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Nicole Kapelle

@nicolekapelle.bsky.social
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Assistant Prof @tcddublin.bsky.social | Sociologist & Social Demographer | family, gender, wealth, inequality, life course, health & much more | Prev. Humboldt-University Berlin, University of Oxford & University of Queensland nkapelle.github.io

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JHSB @jofhsb.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
In light of #CheerUpTheLonelyDay learn how loneliness develops in old age over marital dissolution across genders: bit.ly/4cKEqbU By @nicolekapelle.bsky.social @cmonden.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @sociologyoxford.bsky.social
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JHSB @jofhsb.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
In our March issue @andreatilstra.bsky.social & @nicolekapelle.bsky.social study changes in health behaviors during marital dissolution. Read more about the variability in those behaviors by gender, education, and parenthood status: bit.ly/4bHtcWo
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Andreas P. Weiland @apweiland.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
"Behind Closed Doors: Intra-Couple Pension and Wealth Gaps in Germany and Beyond" 🚪👩‍🦳👴 @lisdata.bsky.social / @liser.lu policy brief by @nicolekapelle.bsky.social and me out now! Read more here 👉 www.lisdatacenter.org/newsletter/n...
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SASE | The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics @sasemeeting.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
New in Socio-Economic Review: Cohabitation & wealth in France and Germany. 📈 Cohabitation boosts wealth for both women and men; France’s Pacs adds an extra premium. ⚖️ Regulation > norms in explaining these wealth patterns. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/ser/... @nicolekapelle.bsky.social #SER
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Nicole Kapelle @nicolekapelle.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
📢 Trinity College Dublin is hiring an Assistant Professor in Sociology. Full-time, fixed-term role (maternity cover). Early career researchers, including those who’ve just submitted, completed, or are about to complete their PhD are welcome. 🗓️ Deadline: Oct 6, 2025 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP688/a...
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Assistant Professor in Sociology at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
Recruiting now: Assistant Professor in Sociology on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
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UW-Madison Sociology @uwsoc.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
We're hiring! Please share with your networks! The Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in the field of demography of health and aging beginning in August 2026 jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant Professor - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...
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Nhat An Trinh @natrinh.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Very happy to be part of this special issue on "Gender and Wealth Accumulation" in @sasemeeting.bsky.social next to a fantastic group of scholars ✨ @dariatisch.bsky.social @schechtlm.bsky.social @nicolekapelle.bsky.social @pmlersch.bsky.social @shayobrien.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ser/article/...
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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
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Brendan Churchill @brenchurchill.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
NEW: Underemployment harms mental health — and women are more exposed. Using 21 waves of HILDA, we show a dose-response link between unmet work hours and mental health for men and women with @leahruppanner.bsky.social, Jen Ervin, Yamna Taouk and Tania King. doi.org/10.1136/jech...
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Gendered associations between time-related underemployment and mental health: longitudinal evidence from 21 waves of cohort data
Background Underemployment is an increasing feature of global labour markets. However, the mental health impacts of underemployment remain relatively under-researched. Longitudinal evidence is particu...
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Nicole Kapelle @nicolekapelle.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
🚨PhD in Quantitative Sociology @tcdsociology.bsky.social Join me for a project on “The Economics of Late-Life Divorce” 📌 €25,000/year + fees 📌 Strong quant skills & soc background needed 📌 Deadline: July 21, 2025 👉 www.tcd.ie/sociology/ab... #PhD #Sociology #Demography #QuantMethods #AcademicJobs
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Andreas P. Weiland @apweiland.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
About yesterday: Korean dinner and fête nationale in Luxembourg city with @nicolekapelle.bsky.social @kunlee.bsky.social @keonkim.bsky.social 🇱🇺
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Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
• Workshop: Causes and Consequences of Spatial Mobility over the Life Course (18 June 2025) Causes and Consequences of Spatial Mobility Over the Life CourseTuesday, June 18 | 10:00–13:00 | CED (Sala Àngels Torrents) & Zoom Organizers: Claudia Brunori, Juste Lekstyte, and Alon Pertzikovitz We are…
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• Workshop: Causes and Consequences of Spatial Mobility over the Life Course (18 June 2025)
Causes and Consequences of Spatial Mobility Over the Life CourseTuesday, June 18 | 10:00–13:00 | CED (Sala Àngels Torrents) & Zoom Organizers: Claudia Brunori, Juste Lekstyte, and Alon Pertzikovitz We are delighted to invite you to the upcoming workshop Causes and Consequences of Spatial Mobility Over the Life Course, organized by the LIFELONGMOVE team. Research increasingly shows that to fully understand patterns of spatial mobility, we need a life course perspective—one that draws on longitudinal data and methods.
