Raffaele Grotti
@rafgrotti.bsky.social
Associate professor of sociology at the University of Trento. Interested in dynamics of socio-economic inequalities over the life course and quantitative methods. And wine, of course.
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Publication alert 👏
Our members are all about situating stratification processes within institutional contexts, so seeing this chapter by our P. Barbieri out in "The Oxford Handbook of Social Stratification" feels extra special.
A must-read for social scientists!
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Our members are all about situating stratification processes within institutional contexts, so seeing this chapter by our P. Barbieri out in "The Oxford Handbook of Social Stratification" feels extra special.
A must-read for social scientists!
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Labor Market Institutions and Social Inequality
AbstractInstitutions are defined as formal and informal norms enforced with sanctions. From a sociological point of view, institutions address the distribu
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September 26, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Publication alert 👏
Our members are all about situating stratification processes within institutional contexts, so seeing this chapter by our P. Barbieri out in "The Oxford Handbook of Social Stratification" feels extra special.
A must-read for social scientists!
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Our members are all about situating stratification processes within institutional contexts, so seeing this chapter by our P. Barbieri out in "The Oxford Handbook of Social Stratification" feels extra special.
A must-read for social scientists!
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Thanks to Tim Liao for an inspiring methodological talk on 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 #SequenceAnalysis for the Hans Schadee Research #Methods Center at UniTN. Lots of ideas to take away - and many applications for the proposed methods (Liao 2021, 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘚𝘤𝘪).
#LifeCourse #Sociology
#LifeCourse #Sociology
September 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Thanks to Tim Liao for an inspiring methodological talk on 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 #SequenceAnalysis for the Hans Schadee Research #Methods Center at UniTN. Lots of ideas to take away - and many applications for the proposed methods (Liao 2021, 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘚𝘤𝘪).
#LifeCourse #Sociology
#LifeCourse #Sociology
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Acquiring citizenship is often seen as a milestone of integration.
For once because it is assumed to lead to better job prospects. A new study on #Italy challenges this assumption.
Read our #PopDigest led by scholars at @csisunitn.bsky.social
🔗https://tinyurl.com/mxd4rdk
For once because it is assumed to lead to better job prospects. A new study on #Italy challenges this assumption.
Read our #PopDigest led by scholars at @csisunitn.bsky.social
🔗https://tinyurl.com/mxd4rdk
July 31, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Acquiring citizenship is often seen as a milestone of integration.
For once because it is assumed to lead to better job prospects. A new study on #Italy challenges this assumption.
Read our #PopDigest led by scholars at @csisunitn.bsky.social
🔗https://tinyurl.com/mxd4rdk
For once because it is assumed to lead to better job prospects. A new study on #Italy challenges this assumption.
Read our #PopDigest led by scholars at @csisunitn.bsky.social
🔗https://tinyurl.com/mxd4rdk
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Does citizenship-acquisition improve labour market outcomes of immigrant? In the Italian context naturalised immigrants have higher socio-economic attainment and earnings. Yet, this is largely due to positive selection rather than the acquisition of citizenship itself: dx.doi.org/10.1111/imig...
July 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Does citizenship-acquisition improve labour market outcomes of immigrant? In the Italian context naturalised immigrants have higher socio-economic attainment and earnings. Yet, this is largely due to positive selection rather than the acquisition of citizenship itself: dx.doi.org/10.1111/imig...
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Our article on parental union dissolution and children’s emotional and behavioral problems appears in the most recent issue of @sfjournal.bsky.social. We find a longterm increase in SDQ score following parental union dissolution [1/2]
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July 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Our article on parental union dissolution and children’s emotional and behavioral problems appears in the most recent issue of @sfjournal.bsky.social. We find a longterm increase in SDQ score following parental union dissolution [1/2]
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🚨New paper out🚨
First evidence on the returns of citizenship acquisition in Italy
🔎 Naturalized do better, but not because of naturalization
🔗 OA in IOM doi.org/10.1111/imig...
w/ @filippogch.bsky.social @rafgrotti.bsky.social @stefanischerer.bsky.social @zamberlanna.bsky.social
#MigCitSky
First evidence on the returns of citizenship acquisition in Italy
🔎 Naturalized do better, but not because of naturalization
🔗 OA in IOM doi.org/10.1111/imig...
