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Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.eurosky.social · 20h

Timely new paper in @socioeconreview.bsky.social: Does rising wealth concentration undermine American democracy? Using variation across the 50 U.S. states, results reveal a clear, negative effect of millionaire wealth concentration on democratic performance. doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwag058

Wealth concentration in the United States has reached heights not seen since the Gilded Age, renewing fears that concentrated economic power may undermine democracy. Yet empirical research linking inequality to democratic erosion remains inconclusive, partly because most studies focus on cross-country comparison and examine income rather than wealth. This study exploits variation across fifty U.S. states; each
embedded in a common federal framework but differing in political and economic dynamics. To estimate the exogenous effect of rising wealth concentration on democratic backsliding, I develop a shift-share instrument of state-level millionaire wealth shares. Results reveal a clear, negative effect on democratic performance. Causal mediation analysis demonstrates that the effect is mediated by the share of seats held by
Republicans in state legislatures, pointing to a mechanism of elite influence through partisan channels. These findings demonstrate that subnational wealth disparities, and their convergence with partisan politics, actively erode American democratic institutions.

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Simon Weschle @simonweschle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We're hiring at UNC! Assistant or Associate level, any area of comparative politics. unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/325... members.apsanet.org/CAREERS/eJob... If you have any questions, get in touch with me!

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The tenure-track, open rank position, (Assistant or Associate Professor) includes 40% teaching, 40% research and 20% service to the department/college. The service portion includes, but is not limited...

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Janet Gornick @janetgornick.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Interested in spending 2 years at the Stone Center in NYC, studying inequality? See our call for postdoc applications. Two 2-year positions, starting Aug 2027. One focused on wealth inequality, the other more broadly on economic inequality. Apply by Nov. 2! 🍎 stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/applications...

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Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality

The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for a ninth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.

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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Why does wealth poverty matter? How is it measured? How prevalent is it? What factors raise households' risk of being wealth poor? What policies can mitigate it? A new WP by @schechtlm.eurosky.social & @janetgornick.bsky.social, prepared for the Annual Review of Sociology, addresses those questions.

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Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.eurosky.social · 15/06/2026

Can childhood exposure to rising local wealth inequality help to explain growing class gaps in income mobility? Short answer: Yes! New paper with @ftorche.bsky.social now out OA in @sociologicalsci.bsky.social here: sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13... #Demography #Sociology #EconSky

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Atheendar Venkataramani @atheendar.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

1/ For my #book project (which I just turned in!), I looked at how #health varied by #income in states where people were more or less likely to be #stuck (i.e., experience disadvantage in multiple domains). In #stuck places, everyone's health is worse off.

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Claudia Persico @claudiapersico.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

We asked four LLMs how exposed your job is to AI. They could NOT agree. Management: 15% vs 90% Legal: 10% vs 75% Healthcare: 5% vs 60% Same rubric. Same jobs. Same data. Different AI, completely different answer. New @nber.org working paper with @michelle-yin.bsky.social & @hoavu.bsky.social ! 1/

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Malissa Alinor @malissa-a.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

My new paper out in Social Forces shows how competency microaggressions—like “diversity hire” comments framed as jokes—shape Black workers’ collaboration in teams. academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

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Remarks about being hired to increase diversity or expressions of surprise when competence is demonstrated are a few examples of competency microaggressions—comments and behaviors that reveal low expectations of their abilities based on their marginalized group membership—that marginalized workers such as Black people, women, and disabled individuals routinely experience. Yet, there is limited knowledge regarding the causal effects of experiencing competency microaggressions on workplace interactions, such as how people accept influence in teams (deference). To test this, an experimental study was employed using a sample of 300 Black participants tasked to work with a White partner (computer simulated). Participants in the treatment condition received a competency microaggression from their partner phrased as a joke before beginning the task. Results revealed that experiencing a competency microaggression caused participants to be less willing to defer to their partner. This behavior was explained by greater self-reported anger and negative evaluations of their partner, fully mediating the relationship between competency microaggressions and deference. Content analyses revealed that most participants in the treatment condition used conflict-avoidant responses, such as humor, to respond to their partner’s microaggression, and only 29 percent reported the incident to researchers when asked about the suitability of their partner for future work. Taken together, these findings provide novel insights into the immediate effects of competency microaggressions on workplace interactions, contributing to literatures on microaggressions, status, and workplace inequality. Implications of these findings in the context of organizational shifts away from equity initiatives are also discussed, highlighting the need for creative interventions.