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KeonKim @keonkim.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Excited to spend a month as a visiting researcher at @lisdata.bsky.social & @liser.lu. Grateful for the warm welcome — especially from @kunlee.bsky.social — and such a pleasure to meet fellow visitors @nicolekapelle.bsky.social and @apweiland.bsky.social
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Andreas P. Weiland @apweiland.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Excited that @nicolekapelle.bsky.social and I have started our time as (LIS)2ER visitors at @lisdata.bsky.social and @liser.lu - Thanks @kunlee.bsky.social and @esiermin.bsky.social for having us! Looking forward to fruitful exchanges and new insights in the coming weeks 🇱🇺
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Eva Murašov @evamurasov.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Seit Donald Trump seine Elite-Universitäten bekämpft und die Wissenschaft der USA zerstört, überbieten sich deutsche Politiker mit großen Gesten. Damit ihre Träume wahr werden, bräuchte es aber fette Investitionen. Mein Leitartikel heute im @tagesspiegel.de: www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/deuts...
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Deutschland soll Wissenschafts-Weltspitze werden?: Das geht – aber man muss es sich auch leisten wollen!
Seit der US-Krise träumt Deutschland davon, zur globalen Nummer eins der Wissenschaft zu werden. Große Gesten aber reichen nicht. Es braucht eine Revolution. Auch finanziell.
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Nuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Marital separation, BMI decline, and the myth of the revenge body doi.org/10.31235/osf... @socarxiv.bsky.social‬ preprint by Associate Member @nicolekapelle.bsky.social‬ and Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow @andreatilstra.bsky.social‬
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Nicole Kapelle @nicolekapelle.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Right on time for #WorldEnvironmentDay🌍: Does having a child make parents care more about the planet? Together with @guzoch.bsky.social, I found: not always—and not in the same way for everyone. 📄 New study in Population and Environment: doi.org/10.1007/s111... #ClimateChange #Parenting #Sociology
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From parenthood to planet care? The evolution of environmental and climate concerns during family formation - Population and Environment
We examine the effect of childbirth on parents’ environmental and climate concerns, focusing on potentially dynamic changes in concerns within a time span of 2 years before and up to 10 years after bi...
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Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin @tcdsociology.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
🚨 New Research 🚨 Professor @nicolekapelle.bsky.social has published a paper in @demresjournal.bsky.social with her co-author, Carla Rowold. 👏 🔗 Read the article here: tinyurl.com/2mn2bphj #sociology #sociosky @tcdssp.bsky.social
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
We have new teaching fellow position at @tcdsociology.bsky.social! Deadline: 30 April Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
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Jani Erola @janierola.net · 15/04/2025
Hey postdocs, here’s an opportunity to develop your research plan with us - and eventually relocate to Turku with your own grant!
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
💻Join online! 🎧 Süßmilch Lecture @mpidr.bsky.social Eugenics, demography and academia: an ongoing relationship 🗣️ @rebeccasear.bsky.social, @brunelcce.bsky.social & @ehbea.bsky.social 📅March 25, 2025 🕒3 pm CET ✏️Sign up now: www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
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Nicole Kapelle @nicolekapelle.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
🚨 New in Demographic Research with @crowold.bsky.social! We explore how family life courses shape later wealth using a data-driven approach. Top wealth predictors? Time spent never-married—with or without kids, but complex matters! #Demography #Sociology www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
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Demographic Research - Uncovering what matters: Family life-course aspects and personal wealth in late working age (Volume 52 - Article 22 | Pages 689–740)
Volume 52 - Article 22 | Pages 689–740
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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
🍕 🥂 Have you submitted to our conference yet? We’re waiting for you — if not, we might have to analyze the social dynamics of ‘people who miss great events’! www.lmu.de/isi/en/lates...
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Call for Papers ISI Wealth Conference 2025
International Conference on Wealth Inequality: The Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research (ISI) is hosting a research conference in Munich from 9 - 11 October 2025.
