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Kerstin Ostermann

@kostermann.bsky.social
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What has place to do with social inequality? PostDoc in Sociology @University Bielefeld & @IAB | neighborhoods | local labor markets | quantitative methods | spatial norms sites.google.com/view/kerstin-oster…

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Kerstin Ostermann @kostermann.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New publication in Work, Employment & Society with @selang.bsky.social 📄✨ Why do some #unemployed feel more stigmatized than others? We find a U-shaped association with #neighborhood unemployment: stigma decreases at first, but rises again in highly unemployed neighborhoods tinyurl.com/5nuekh2r
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Kerstin Ostermann @kostermann.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I know most senior researchers hate the (increasing) load of #review requests, but can we also cheer the moment of #ecr when they read the journals' decision on a paper they reviewed? For me, this is one big step of being part of a scientific community I love to be a part of
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Happy Peachcat Jumping
ALT: Happy Peachcat Jumping
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Isabel Maria Habicht @isabelmhabicht.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
📢 New open-access publication in the Journal of Family Research! What do people actually consider a fair division of parental leave between partners? The answer is more surprising than you might expect. 👇 doi.org/10.20377/jfr... #JFR #JFamRes #openaccess #openscience #sociology #published
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Justice principles in the allocation of parental leave within couples | Journal of Family Research
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Elly Field @ellyfield.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Thrilled our paper is out now in AJS. Parents & scholars have long known the linked fate of schools & neighborhoods, but how does change in one domain relate to the other? We (@ebruch.bsky.social) propose a theory of coupled tipping & find support for our model in data over 20 yrs & 3,000 schools.
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Kerstin Ostermann @kostermann.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Can artists change neighborhoods? 🎨🏘 Presented joint work with @ninaglaeser.bsky.social at #INAS2026! Using German administrative data and an IV approach, we show that artists don't gentrify neighborhoods themselves but they attract early high-status in-movers. Stay tuned for the preprint! :)
Me presenting the project at the INASCloister garden at New College - definitely the nicest accommodation in my career 😀
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Kerstin Ostermann @kostermann.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Accommodation is on point, Oxford #inas2026 #newcollege
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Korinna Lindemann @korinlind.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
📢 Job Ad: I am looking for one doctoral researcher (75%) in my newly funded DFG project on misperceptions and factual information on immigration from 1.10. or soon after! 📌 Location: MZES, University of Mannheim 💢 Application Deadline: 21st of July
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Kerstin Ostermann @kostermann.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Honored to have received the Third Prize for Best PhD Thesis at #ECSR2026 🏆✨ thanks to the @iabnews.bsky.social for the support 🙏
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Kerstin Ostermann @kostermann.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
#ecsr2026 9am session tomorrow is a good one, but if you are interested in #migration, #refugee integration or #spatial research you definitely need to come to our session on "Contexts of Integration" in Davis Theatre I am presenting our conjoint experiment on residential preferences of refugees 🏘🏢
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Robert Vief @robertvief.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Inspiring start to the #ecsr2026 conference in Dublin so far! For all who want to hear more about how cross-SES exposure (and how this differs from what most researchers call SES composition) influences the occupational aspirations of students, come by tomorrow at 9 a.m. Synge Theatre. See you!
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Kerstin Ostermann @kostermann.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
How to use LLMs right: use them to boost your keynote talk 🙌 #ecsr2026 @mtriventi.bsky.social
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Richard Nennstiel @nennstielr.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
🏢 The Thermostat of Opportunity! The image below (taken at the recent @isa-rc28.bsky.social conference in Seville) shows a building covered in AC units, but it also illustrates potential inequality in access to cooling. New paper with @ckoenig.bsky.social (@wzb.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1016/j.er...
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Kerstin Ostermann @kostermann.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
New office comes with great advice
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Kerstin Ostermann @kostermann.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
New preprint out with @mfphilipp.bsky.social & @eileenpeters.bsky.social ✨️ From #neighborhood exposure to #genderbeliefs? We find that local female employment patterns are linked to beliefs about when mothers should return to full-time work. Read more here: osf.io/preprints/so...
Predicted child age at which the respondent rates maternal full-time employment as appropriate for four subgroups (childless men, childless women, fathers and mothers). Fathers in neighborhoods with dominant traditional employment among women report the highest child age, whereas fathers and childless women in neighborhoods in which traditional employment patterns are not dominant report the lowest child ages.
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Women's Forum @ INAS @womensforuminas.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The event will conclude with drinks and informal networking before the start of the conference’s two days of parallel sessions. If you plan to attend, please remember to sign up for the Forum when registering for the conference. www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/our-research...
