuis @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Group Differences in Income Distributions, Poverty Gaps, and Poverty Buffers: Inequalities between the Children of Swedish-Born and Migrant Parents New Data visualisation, published with @siddarthaaradhya.bsky.social and @rafgrotti.bsky.social in @sociusjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/2378...

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Olle Bergvall @ollebergvall.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I takt med en växande privat hyressektor och privatiserad allmännytta minskade segregationen i storstäderna. Samtidigt ökade segregationen i mindre kommuner. Detta visar en ny studie från Stockholms universitet. www.dagensarena.se/innehall/min...

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Minskad segregation när allmännyttan privatiserades i storstäderna | Dagens Arena

Samtidigt ökade segregationen i mindre kommuner, visar ny forskning från Stockholms universitet.

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Ida Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Intressant. I bakgrunden handlar det om sambandet mellan upplåtelseformers utformning(vad det innebär att äga/hyra) och generationer.

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Ida Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Fantastiskt fokus av Kenneth Nelson på FORTE-talks. En hållbar grön omställning och vikten av ett omfördelande starkt trygghetssystem.

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Instant classic article by Carlson, Logan, and Won on segregation in the United States over the last 120 years (tl;dr ... it's about the suburbs, but how it's about the suburbs differs a bit around the country) academic.oup.com/sf/article/1...

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The changing spatial pattern of metropolitan racial segregation, 1900–2020: the rise of macro-segregation

Abstract. This paper tracks 120 years of Black-white segregation in US metropolitan areas. We draw on comprehensive Census data at consistent small-scale g

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Cody Hochstenbach @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I am looking for two PhD candidates for my NWO-Vidi project DWELLWELL: Towards a political economy of housing and health at the Urban Geography group at University of Amsterdam. Quantitative position: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies... Qualitative position: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

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Vacancy — PhD Candidate on the Political Economy of Housing and Health (Quantitative)

<p><span>Do you want to pursue a PhD studying how housing policies impact health inequalities? Are you interested in working in an interdisciplinary and mixed-method team? We currently offer a PhD-pro...

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Ida Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Angående så kallade ”startlån” som diskuteras i Sverige.

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Jessica McCarty @jmccartygeo.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

If you want to view the Artemis II gallery, please go here: www.nasa.gov/artemis-ii-m... A fave of mine so far is Mission Specialist Koch looking back at the Earth. The first woman on a lunar mission looking back at the mother of all humans. www.nasa.gov/image-detail...

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Spaceship Earth - NASA

art002e008487 (April 4, 2026) - NASA astronaut and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travel...

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Ida Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Just sent a letter of abstract acceptance for our working group "Disadvantaged Urban Neighbourhoods and Communities" at the European Network for Housing Research conference in Oslo in July. Hope to see you there.

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Ida Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Den lilla snutt av Götgatan som för närvarande är bilfri får mig att fantisera om helt bilfria städer. Tänk va.

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The Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) @sofi.su.se · 03/03/2026

📢 We are hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology at SOFI, Stockholm University. Interested in research on the causes and consequences of social policy for individuals and society? Apply by 13 April 2026. More information and application: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... #postdoc #sociology

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Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology

The Swedish Institute for Social research (SOFI) is part of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Stockholm University. The institute is an internationally leading research institute in the field of socia

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Ida Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Annars äter jag ostbågar och skriver ansökningar. Glad att ansökningssäsongen går mot sitt slut.

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Ida Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

What are the odds? Just as I'm about to throw out a mouse my cat dragged in, a police car pulls up on the sidewalk behind my house. Caught in the act.

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Klaus Pforr @klauspforr.eurosky.social · 12/02/2026

For a change, something we made ourselves: Together with my colleagues Tobias Roth, Andreas Horr, and @nataliebackes.bsky.social, we examined ethnic rent penalties. Do migrants pay higher rents for comparable housing than natives with similar characteristics? direct.mit.edu/euso/article...

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Migrant rent penalties in the German housing market

Abstract. We investigate whether migrants pay higher rents for comparable housing than natives with similar characteristics using nationally representative data from the 2018 German Microcensus. The d...

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Ida Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

The day after grant application deadline AND ski teacher test, I wake up with a fever and a cold. I guess I need to rest a bit.

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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Ida Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Tomorrow, "my" PhD student @anatra.bsky.social will leave Stockholm University for Florence to be a visiting student for one semester at @eui-eu.bsky.social. Take care of her, Italy!

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

JOB! I'm hiring a postdoc for 2 years on my ERC MaMo project. Looking for someone with strong quant methods, ongoing work close to the project's aims, and a desire to publish in sociology. Start flexible in the next 12 months. Formal call out shortly, but contact me first.