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Patrick Heuveline @patrickhvl.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
"The regulatory treatment of cohabitation plays a more significant role in shaping the wealth accumulation of cohabiting women and men than normative acceptance" find @nicolekapelle.bsky.social and colleagues academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...
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A cohabitation wealth premium for women and men: considering the regulatory framework and normative acceptance in France and Germany
Abstract. We examine the association between cohabitation and women’s and men’s wealth, closely considering the distinct regulatory and normative contexts
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Nicole Kapelle @nicolekapelle.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Want to do amazing research AND live near the beach? Look no further — this postdoc is for you! 🏖️🧠
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Jan Fuhse @fuhsejan.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Ich kenne viele aus den USA, die schon vor Jahren an einem Job in Deutschland interessiert waren. Nach einem Blick auf Salär und Arbeitsbedingungen war das Interesse schnell verflacht. Insbesondere für die Post-doc / pre-Prof-Phase rate ich allen vom deutschen Arbeitsmarkt ab.
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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Join us for the first ISI INTERNATIONAL WEALTH CONFERENCE in Munich, October 9-11 2025 CfP: www.lmu.de/isi/en/lates... Submit a short abstract or paper by April 28. Keynotes by Annette Lareau & Lane Kenworthy. And if you arrive a few days early, you can catch the last weekend of Oktoberfest :)
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UCL Social Research Institute @sriucl.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
We're hiring! 📢 Lecturer in Sociology position now open. We seek a scholar with a strong foundation in sociology, a record of high-profile contributions, and the ability to engage students and colleagues across diverse methodological approaches.
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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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Pablo Gracia @pablogracia.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Some days left to apply to your dream PhD job in Barcelona at @uab.cat and @cedemografia.bsky.social!! 🔥🔝 Deadline: March 31, 2025. Informal queries are encouraged and can be sent by email to pgracia@ced.uab.es Please, share the call with strong candidates! 🤓 📣 All details on the call 👇👇
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Céline Bessière @celinebessiere.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
This article is one of the 8 papers of a SER special issue on "Gender and Wealth Accumulation" coedited with @maudepugliese.bsky.social .We just finished the introduction. Stay tuned!
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Nicole Kapelle @nicolekapelle.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
🚨New paper in SER🚨 Cohabitation boosts wealth in 🇫🇷 & 🇩🇪—but legal recognition matters. Findings highlight the role of policy in shaping fin. outcomes for cohab. couples. academic.oup.com/ser/advance-... @pmlersch.bsky.social @marionleturcq.bsky.social & N. Fremeaux #Sociology #Demography #Inequality
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Dan "Mr. Bones and Me" Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"
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Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’
A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world
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Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin @tcdsociology.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
✨New Research✨ Our colleague Professor @nicolekapelle.bsky.social has recently co-authored a paper with @andreatilstra.bsky.social in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior! 📖Read more here▶️https://tinyurl.com/3w5zubbj @tcdssp.bsky.social
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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
How much federal funding are Donald Trump and Elon Musk threatening to take away from your local public schools? A great tool to find out the answer and use it in your advocacy.
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Tobias Rüttenauer @ruettenauer.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
New in Social Forces: Breathing Unequal Air😷 Our study shows that immigrant minorities in England & Germany face higher air pollution exposure🏭—and moving doesn’t help🚶. In England, disparities are 3x larger than in Germany 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/sf/s... #EnvironmentalJustice #Inequality #AirPollution
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Nicole Kapelle @nicolekapelle.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Check out my new paper with the fantastic @andreatilstra.bsky.social. We examine 🚬 and 🍷 behaviour around separation & divorce 💔 Surprising results, particularly for women... full paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @tcdsociology.bsky.social @tcdssp.bsky.social #Demography #Sociology
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Breaking Bonds, Changing Habits: Understanding Health Behaviors during and after Marital Dissolution - Andrea M. Tilstra, Nicole Kapelle, 2025
Marital dissolution is a stressful transition that can lead to unhealthy coping strategies, including smoking and drinking. Using fixed effect linear probabilit...
