Alina Schmitz
@alinaschmitz.bsky.social
Sociologist, PostDoc at TU Dortmund
https://sag.sowi.tu-dortmund.de/professur/team/alina-schmitz
Topics: inequalities in health and well-being, lifecourse, ageing, gender, social policy
https://sag.sowi.tu-dortmund.de/professur/team/alina-schmitz
Topics: inequalities in health and well-being, lifecourse, ageing, gender, social policy
How does children’s educational success affect their parents’ well-being?
Joint paper with Rasmus Hoffmann, published in the Special Issue “Sociology of Age and Ageing: Theoretical and Empirical Challenges (Re-)Visited”. link.springer.com/collections/...
Joint paper with Rasmus Hoffmann, published in the Special Issue “Sociology of Age and Ageing: Theoretical and Empirical Challenges (Re-)Visited”. link.springer.com/collections/...
Special Issue: Sociology of Age and Ageing: Theoretical and Empirical Challenges (Re-)Visited
Demographic change and population ageing changes social live significantly. In contemporary societies, age is widely used as a basis for regulating and ...
link.springer.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
How does children’s educational success affect their parents’ well-being?
Joint paper with Rasmus Hoffmann, published in the Special Issue “Sociology of Age and Ageing: Theoretical and Empirical Challenges (Re-)Visited”. link.springer.com/collections/...
Joint paper with Rasmus Hoffmann, published in the Special Issue “Sociology of Age and Ageing: Theoretical and Empirical Challenges (Re-)Visited”. link.springer.com/collections/...
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🚨🚨🚨There was a typo: The deadline for application is November 16, 2025! 🚨🚨🚨
October 16, 2025 at 8:25 AM
🚨🚨🚨There was a typo: The deadline for application is November 16, 2025! 🚨🚨🚨
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📢𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻!📢
We’re now accepting applications for the 𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗹𝗶 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center @wzb.bsky.social
Apply via our online portal:
kohlifoundation.eu/programs-koh...
📆 Deadline 16 November 2025
We’re now accepting applications for the 𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗹𝗶 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center @wzb.bsky.social
Apply via our online portal:
kohlifoundation.eu/programs-koh...
📆 Deadline 16 November 2025
October 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
📢𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻!📢
We’re now accepting applications for the 𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗹𝗶 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center @wzb.bsky.social
Apply via our online portal:
kohlifoundation.eu/programs-koh...
📆 Deadline 16 November 2025
We’re now accepting applications for the 𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗹𝗶 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center @wzb.bsky.social
Apply via our online portal:
kohlifoundation.eu/programs-koh...
📆 Deadline 16 November 2025
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Die AfD Sachsen-Anhalt fragt gezielt nach Listen postkolonialer Seminare und Lehrstühle. Wie die Universitäten beginnen, sich gegen die Angriffe zu wappnen.
AfD hetzt gegen Hochschulen: Angriff auf die Freiheit der Wissenschaft
Die AfD Sachsen-Anhalt fragt gezielt nach Listen postkolonialer Seminare und Lehrstühle. Wie die Universitäten beginnen, sich gegen die Angriffe zu wappnen.
taz.de
October 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Die AfD Sachsen-Anhalt fragt gezielt nach Listen postkolonialer Seminare und Lehrstühle. Wie die Universitäten beginnen, sich gegen die Angriffe zu wappnen.
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Die Bundesregierung hat eine mögliche Streichung des Pflegegrads 1 ins Spiel gebracht. In einer Stellungnahme des DZA erläutern Astrid Lärm und Ulrike Ehrlich, was eine Streichung bedeuten würde: www.dza.de/detailansich...
DZA-Stellungnahme: Die Streichung von Pflegegrad 1 würde vor allem Menschen mit Demenz und ihre pflegenden Angehörige treffen
Stellungnahme des DZA zur Diskussion um die Abschaffung des Pflegegrads 1
www.dza.de
October 1, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Die Bundesregierung hat eine mögliche Streichung des Pflegegrads 1 ins Spiel gebracht. In einer Stellungnahme des DZA erläutern Astrid Lärm und Ulrike Ehrlich, was eine Streichung bedeuten würde: www.dza.de/detailansich...
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We are live!
The SoGreen project website is now online:
🔗 sogreen-project.eu
We invite you to explore, share, and follow along as we build knowledge to support just and evidence-based policies in the green transition in Europe.
@ess-survey.bsky.social @ggp.bsky.social @guide-cohort.bsky.social
The SoGreen project website is now online:
🔗 sogreen-project.eu
We invite you to explore, share, and follow along as we build knowledge to support just and evidence-based policies in the green transition in Europe.