w/ @filippogch.bsky.social @rafgrotti.bsky.social @stefanischerer.bsky.social @zamberlanna.bsky.social
#MigCitSky
July 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🚨New paper out🚨
First evidence on the returns of citizenship acquisition in Italy
🔎 Naturalized do better, but not because of naturalization
🔗 OA in IOM doi.org/10.1111/imig...
w/ @filippogch.bsky.social @rafgrotti.bsky.social @stefanischerer.bsky.social @zamberlanna.bsky.social
#MigCitSky
First evidence on the returns of citizenship acquisition in Italy
🔎 Naturalized do better, but not because of naturalization
🔗 OA in IOM doi.org/10.1111/imig...
w/ @filippogch.bsky.social @rafgrotti.bsky.social @stefanischerer.bsky.social @zamberlanna.bsky.social
#MigCitSky
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Now appearing in the most recent volume of @sfjournal.bsky.social, my paper with the beyond outstanding @filippogch.bsky.social on how family background shapes exposure to income volatility across the life course in 🇺🇸, 🇩🇪, and 🇩🇰!
@erc.europa.eu #sociology
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@erc.europa.eu #sociology
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Family background and life cycle earnings volatility: evidence from brother correlations in Denmark, Germany, and the United States
Abstract. While stratification scholars have extensively examined intergenerational associations in lifetime income, they have mostly disregarded how famil
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July 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Now appearing in the most recent volume of @sfjournal.bsky.social, my paper with the beyond outstanding @filippogch.bsky.social on how family background shapes exposure to income volatility across the life course in 🇺🇸, 🇩🇪, and 🇩🇰!
@erc.europa.eu #sociology
academic.oup.com/sf/article/1...
@erc.europa.eu #sociology
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Our WP on #poverty persistence in early childhood among immigrants, comparing Finland and Sweden.
With @rafgrotti.bsky.social and others.
One interesting sidenote: greater number of immigrants in SE might be behind higher child poverty levels compared to FI.
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With @rafgrotti.bsky.social and others.
One interesting sidenote: greater number of immigrants in SE might be behind higher child poverty levels compared to FI.
su.figshare.com/articles/pre...
Poverty dynamics in early childhood among the children of immigrants in Sweden and Finland
This brief report delves into the poverty frequency and persistence of second-generation (G2) children in Sweden and Finland, comparing them with their peers from the majority population. These are un...
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June 13, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Our WP on #poverty persistence in early childhood among immigrants, comparing Finland and Sweden.
With @rafgrotti.bsky.social and others.
One interesting sidenote: greater number of immigrants in SE might be behind higher child poverty levels compared to FI.
su.figshare.com/articles/pre...
With @rafgrotti.bsky.social and others.
One interesting sidenote: greater number of immigrants in SE might be behind higher child poverty levels compared to FI.
su.figshare.com/articles/pre...
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The 6th TN-Square is coming! 🏔️
This edition we are discussing employment, mobility trajectories and social inequality and we
couldn’t be more excited. ✨
Submit your application by August 25th and spread the news!
For more spoilers, check our website:
event.unitn.it/tn-square/
#TNSquare25
This edition we are discussing employment, mobility trajectories and social inequality and we
couldn’t be more excited. ✨
Submit your application by August 25th and spread the news!
For more spoilers, check our website:
event.unitn.it/tn-square/
#TNSquare25
TN-Square 6th Edition, Trento School of Applied Quantitative Research, 22-24 October 2025, Trento
Employment and Mobility over the life course in changing societies
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June 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The 6th TN-Square is coming! 🏔️
This edition we are discussing employment, mobility trajectories and social inequality and we
couldn’t be more excited. ✨
Submit your application by August 25th and spread the news!
For more spoilers, check our website:
event.unitn.it/tn-square/
#TNSquare25
This edition we are discussing employment, mobility trajectories and social inequality and we
couldn’t be more excited. ✨
Submit your application by August 25th and spread the news!