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

What drives the growth of private wealth? Has inequality increased? How does tax policy shape wealth across generations? Now published in Nature-Scientific Data: the data descriptor of the GC Wealth Project Data Warehouse by @stone-lis.bsky.social & Roma Tre University www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.eurosky.social · 13/04/2026

New paper documenting a negative association between childhood exposure to local wealth inequality and inter-class social ties in adulthood. If children have fewer chances to meet peers from different class backgrounds, those divides may persist far beyond childhood.

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

From February 2026 - Adolescent Exposure to Economic Inequality and Belief in the ‘American Dream’ on Entering Adulthood - cup.org/4rmfyyE - @sldemora.bsky.social & Benjamin J. Newman #OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract text discussing economic inequality in the United States, focusing on its impact on the belief in the American dream among adolescents. It highlights findings from a study related to socioeconomic factors and belief systems.

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Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.eurosky.social · 27/02/2026

⚠️ New WP ⚠️ with @ftorche.bsky.social: Can childhood exposure to local wealth inequality help explain growing class gaps in income mobility? Short answer: Yes! Read the full answer here: doi.org/10.31235/osf... #Demography #Sociology #EconSky

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Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.eurosky.social · 24/02/2026

New paper out looking at financial assets and cardiometabolic risk among women and men in the AddHealth data: authors.elsevier.com/c/1mgBn_6KUS...

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Jeremy Levine @jeremylevine.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Hot of the presses research on high-cost alternative credit instruments and the welfare state by Rhodes, Berger, and @umichstonecid.bsky.social associate @davonnorris.bsky.social 👇

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Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.eurosky.social · 17/02/2026

While most people prefer equal inheritance, wealthy individuals are more willing to support unequal transfers when they help preserve wealth across generations ➡️ based on new experimental evidence now published with @natrinh.bsky.social and @dariatisch.bsky.social in @sfjournal.bsky.social

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Jason Wong @jasonwongyh.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

📖🚀New w/ @yiangli.bsky.social & Linda Waite in @ssreditorial.bsky.social. Ever wonder how your spouse’s childhood shows up in your life? Our “Linked Long Arms” framework shows early disadvantage can echo into later-life friendships, confidants, and community ties. More in doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

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Sophie Greenwood @sjgreenwood.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

(If you haven’t yet pinned Paper Skygest, a personalized feed for Bluesky posts about papers, you can check it out here ⤵️) (2/7)

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Wesley Stubenbord @wesleystubenbord.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

New from me: An interactive data visualization showing billionaire migration: paths from birthplace to most recent residence for > 3,100 of the world’s richest individuals. Most importantly, fun to play around with; also, useful for thinking about q's re: elites and comparative wealth ineq. 1/5

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Billionaire Migration: An Interactive Map

An interactive map of city-level migration flows for 3,106 billionaires from birth to most recent residence.

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Angela Li @angelamli.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

👉 Our new paper uses daily mobility data to show that spatial isolation is much more common today among those living in advantaged neighborhoods than the converse. 👩🏻‍💻 Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...

Abstract for "The truly isolated: Spatial isolation of advantage in the United States" by Shannon Rieger, Angela Li, and Patrick Sharkey, published at Urban Studies

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Brian Highsmith @bhighsmith.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]

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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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Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.eurosky.social · 01/10/2025

I am organizing session 711 Wealth Inequality: International Comparative Perspectives at PAA 2026. Deadline for submissions is Oct 5th. Non-comparative papers on wealth inequality are also welcome.

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Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.eurosky.social · 01/10/2025

I am organizing session 711 Wealth Inequality: International Comparative Perspectives at PAA 2026. Deadline for submissions is Oct 5th. Non-comparative papers on wealth inequality are also welcome.

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Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics @umichstonecid.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

ICYMI: See what we're up to in September: mailchi.mp/umich/cid-se... First up: @schechtlm.bsky.social on September 9! #AcademicSky #PublicPolicy #WealthInequality

Manuel Schechtl will join us at the Stone Center on September 9 to present Rising Wealth Concentration and Disparities in Social Outcomes Across the United States.

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Tocqueville on the incompatibility of economic inequality with democracy.