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Nicole Kapelle @nicolekapelle.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
🚨I'm advertising for a PhD position (4 yrs) in quant. Sociology/Social Demography (life course, social ineq.) @tcdsociology.bsky.social! 📅 Deadline: April 21, 2025 📄 More info: www.tcd.ie/sociology/va... 🔄 Please share! #Sociology #Demography #AcademicChatter #PhDOpportunity #TrinityCollegeDublin
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UCL Social Research Institute @sriucl.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
People with lower skills tend to misjudge their ability, something known as the Dunning-Kruger effect. But there's a gender twist: while men overestimate, women underestimate themselves.
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Revisiting the Dunning-Kruger Effect: Composite Measures and Heterogeneity by Gender
The Dunning-Kruger effect (DKE) states that people with lower levels of the ability tend to self-assess their ability less accurately than people with...
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Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin @tcdsociology.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
✨ New Research ✨ Professor @nicolekapelle.bsky.social has published a new paper in European Societies with @apweiland.bsky.social. Read the paper 👉https://direct.mit.edu/euso/article/doi/10.1162/euso_a_00013/125835 @trinityresearch.bsky.social @tcdssp.bsky.social #sociology #socialsciences
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Maia George @maiageorge.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Überlegt bitte taktisch zu wählen! 🗳️ "[kleine progressive Partein zu wählen wie Volt, die Tierschutzpartei usw.] schwächt SPD, Grüne und Linke. Schlimmer noch: CDU und AfD würden davon bei der Sitzverteilung im Parlament überdurchschnittlich profitieren" www.campact.de/bundestagswa...
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Bundestagswahl: Taktisch wählen und AfD schwächen | Campact
Erfahre, wie strategisches und taktisches Wählen hilft, progressive Parteien zu stärken und die AfD und die Union zu schwächen
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Population Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
PAA and the Association of Population Centers express alarm about recent events in which federal agencies have been purging scientific and statistical data from publicly available portals and websites. Read our full statement: www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-we...
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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
“Can Family Policies Enhance Fertility?” R. Guetto, G. Alderotti & D. Vignoli explore the policy-fertility nexus & assess how parental leave, childcare services & child benefits may influence fertility--with childcare appearing to be the strongest policy lever. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
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Boris Holzer @fernschreiber.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
📢 Das "Handbuch Sozialstrukturanalyse", hg. von Petra Böhnke und @dirkkonietzka.bsky.social, ist online - mit aktuell 40 Beiträgen, u.a. von @andreashaupt.bsky.social @cdiehl.bsky.social @factistic.bsky.social u.v.a.m.: link.springer.com/referencewor...
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Hans-Böckler-Stiftung @boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
👩‍💼💰 Frauen verdienen immer noch weniger, haben schlechtere Aufstiegschancen und leisten mehr unbezahlte #Sorgearbeit. Es braucht einen Wandel – und zwar auf allen Ebenen: www.boeckler.de/de/boeckler-...
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Andreas P. Weiland @apweiland.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
1/ Excited to share a new preprint by @nicolekapelle.bsky.social and me, forthcoming in @europeansocieties.bsky.social ! 📰 We explore intra-couple disparities in pension wealth and net wealth among retired spouses in East and West Germany doi.org/10.31219/osf...
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Jani Erola @janierola.net · 22/11/2024
It is finally alive! The almighty database of our mapineq.eu -Horizon Europe project. Design and implementation by @melindacmills.bsky.social and Doug Leisure, hosted at University of Groningen. 1/3
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Anna Zamberlan @zamberlanna.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
We found a #cumulative #disadvantage of being female and having children on recruiters' hiring intentions. However, signalling higher social status (especially through an elite name/surname) partially #compensates for this penalty. 3/3
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Marcel Raab @raabm.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
In our paper, we adapt @joannapepin.bsky.social's visualization of U.S. couples' money arrangements to the German context. Using German Family Panel data, we show how these arrangements vary by cohort and age group. Replication files + high-res plot: github.com/maraab23/Cou... #FReDA #pairfam
A plot illustrating cohort and age group differences in partnership and money arrangements among couples in Germany using data from the German Family Panel. The weighted distributions are shown as tile plots. Across cohorts, the share of couples that put all money together is decreasing. This is mainly driven by the changed behavior among married couples. Check out the full article for more details: https://doi.org/10.1177/237802312413014
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Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.eurosky.social · 14/11/2024
I created this list a couple of days ago based on some people I know about but there has been a ton of new arrivals--please let me know who else to include. Also, this is an interdisciplinary list! #EconSky #Sociology #PoliSky #Demography go.bsky.app/T667spi
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