@ess-survey.bsky.social @ggp.bsky.social @guide-cohort.bsky.social
Home • SoGreen
SoGreen is a European research collaboration integrating the four leading longitudinal social science surveys to track how people across Europe experience and respond to climate change. By adding a gr...
sogreen-project.eu
September 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We are live!
The SoGreen project website is now online:
🔗 sogreen-project.eu
We invite you to explore, share, and follow along as we build knowledge to support just and evidence-based policies in the green transition in Europe.
@ess-survey.bsky.social @ggp.bsky.social @guide-cohort.bsky.social
The SoGreen project website is now online:
🔗 sogreen-project.eu
We invite you to explore, share, and follow along as we build knowledge to support just and evidence-based policies in the green transition in Europe.
@ess-survey.bsky.social @ggp.bsky.social @guide-cohort.bsky.social
New publication co-authored with Frank Micheel & Martina Brandt out in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly: Enabling Factors and Barriers to Volunteering (Potentials) in the Second Half of Life: The Role of Gender and Informal Caregiving in Germany
doi.org/10.1177/0899...
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September 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
New publication co-authored with Frank Micheel & Martina Brandt out in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly: Enabling Factors and Barriers to Volunteering (Potentials) in the Second Half of Life: The Role of Gender and Informal Caregiving in Germany
doi.org/10.1177/0899...
doi.org/10.1177/0899...
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W3 Professur für Allgemeine Soziologie an der @tu-dortmund.bsky.social. Bewerbungsschluss ist der 01.10.2025.
#Stellenausschreibung
#Professur
tudberufung.hr4you.org/job/view/731/universitaetsprofessur-w3-allgemeine-soziologie?page_lang=de
#Stellenausschreibung
#Professur
tudberufung.hr4you.org/job/view/731/universitaetsprofessur-w3-allgemeine-soziologie?page_lang=de
Universitätsprofessur (W3) Allgemeine Soziologie
tudberufung.hr4you.org
September 4, 2025 at 6:56 AM
W3 Professur für Allgemeine Soziologie an der @tu-dortmund.bsky.social. Bewerbungsschluss ist der 01.10.2025.
#Stellenausschreibung
#Professur
tudberufung.hr4you.org/job/view/731/universitaetsprofessur-w3-allgemeine-soziologie?page_lang=de
#Stellenausschreibung
#Professur
tudberufung.hr4you.org/job/view/731/universitaetsprofessur-w3-allgemeine-soziologie?page_lang=de
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Eine neue Studie zeigt: Wer eine Schwangerschaft abbrechen möchte, findet oft keine ausreichende medizinische Versorgung und erlebt Stigmatisierung.
Studie zu Schwangerschaftsabbrüchen: Viele Hürden für ungewollt Schwangere
Eine neue Studie zeigt: Wer eine Schwangerschaft abbrechen möchte, findet oft keine ausreichende medizinische Versorgung und erlebt Stigmatisierung.
taz.de
August 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Eine neue Studie zeigt: Wer eine Schwangerschaft abbrechen möchte, findet oft keine ausreichende medizinische Versorgung und erlebt Stigmatisierung.
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Eine häufig gehörte Unterstellung ist, dass sich #Arbeit für Bezieher*innen von #Bürgergeld nicht mehr lohne. Eine neue Studie unseres @wsiinstitut.bsky.social beweist das Gegenteil und liefert Zahlen zu allen 400 deutschen Landkreisen und kreisfreien Städten: www.boeckler.de/de/pressemit...
August 13, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Eine häufig gehörte Unterstellung ist, dass sich #Arbeit für Bezieher*innen von #Bürgergeld nicht mehr lohne. Eine neue Studie unseres @wsiinstitut.bsky.social beweist das Gegenteil und liefert Zahlen zu allen 400 deutschen Landkreisen und kreisfreien Städten: www.boeckler.de/de/pressemit...
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Es ist untragbar, dass die Katholische Kirche die medizinische Grundversorgung gefährdet. Danke an den Gynäkologen Joachim Volz, der dagegen hält und darauf aufmerksam macht, auf welchen grotesken Wegen die Versorgungslage in Deutschland dünner wird. www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...
Katholischer Klinikträger: Chefarzt scheitert mit Klage gegen Abtreibungsverbot
Ein katholischer Krankenhausträger darf die Durchführung von Abtreibungen einschränken. Das hat das Arbeitsgericht in Hamm entschieden. Der klagende Gynäkologe erwägt nun, die nächste Instanz anzurufe...
www.spiegel.de
August 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Es ist untragbar, dass die Katholische Kirche die medizinische Grundversorgung gefährdet. Danke an den Gynäkologen Joachim Volz, der dagegen hält und darauf aufmerksam macht, auf welchen grotesken Wegen die Versorgungslage in Deutschland dünner wird. www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...