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Emily Parker @emilyparker.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

📣 Hot off the press 📣 We document tremendous growth in U.S. federal place-based funding, show it has disproportionately gone to areas with more nonprofits & stronger housing markets, and find a pattern of cumulative advantage in funding among high-poverty neighborhoods. doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...

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Federal place-based policy and the geography of inequality in the United States, 1990–2019

Abstract. This paper assesses the growth and spatial distribution of federal place-based policies in the United States. Using a novel dataset of federal pl

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Shay O’Brien @shayobrien.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

I am soo excited to share my newest article, “Unnatural Wills.” It’s about inheritance disputes!!! Murder, gold diggers, sex work, racial passing, secret lesbian lovers…WOW this was fun to write, and I hope it’s fun to read, too.

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Unnatural Wills: Inheritance Disputes and Inequality

Within the conceptual frame of relational economic sociology, inheritance disputes are a canonical form of relational mismatch. But the social patterning of relational mismatches, and their various t...

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Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.eurosky.social · 16/07/2025

⚠️ New timely WP ⚠️ Rising wealth inequality and democratic backsliding at the US state-level #EconSky #Sociology #PolicySky @stone-lis.bsky.social WP here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...

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Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.eurosky.social · 16/07/2025

⚠️ New timely WP ⚠️ Rising wealth inequality and democratic backsliding at the US state-level #EconSky #Sociology #PolicySky @stone-lis.bsky.social WP here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...

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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Most studies on the relationship b/w inequality & the erosion of democracy focus on cross-country comparisons, and on income rather than wealth. A new WP by @schechtlm.bsky.social looks at how rising state‐level wealth inequality in the US is associated with democratic backsliding. bit.ly/3IuD1w5

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Maude Pugliese @maudepugliese.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

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. 🧵 ⤵️ 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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Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

🚨 New paper alert! Thrilled to share my latest paper (a joint work with Milan de Vries and Hahrie Han)—now out in Nature Scientific Data! We introduce 5 datasets on civic opportunity in America, built from IRS tax records + 1.7M nonprofit websites. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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MapAgora, civic opportunity datasets for the study of American local politics and public policy - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - MapAgora, civic opportunity datasets for the study of American local politics and public policy

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Journal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Just published in @jpube.bsky.social: "The Influence of Inheritances on Wealth Inequality in Rich Countries" By @morellisal.bsky.social, Brian Nolan, @juancpal.bsky.social, & Philippe Van Kerm www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #econsky #publiceconomics #publicfinance

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Tom VanHeuvelen @tvanheuvelen.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

At the blog I wrote about five cool new articles on gender inequality: inappropriate engineering job talk intros physician culture demographic inequalities in health degrees --> health jobs care work trends tax policies Very neat articles this week. asocial.substack.com/p/mondays-go...

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Robert Manduca @robertmanduca.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

I have a new paper out! "Should Social Insurance Programs Count as Wealth? Augmented Wealth in Research and Policy." Published yesterday in Socio-Economic Review @sasemeeting.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/ser/...

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Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.eurosky.social · 22/04/2025

Very happy to announce I received the University of Michigan Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics visiting fellowship 2025-2026! I am looking forward to be a part of the community @umichstonecid.bsky.social inequality.umich.edu/25-26-visiti...

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Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics @umichstonecid.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

The latest pub. from Rourke O'Brien, @schechtlm.bsky.social, our own @robertmanduca.bsky.social, & Atheendar Venkataramani suggests that local government spending may reduce mortality, esp. for people with lower incomes. Read more in SSM – Population Health: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Local government expenditure centralization and spatial variation in working-age mortality

Research finds disparities in local government spending to be one driver of place-based variation in population health outcomes in the U.S. This study…

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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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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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Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.eurosky.social · 03/03/2025

🚨Now published in issue 🚨 What happens to female labor market supply when their male partner starts to earn payroll tax exempt income? Joint work w/ @andreashaupt.bsky.social, now open access at JMF: doi.org/10.1111/jomf... #sociology #gendersky #polisky #econsky

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Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.eurosky.social · 01/03/2025

When no citizen has either great power or great wealth, tyranny in a way lacks an occasion and a stage. (Vol. 2, §4, Section 6)

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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Is wealth inequality corrosive to society? Can't wait to get started on our new project "Wealth and Social Cohesion from a Relational Perspective" with a fantastic team: @natrinh.bsky.social, @dariatisch.bsky.social, @rcarranzan.bsky.social, & @schechtlm.bsky.social www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...

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