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INAS Conference 2026 - Nuffield College Oxford University
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Tobias Rüttenauer @ruettenauer.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
📢 Open positions! I’m recruiting 2 postdocs + 3 PhD positions at C³S, @goetheuni.bsky.social in #ClimateJustice, environmental inequality, #Demography & #ComputationalSocialScience 🌍📊💻 3–4 years + strong support for training🎒 Deadline: 23 June 2026 More: www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794987/Zen...
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Lars Leszczensky @leszczensky.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
📢 WiMi (75%, E13) gesucht! Ich suche Verstärkung für mein Team an der @goetheuni.bsky.social! Es geht um Netzwerkforschung & Mitarbeit im @erc.europa.eu-Projekt zum Zusammenspiel der Netzwerke von Kindern & Eltern. Laufzeit bis Ende 2028. Infos & Bewerbung: 🔗 www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...
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Goethe-Universität — FB03 - Gesellschaftswissenschaften
Die Goethe-Universität ist eine forschungsstarke Hochschule in der europäischen Finanzmetropole Frankfurt. Lebendig, urban und weltoffen besitzt sie als Stiftungsuniversität ein einzigartiges Maß an E...
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Tobias Rüttenauer @ruettenauer.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Ever wondered why nearby places behave more alike than distant ones?🤔 Turns out, many regression model may be missing spatial dependencies!🗺️📍 Join our #Geodata & #Spatial Regression workshop (30 Jun–2 Jul, Mannheim) and learn how to model spatial regression models in R 📊 👉 t1p.de/geodata-spat...
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Nina Glaeser @ninaglaeser.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Meet me in Barcelona next week at the UEA European meeting! I will be presenting new insights on how early stage gentrifiers shape neighborhood inequality, rents, and out-mobility from my joint project with @kostermann.bsky.social
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Lisa-Marie Duletzki @lisadu.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
I’m very happy to share that my first paper has been accepted for publication 🎉 Together with my great co-author Nayeon Lim we look at early public childcare in Germany. More details and the paper link below 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Can early public childcare reduce child penalties? Evidence from Germany
This paper studies the effects of public childcare expansion for children under age three in Germany on mothers’ child penalties. Exploiting county-le…
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Oliver Winkler @oliverwinkler.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
New Study: Refugees take up VET in occupations with vacancy problems more often and often regardless of their qualification. Those with a precarious residence status are most affected. journals.suub.uni-bremen.de/index.php/ij...
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Are Young Refugees More Likely to Enter Training Places With Vacancy Problems? Comparisons Between Immigrant Youths in Germany | International Journal for Research in Vocational Education an...
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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 14/04/2026
Post Doc at Uni Tübingen! 100% position for 3 (+3) years; they're looking for somebody to analyze large-scale longitudinal datasets in education research. Expertise in machine learning is an advantage, commitment to research transparency desirable 😌 proficiency in German beneficial but not required
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow (100%, E 13 TV-L)
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Lukas Haffert @lhaffert.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I am looking for a postdoc to join my team at the University of Bremen. 5-year-contract, top-up to 100% possible for most of the contract period. Apply by 04 May 2026. If you have questions about the position, send me an email! www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
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Job Vacancies - Universität Bremen
Offene Stellen
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
A postdoc position is now available in my project Markets and Mobility: How Employers Structure Economic Opportunity. Start date flexible within the next 12 months, apply by 9 May. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Kerstin Ostermann @kostermann.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
For the #spatial folks among you: we exploited random distances between residential locations and large firms within German local labor markets to identify the causal effect of #dropout due to attractive alternatives 🚙💸⬆️
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Ryota Mugiyama @ryotamugiyama.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Our paper has recently been published from ESR! Exploiting policy-induced longitudinal changes in regional university availability, we showed that increased access boosts enrolment, while the impact is stronger for individuals with highly educated parents. academic.oup.com/esr/advance-...
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Changing regional university availability and inequality of educational opportunity in Japan
Abstract. The uneven distribution of universities across regions has been argued to create educational inequalities based on place of residence. While stud
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Kerstin Ostermann @kostermann.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Still the most beautiful campus #unigoettingen #goettingen #platzdergoettinger7 #cherryblossom #🌸
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Isabel Maria Habicht @isabelmhabicht.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
🧵 5/5 Happy to share that the paper has now been published in Higher Education with @marklutter345.bsky.social and @martinschroeder.bsky.social: 📄 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Why women leave academia: A longitudinal study of the leaky pipeline in German sociology - Higher Education
Higher Education - The metaphor of a “leaky pipeline” is often used to describe the disproportionate loss of women at successive stages throughout academic careers, yet systematic...