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"Man sollte Armut bekämpfen, nicht die Armen". Sehr gutes Interview mit Christoph Butterwege über die absurde Debatte zum Bürgergeld.
www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/v...
www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/v...
Christoph Butterwegge, Politikwissenschaftler, zur Bürgergeld-Debatte
Christoph Butterwegge, Politikwissenschaftler, zur Bürgergeld-Debatte
www.tagesschau.de
August 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"Man sollte Armut bekämpfen, nicht die Armen". Sehr gutes Interview mit Christoph Butterwege über die absurde Debatte zum Bürgergeld.
www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/v...
www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/v...
🚨 New paper out!
Does your parents’ education still shape your income later in life?
I analyzed older workers (50–65) in 8 European countries using SHARE data.
Findings: In conservative welfare regimes, family background still affects income. In social-democratic regimes, no such link was found.
Does your parents’ education still shape your income later in life?
I analyzed older workers (50–65) in 8 European countries using SHARE data.
Findings: In conservative welfare regimes, family background still affects income. In social-democratic regimes, no such link was found.
Parental education and older workers’ income - Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie
Background This study examines whether parental education is related to income among older workers and whether this association varies across welfare regimes. While education is often viewed as a soci...
link.springer.com
July 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
🚨 New paper out!
Does your parents’ education still shape your income later in life?
I analyzed older workers (50–65) in 8 European countries using SHARE data.
Findings: In conservative welfare regimes, family background still affects income. In social-democratic regimes, no such link was found.
Does your parents’ education still shape your income later in life?
I analyzed older workers (50–65) in 8 European countries using SHARE data.
Findings: In conservative welfare regimes, family background still affects income. In social-democratic regimes, no such link was found.
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So…what’s the latest in health research in the US?
Excellent overview from @kkjetelina.bsky.social & @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
Watching this play out, I’ve been too sad to write much myself. I’m grateful to them for continuing to tell what’s happening
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
Excellent overview from @kkjetelina.bsky.social & @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
Watching this play out, I’ve been too sad to write much myself. I’m grateful to them for continuing to tell what’s happening
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
NIH: The quiet engine of science is being dismantled
And what you can do
open.substack.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
So…what’s the latest in health research in the US?
Excellent overview from @kkjetelina.bsky.social & @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
Watching this play out, I’ve been too sad to write much myself. I’m grateful to them for continuing to tell what’s happening
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
Excellent overview from @kkjetelina.bsky.social & @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social
Watching this play out, I’ve been too sad to write much myself. I’m grateful to them for continuing to tell what’s happening
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
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Wir freuen uns über Abstracts für Vortragsvorschläge für unsere gemeinsame Frühjahrstagung „Geschlechter des Sozialen: Dialoge zu Verortungen und Perspektiven soziologischer Theorien“ zusammen mit der DGS-Sektion „Soziologische Theorie“ @theoriesektiondgs.bsky.social
(12.-13.03.2026 im Dortmunder U)
(12.-13.03.2026 im Dortmunder U)
July 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Wir freuen uns über Abstracts für Vortragsvorschläge für unsere gemeinsame Frühjahrstagung „Geschlechter des Sozialen: Dialoge zu Verortungen und Perspektiven soziologischer Theorien“ zusammen mit der DGS-Sektion „Soziologische Theorie“ @theoriesektiondgs.bsky.social
(12.-13.03.2026 im Dortmunder U)
(12.-13.03.2026 im Dortmunder U)
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We are happy to share this recent publication with you that investigates the social integration of people aged 50 years and over: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Introducing the Social Integration Index for Older Europeans: The Role of Gender and Care Regimes - Social Indicators Research
Social Indicators Research - Social integration is a critical factor in health and longevity among older adults, but an instrument for measuring and comparing social integration of older adults...
link.springer.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We are happy to share this recent publication with you that investigates the social integration of people aged 50 years and over: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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#Frauen sind im Alter durchschnittlich weniger sozial integriert – besonders dort, wo viel #Betreuungsarbeit auf ihnen lastet. Das zeigt eine internationale Vergleichsstudie in 21 Ländern unter Beteiligung von Demograph:innen der ÖAW. Mehr dazu ⤵️
www.oeaw.ac.at/news/frauen-...
www.oeaw.ac.at/news/frauen-...