For more spoilers, check our website:
event.unitn.it/tn-square/
#TNSquare25
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As we like to say - the CSIS delegation never stops! ✨
Today our @irenemichelin.bsky.social presented her work (w/ @rafgrotti.bsky.social & P. Barbieri) on the role of unemployment for wage mobility among overeducated workers in 🇩🇪 and 🇬🇧 at the CAREER Workshop in Amsterdam.
Keep an eye on it!
Today our @irenemichelin.bsky.social presented her work (w/ @rafgrotti.bsky.social & P. Barbieri) on the role of unemployment for wage mobility among overeducated workers in 🇩🇪 and 🇬🇧 at the CAREER Workshop in Amsterdam.
Keep an eye on it!
May 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
As we like to say - the CSIS delegation never stops! ✨
Today our @irenemichelin.bsky.social presented her work (w/ @rafgrotti.bsky.social & P. Barbieri) on the role of unemployment for wage mobility among overeducated workers in 🇩🇪 and 🇬🇧 at the CAREER Workshop in Amsterdam.
Keep an eye on it!
Today our @irenemichelin.bsky.social presented her work (w/ @rafgrotti.bsky.social & P. Barbieri) on the role of unemployment for wage mobility among overeducated workers in 🇩🇪 and 🇬🇧 at the CAREER Workshop in Amsterdam.
Keep an eye on it!
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Busy week ahead! ✨
Alongside our Brown Bag Seminars, some of our members will join the Trento Economic Festival engage in activities outside the academic walls.
Alongside our Brown Bag Seminars, some of our members will join the Trento Economic Festival engage in activities outside the academic walls.
May 19, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Busy week ahead! ✨
Alongside our Brown Bag Seminars, some of our members will join the Trento Economic Festival engage in activities outside the academic walls.
Alongside our Brown Bag Seminars, some of our members will join the Trento Economic Festival engage in activities outside the academic walls.
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✨ Call for papers! ✨
Our @lucapiccoli.bsky.social is organising (w/ colleagues) a 2-days workshop on socio-emotional skills and education in September (11th-12th).
If you would like to partecipate, don't hesitate to candidate sending your work by June 6th (deadline).
You don't want to miss it!
Our @lucapiccoli.bsky.social is organising (w/ colleagues) a 2-days workshop on socio-emotional skills and education in September (11th-12th).
If you would like to partecipate, don't hesitate to candidate sending your work by June 6th (deadline).
You don't want to miss it!
May 14, 2025 at 7:41 AM
✨ Call for papers! ✨
Our @lucapiccoli.bsky.social is organising (w/ colleagues) a 2-days workshop on socio-emotional skills and education in September (11th-12th).
If you would like to partecipate, don't hesitate to candidate sending your work by June 6th (deadline).
You don't want to miss it!
Our @lucapiccoli.bsky.social is organising (w/ colleagues) a 2-days workshop on socio-emotional skills and education in September (11th-12th).
If you would like to partecipate, don't hesitate to candidate sending your work by June 6th (deadline).
You don't want to miss it!
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Day 1 of the Age-Period-Cohort Workshop - organised by our @rafgrotti.bsky.social - is a wrap! ✨
Key takeaway: the APC identification problem may be an unsolvable puzzle, but there are some tricks to get around it.
Thanks to @juhoharkonen.bsky.social & J. van Leeuwen for sharing their expertise!
Key takeaway: the APC identification problem may be an unsolvable puzzle, but there are some tricks to get around it.
Thanks to @juhoharkonen.bsky.social & J. van Leeuwen for sharing their expertise!
May 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Day 1 of the Age-Period-Cohort Workshop - organised by our @rafgrotti.bsky.social - is a wrap! ✨
Key takeaway: the APC identification problem may be an unsolvable puzzle, but there are some tricks to get around it.
Thanks to @juhoharkonen.bsky.social & J. van Leeuwen for sharing their expertise!
Key takeaway: the APC identification problem may be an unsolvable puzzle, but there are some tricks to get around it.
Thanks to @juhoharkonen.bsky.social & J. van Leeuwen for sharing their expertise!
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Time for a late evening read! 📰
Today’s recommendation is a reflection from our P. Barbieri on the Trentino economy: what could be improved and why it so important to innovate it.