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Kerstin Ostermann @kostermann.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
How costly is apprenticeship dropout—and for whom? Using an IV approach, our new @europeansocreview.bsky.social article finds strong income penalties, but only for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. My great coauthors patzinaalex.bsky.social & @katymorris.bsky.social 💖 tinyurl.com/tk4nkdb3
Screenshot of the articles title "Stratified Scars: social inequality in the labour market consequences of apprenticeship dropout" and the abstract: While the association between apprenticeship dropout and negative labour market consequences is well documented, the causal link and social stratification in this effect are less clear. Using georeferenced German administrative data and a conditional instrumental variable approach that exploits distance between place of residence and large firms, we find negative financial consequences but show that the dropout penalty is entirely concentrated among individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. We further show that these stratified scars partly reflect unequal educational reenrolment rates and unequal employment outcomes among dropouts who do not reenrol. Our results highlight the potential of policies targeting higher graduation rates to reduce social inequality and suggest social advantage buffers the negative financial consequences of apprenticeship dropout, even in institutional settings with strong links between credentials and labour market outcomes.
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Heinz Leitgöb @heinzleitgoeb.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Interested in causal inference with survey data? Join the GESIS Summer School course with @tobiaswolbring.bsky.social and me: training.gesis.org?site=pDetail... @gesistraining.bsky.social
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GESIS Training Courses
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
How far can you get in 60 minutes? European cities offer vastly larger areas reachable by public transit than US cities of comparable population size. Source: lconwell.github.io/lucasconwell...
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Kerstin Ostermann @kostermann.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Looking for a measure of #neighborhoods, micro or macro #segregation? I've got something for you! My newly published paper in Sociological Methods & Research presents a machine-learning-based algorithm to delineate neighborhoods with grid-cell or point data: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Example for the two staged unsupervised machine learning algorithm using point data as input. Backlayer maps depict Hamburg. The map shows neighborhoods in different sizes and forms, sometimes following administrative borders (black lines) sometimes not. Three differently colored neighborhood types are displayed, each representing a different social group of residents.xample for the two staged unsupervised machine learning algorithm using 500x500m grid cells as input. Backlayer maps depict Hamburg. The map shows large neighborhoods in different sizes and forms, sometimes following administrative borders (black lines) sometimes not. Three differently colored neighborhood types are displayed, each representing a different social group of residents.
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Kerstin Ostermann @kostermann.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Auf dem Weg zurück nach Hannover von der #Frühjahrstagung2026 der #DGS Sektion Soziale Ungleichheit in Potsdam. Was für eine tolle Veranstaltung mit hochwertigen Beiträgen, wertvollen Kommentaren und Frühlingsvibes 🌷☀️ Großes Dankeschön an das Orgateam der @unipotsdam.bsky.social!
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Maël Lecoursonnais @lecoursonnais.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
🧵 New WP! w/ @selcanmutgan.bsky.social Most segregation research examines neighborhoods, schools, or workplaces separately. But do individuals' exposure align across domains and persist over the life course? We fill this gap using 27 years of 🇸🇪 data. Pre-print: osf.io/eunwc_v1 (1/5)
Title page of the paper.
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Katy Morris @katymorris.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Great 2-3 year postdoc opportunity in the Social Policy unit here at @sofi.su.se, Stockholm University SOFI is an incredible research and work environment, could not recommend it more Deadline for applications (including your own research plan): 13th April 2026
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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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Isabel Maria Habicht @isabelmhabicht.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
📢 New publication! Together with @dariatisch.bsky.social, I’m happy to share our new article bringing gender into a key methodological debate on how to answer causal questions. 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Rethinking Gender and Other Seemingly Nonmanipulable Characteristics for Causal Analysis - KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie
Identifying the causes of social inequality is crucial for designing effective policy interventions. Experimental methods, in which variables are manipulated and participants are randomly assigned to ...
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Nina Glaeser @ninaglaeser.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Hey London (spatial) bubble! I will be at LSE this summer term so if you happen to be in the city and want to discuss some research or know some good workshops and seminars - feel free to reach out 🌞🤝 very excited! 🙏🏼
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Kerstin Ostermann @kostermann.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Looking for a measure of #neighborhoods, micro or macro #segregation? I've got something for you! My newly published paper in Sociological Methods & Research presents a machine-learning-based algorithm to delineate neighborhoods with grid-cell or point data: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Example for the two staged unsupervised machine learning algorithm using point data as input. Backlayer maps depict Hamburg. The map shows neighborhoods in different sizes and forms, sometimes following administrative borders (black lines) sometimes not. Three differently colored neighborhood types are displayed, each representing a different social group of residents.xample for the two staged unsupervised machine learning algorithm using 500x500m grid cells as input. Backlayer maps depict Hamburg. The map shows large neighborhoods in different sizes and forms, sometimes following administrative borders (black lines) sometimes not. Three differently colored neighborhood types are displayed, each representing a different social group of residents.