Markets and Mobility: How Employers Structure Economic Opportunity

Intergenerational mobility, measuring the ability to achieve economic success regardless of family background, is a critical reflection of a society’s commitment to equality of opportunity. Rising income inequality has raised concerns about the potential erosion of upward mobility. While education has traditionally been viewed as the path to mobility, its transformative power is facing challenges in a rapidly evolving job market. This project reorients the focus of intergenerational mobility research by highlighting the labor market as an arena for the reproduction of advantage. It employs a comparative approach, using administrative data from four countries: Sweden, Austria, England, and the United States. It also incorporates evidence from a broader set of nations through cross-national surveys, longitudinal household surveys, labor force surveys, secondary data, and digital trace data. The project employs cutting-edge empirical methods, including quasi- experimental designs, event studies, within-family comparisons, decomposition analyses, counterfactual simulations, and diagnostic checks to rigorously assess the extent of inequalities in the labor market. The research investigates how family background influences the sorting of individuals to employers and workplaces, accounting for education and occupation, and explores variations in career progression within and between employers. It comprehensively catalogues and assesses mechanisms shaping workplace inequality, contributing to the development of social closure theory. Additionally, the project evaluates intervention strategies, encompassing both employer practices and government actions, to promote fair opportunity in the labor market.

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Thomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Today, we are publishing our World Inequality Report, which reviews the most recent #inequalitydata and exposes the magnitude of #inequality across time, space and all its dimensions. 👇Share this thread, share the report! www.youtube.com/watch?v=R67u...

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World Inequality Report 2026

YouTube video by World Inequality Lab

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Ida Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

How did our cats learn the clock? They mjau every morning just a few minutes before the alarm sounds.

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

A thread of directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) that look like record covers... because that's EXACTLY what the world needs 1. Huey Lewis and the News: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

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Ida Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Yesterday, @anatra.bsky.social had her half-time seminar for her PhD! Half-baked doctor! I am very proud and looking forward to the coming years 🥳

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Ida Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Soon December and time to have look if I still have a job next year. Kind regards Externally funded researcher

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Ida Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Time to reconsider what I thought I would be able to finish before the year ends. The semester just started? But somehow we are mid-November?

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Jan Marcus @janmarcus.de · 08/11/2025

Looking forward to teaching this training course on diff-in-diff. Registration still possible!

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Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University @humangeosthlm.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Congratulations to our colleagues Eva Andersson (PI), Ida Borg and Juta Kawalerowicz who received funding from Forte for a 3-year project on "How neighbourhood, school and crime redirect the individual’s life course". Grattis! @evaandersson.bsky.social @idaborg.bsky.social @jutakaw.bsky.social

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Ida Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

I am thrilled to announce that my own project was not funded today. But I have a part in Eva Andersson’s project on crime, schools and children’s life-courses.

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Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.eurosky.social · 15/10/2025

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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Ida Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

1. Mix av upplåtelseformer och hustyper har marginell effekt på den sociala mixen eftersom det mesta som byggs idag sker i områden med medelinkomster.

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Ben Jarvis @benjarvis.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

New article w/ @jenjirayahirun.bsky.social: Exogamous 2nd gen immigrants in Sweden live further from parents than do endogamous immigrants, but closer than natives. But in terms of residential choices, exogamous immigrants are least likely to move near parents.

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Exogamy, Proximity to Parents, and the Residential Choices of 1.5‐ and Second‐Generation Immigrants in Sweden

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Ida Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Min yngsta har börjat förskoleklass och just lärt sig att läsa. Ikväll ljudade hon B-A-J-S-K-O-R-V när hon tyckte att jag var tråkig.

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Ida Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

I should make the move to R, but when to find the time? Sounds like a perfect course for me.

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Ida Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Read about Rosa Parks to my 5.5 yrs old. ”But people couldn’t sit with their friends in the bus??” I know, so strange it was a long time ago, I said.

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Ida Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Visited Gimo Herrgård to discuss Segregation research, beyond academia. Amazing talks and discussions. Happy to have met Maria Krysan and Kyle Crowder.

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European Association for Population Studies @eaps.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

📢 Call for submissions for European Population Conference 2026 (3–6 June, Bologna) is open! Organized by EAPS & University of Bologna. 💡 More information: www.eaps.nl/epc/european...

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EAPS.nl | European Population Conference 2026

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Ida Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Glad that all the fellow stockholmers discovered the bike! Massive lines in the bike lanes today. A part of me I longing for when it gets cooler.

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Ida Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Went to a concert tonight, by my self and had the most amazing time. Jenny Wilson is a genius. I danced for two hours straight open.spotify.com/track/3hJiVM...

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BOY (PLEASE FORGIVE ME)

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