Lots of food for thought!
🇮🇹 only:
unitrento.telpress.it/news/2025/04...
Today’s recommendation is a reflection from our P. Barbieri on the Trentino economy: what could be improved and why it so important to innovate it.
Lots of food for thought!
🇮🇹 only:
unitrento.telpress.it/news/2025/04...
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April 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Time for a late evening read! 📰
Today’s recommendation is a reflection from our P. Barbieri on the Trentino economy: what could be improved and why it so important to innovate it.
Lots of food for thought!
🇮🇹 only:
unitrento.telpress.it/news/2025/04...
Today’s recommendation is a reflection from our P. Barbieri on the Trentino economy: what could be improved and why it so important to innovate it.
Lots of food for thought!
🇮🇹 only:
unitrento.telpress.it/news/2025/04...
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Hey postdocs, here’s an opportunity to develop your research plan with us - and eventually relocate to Turku with your own grant!
📢 Planning to apply for a MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025? We offer a fully funded short-term visit to co-develop your MSCA proposal with top researchers in social & behavioral sciences at the INVEST Research Flagship in @utu.fi.
Read more & apply by 18 May👉
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting...
Read more & apply by 18 May👉
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Call for MSCA PF Candidates for INVEST Research Flagship of Inequalities, Interventions and New Welfare State (HORIZON-MSCA-2025-PF-01-01)
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April 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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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New pub (w/ @fabriberna.bsky.social) highlighting how family socioeconomic background plays a key role in shaping genetic associations: advantaged families both compensate for and amplify their children’s genetic propensities for education
doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103174
👇🧵
doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103174
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Our paper with @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social is now out at SSR!
Have a look if you are interested in social stratification and/or sociogenomics
Below are the main findings and contributions 1/6
doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
Have a look if you are interested in social stratification and/or sociogenomics
Below are the main findings and contributions 1/6
doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
April 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
New pub (w/ @fabriberna.bsky.social) highlighting how family socioeconomic background plays a key role in shaping genetic associations: advantaged families both compensate for and amplify their children’s genetic propensities for education
doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103174
👇🧵
doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103174
👇🧵
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Our junior members are growing! ✨
Check out @beatricecaniglia.bsky.social (w/ @zamberlanna.bsky.social & P. Barbieri) paper on the gendered role of occupational characteristics for lifelong singlehood in 🇮🇹 !
Check out @beatricecaniglia.bsky.social (w/ @zamberlanna.bsky.social & P. Barbieri) paper on the gendered role of occupational characteristics for lifelong singlehood in 🇮🇹 !
My first paper is out! ✨
This work has been with me throughout my master and marked many “first” in my academic journey.
A special thanks to my co-authors @zamberlanna.bsky.social & P. Barbieri. It has been a great work team!
Enjoy the reading! 📑
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KXBXY...
This work has been with me throughout my master and marked many “first” in my academic journey.
A special thanks to my co-authors @zamberlanna.bsky.social & P. Barbieri. It has been a great work team!
Enjoy the reading! 📑
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KXBXY...
The gendered role of occupational characteristics in lifelong singlehood across Italian birth cohorts
While concerns have been raised about declining marriage and fertility rates and increasing union dissolution, less attention has been paid to individuals remaining single. We ask whether individua...
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February 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Our junior members are growing! ✨
Check out @beatricecaniglia.bsky.social (w/ @zamberlanna.bsky.social & P. Barbieri) paper on the gendered role of occupational characteristics for lifelong singlehood in 🇮🇹 !
Check out @beatricecaniglia.bsky.social (w/ @zamberlanna.bsky.social & P. Barbieri) paper on the gendered role of occupational characteristics for lifelong singlehood in 🇮🇹 !
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Round 2 of this week Brown Bag Seminar (#BBS) is a wrap! 🏔️
Today, it was @pfallesen.bsky.social turn to share his expertise and insightful contribution on research on the effect of divorce on children.
We are left with one question: What are the counterfactuals? 💡
#BBS
Today, it was @pfallesen.bsky.social turn to share his expertise and insightful contribution on research on the effect of divorce on children.