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie e.V. @dgsoziologie.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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Wiss. Mitarbeit / PostDoc (m/w/d) Stadt- und Raumsoziologie
Technische Universität Darmstadt
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Matthias Collischon 🇺🇦🇪🇺 @mcollischon.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
New paper with Sebastian Bähr (@sebbaehr.bsky.social) and Bernad Batinic (JKU Linz) out now in @plosone.org ! We investigate whether working from home (WFH) affects latent functions of work and various well-being measures. 1/n
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Rense Corten 🟥 @rensec.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
📢WORK! At the Sociology department of @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social we are hiring a postdoc who will work on applications of AI in sociological research. Join our vibrant-yet-cohesive research community doing cutting-edge research. Please share or apply! www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
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Postdoctoral researcher on applications of AI in sociological research
Are you able to lead sociological research into the AI age?
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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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Kerstin Ostermann @kostermann.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
New preprint out with @wendering.bsky.social & Nan Zhang! We show that childhood exposure to ethnic outgroups increases the prob. of #interethnic marriage decades later, using historical linked US census data (1880–1910) and next-door neighbor comparisons 🏠🌃 Read more here: shorturl.at/U0IHR
Results for CEM and neighborhood fixed effects regressions. We find robust and significant positive effects (blue coefficients) of childhood exposure to different ethnicities on the likelihood of interethnic marriage.Left: georeferenced households in 1880. Right: Ethnic organic neighborhoods in Manhattan in 1880. Six ethnic groups are prevalent: first/second generation Americans, Asians, Germans, Irish and Others (residual category). We use these neighborhoods to account for segregation by applying organic neighborhood fixed effects.
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Jasper Tjaden @jaspertjaden.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Looking for RAs based in Berlin/Brandenburg. Please share! 🙏
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 30/01/2026
"...women receive substantially lower potential ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings... lower potential ratings do not reflect accurate forecasts of future performance: Women subsequently outperform male colleagues..." pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap†
By Alan Benson, Danielle Li, and Kelly Shue*
We show that subjective assessments of employee “potential” contribute to gender gaps in promotion and pay. Using data on 29,809
management-track employees from a large retail chain, we find that
women receive substantially lower potential ratings despite receiving
higher performance ratings. Differences in potential ratings account
for approximately half of the gender promotion gap. Women’s lower
potential ratings do not reflect accurate forecasts of future performance: Women subsequently outperform male colleagues, both on
average and on the margin of promotion. We highlight two mechanisms driving the gender potential gap: strategic retention and stereotyping. (JEL J16, J31, J71, L81, M12, M51)
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Kerstin Ostermann @kostermann.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Participating at the #RC28 online conference on educational inequalities? Come to my talk on the spatial embeddedness of #VET dropout decisions 🚫 and consequences 💸 in Germany at 11 am (Room 1) today!
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IAB @iabnews.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
📢Apply now for one of our GradAB PhD scholarships beginning 1st Oct 2026. GradAB is a joint program of IAB and @fau.de in cooperation with TU Dortmund. (1/4)
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IAB @iabnews.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
🎓🥳 2025 war ein Jahr voller Fortschritte und wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse. Besonders stolz sind wir auf unsere Kolleginnen und Kollegen, die dieses Jahr ihre Promotion erfolgreich abgeschlossen oder verteidigt haben – herzlichen Glückwunsch zu diesem beeindruckenden Erfolg!
Das Bild zeigt sechs Porträtfotos von Forschenden des Insituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung. Ein blauer Balken mit dem Text "Wir gratulieren zur Promotion" teilt das Bild in zwei Hälften.
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Tobias Rüttenauer @ruettenauer.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
🎄 Still looking for a gift for your favourite social scientist? How about a #preprint with 717 urban areas, 30 countries, and 16,164 models of #Immigrant #Segregation across Europe? Just published with @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social & David Kretschmer 🎅 🎁 Wrapped up here: arxiv.org/abs/2512.17037
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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
“Kin Propinquity, Residential Mobility & Segregation”: @benjarvis.bsky.social, @kchihaya.bsky.social & @eduardotapia.bsky.social examine ancestry & segregation; they find ancestry sorting effects are 3X greater than kin propinquity effects. @iasliu.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
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