We are left with one question: What are the counterfactuals? 💡
#BBS
February 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Round 2 of this week Brown Bag Seminar (#BBS) is a wrap! 🏔️
Today, it was @pfallesen.bsky.social turn to share his expertise and insightful contribution on research on the effect of divorce on children.
We are left with one question: What are the counterfactuals? 💡
#BBS
Today, it was @pfallesen.bsky.social turn to share his expertise and insightful contribution on research on the effect of divorce on children.
We are left with one question: What are the counterfactuals? 💡
#BBS
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#Published: "Parental social class and home-leaving in Italy: A changing landscape with persistent inequalities" by @elibrini.bsky.social, @gcorti.bsky.social, @francemente.bsky.social & @alderotti.bsky.social (doi.org/10.20377/jfr...). #JFR #JFamRes #openaccess #OpenScience #sociology #demography
February 19, 2025 at 6:34 AM
#Published: "Parental social class and home-leaving in Italy: A changing landscape with persistent inequalities" by @elibrini.bsky.social, @gcorti.bsky.social, @francemente.bsky.social & @alderotti.bsky.social (doi.org/10.20377/jfr...). #JFR #JFamRes #openaccess #OpenScience #sociology #demography
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New week, new Brown Bag Seminar! 🏔️
Kicking off our first #BBS session of the week, we had the pleasure of hosting @helenkowalewska.bsky.social ska.bsy.social and learning about the challenges women 50+ face when re-entering the workforce in the 🇬🇧.
Kicking off our first #BBS session of the week, we had the pleasure of hosting @helenkowalewska.bsky.social ska.bsy.social and learning about the challenges women 50+ face when re-entering the workforce in the 🇬🇧.
February 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
New week, new Brown Bag Seminar! 🏔️
Kicking off our first #BBS session of the week, we had the pleasure of hosting @helenkowalewska.bsky.social ska.bsy.social and learning about the challenges women 50+ face when re-entering the workforce in the 🇬🇧.
Kicking off our first #BBS session of the week, we had the pleasure of hosting @helenkowalewska.bsky.social ska.bsy.social and learning about the challenges women 50+ face when re-entering the workforce in the 🇬🇧.
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1/ 🚸 *Does grandparental involvement boost school grades?* Our new study (with @valeriabordone.bsky.social) explores whether grandchild care, financial support or contact impact grandchildren's school performance. Let's unpack the findings🧵👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The effect of grandparental involvement on grandchildren's school grades: Heterogeneity by the extended family characteristics
As the early years are crucial for individuals' lifelong socioeconomic success, extensive research has examined the impact of non-maternal childcare o…
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February 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
1/ 🚸 *Does grandparental involvement boost school grades?* Our new study (with @valeriabordone.bsky.social) explores whether grandchild care, financial support or contact impact grandchildren's school performance. Let's unpack the findings🧵👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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📈Poverty today in many OECD countries is higher than in the 1980s - but what would it be without demographic 🏘️changes? Find out in this paper with Richard Breen and Brian Nolan, just out in the Journal of European Social Policy. Spoiler: possibly even higher!
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January 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
📈Poverty today in many OECD countries is higher than in the 1980s - but what would it be without demographic 🏘️changes? Find out in this paper with Richard Breen and Brian Nolan, just out in the Journal of European Social Policy. Spoiler: possibly even higher!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Do family background shape exposure to life cycle earnings volatility? With the beyond outstanding @filippogch.bsky.social, I have paper forthcoming in Social Forces that addresses this question with brother correlations in volatility exposure in Denmark, Germany, and the U.S.
#sociology
#sociology
January 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Do family background shape exposure to life cycle earnings volatility? With the beyond outstanding @filippogch.bsky.social, I have paper forthcoming in Social Forces that addresses this question with brother correlations in volatility exposure in Denmark, Germany, and the U.S.
#sociology
#sociology
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Paper rejections enter the quantum revolutions age: our first rejected paper for 2025 (44 mins past midnight) may have been the last paper to be rejected by the journal in 2024.
January 1, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Paper rejections enter the quantum revolutions age: our first rejected paper for 2025 (44 mins past midnight) may have been the last paper to be rejected by the journal in 2024.