Frauen über 50 in Europa sozial weniger integriert
Eine internationale Vergleichsstudie in 21 Ländern unter Beteiligung von Demograph:innen der ÖAW zeigt: Frauen sind im Alter durchschnittlich weniger sozial integriert – besonders dort, wo viel Betreu...
www.oeaw.ac.at
July 10, 2025 at 6:34 AM
#Frauen sind im Alter durchschnittlich weniger sozial integriert – besonders dort, wo viel #Betreuungsarbeit auf ihnen lastet. Das zeigt eine internationale Vergleichsstudie in 21 Ländern unter Beteiligung von Demograph:innen der ÖAW. Mehr dazu ⤵️
www.oeaw.ac.at/news/frauen-...
www.oeaw.ac.at/news/frauen-...
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🚨4 Postdoctoral Researcher positions in Demography at the Department of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati" of the University of Bologna 🚨
The research activity will focus on contemporary fertility and family dynamics.
Deadline: Tuesday, June 24, 2025
More information:
tinyurl.com/4uu26uxm
The research activity will focus on contemporary fertility and family dynamics.
Deadline: Tuesday, June 24, 2025
More information:
tinyurl.com/4uu26uxm
Procedura di valutazione comparativa per titoli e colloquio per il conferimento di n. 4 contratti di ricerca, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche "Paolo Fortunati" - SSD STAT-03/A - GSD 13/S...
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June 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🚨4 Postdoctoral Researcher positions in Demography at the Department of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati" of the University of Bologna 🚨
The research activity will focus on contemporary fertility and family dynamics.
Deadline: Tuesday, June 24, 2025
More information:
tinyurl.com/4uu26uxm
The research activity will focus on contemporary fertility and family dynamics.
Deadline: Tuesday, June 24, 2025
More information:
tinyurl.com/4uu26uxm
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📄 New publication in @socialindicators.bsky.social introducing a Social Integration Index for older Europeans using #SHAREdata 👇
📑 New publication in Social Indicators Research:
"Introducing the Social Integration Index for Older Europeans: The Role of Gender and Care Regimes"
Social integration plays a vital role in the health and longevity of older adults, yet a comparative European measurement tool has been lacking.
"Introducing the Social Integration Index for Older Europeans: The Role of Gender and Care Regimes"
Social integration plays a vital role in the health and longevity of older adults, yet a comparative European measurement tool has been lacking.
June 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
📄 New publication in @socialindicators.bsky.social introducing a Social Integration Index for older Europeans using #SHAREdata 👇
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📖 New Publication: "Introducing the social integration index for older Europeans: The role of gender and care regimes"! Insights from #MichalLevinsky, @melwagner.bsky.social, @alinaschmitz.bsky.social et al. based on the newly adapted Social Integration Index.
🔗 Read now: tinyurl.com/2kcuvt39
🔗 Read now: tinyurl.com/2kcuvt39
June 18, 2025 at 7:29 AM
📖 New Publication: "Introducing the social integration index for older Europeans: The role of gender and care regimes"! Insights from #MichalLevinsky, @melwagner.bsky.social, @alinaschmitz.bsky.social et al. based on the newly adapted Social Integration Index.
🔗 Read now: tinyurl.com/2kcuvt39
🔗 Read now: tinyurl.com/2kcuvt39
📑 New publication in Social Indicators Research:
"Introducing the Social Integration Index for Older Europeans: The Role of Gender and Care Regimes"
Social integration plays a vital role in the health and longevity of older adults, yet a comparative European measurement tool has been lacking.
"Introducing the Social Integration Index for Older Europeans: The Role of Gender and Care Regimes"
Social integration plays a vital role in the health and longevity of older adults, yet a comparative European measurement tool has been lacking.
June 18, 2025 at 6:57 AM
📑 New publication in Social Indicators Research:
"Introducing the Social Integration Index for Older Europeans: The Role of Gender and Care Regimes"
Social integration plays a vital role in the health and longevity of older adults, yet a comparative European measurement tool has been lacking.
"Introducing the Social Integration Index for Older Europeans: The Role of Gender and Care Regimes"
Social integration plays a vital role in the health and longevity of older adults, yet a comparative European measurement tool has been lacking.
Reposted by Alina Schmitz
Interessiert an Sozialpolitikforschung in Deutschland? Hier ist das Starterpacket 🧚🎁
Für Ergänzungen gerne melden 😊
#Sozialpolitik
Interested in social policy research in Germany? Here is the starter package 🧚🎁
Please let us know if you would like to be added 😊
#socialpolicy
go.bsky.app/TvvhgdD
Für Ergänzungen gerne melden 😊
#Sozialpolitik
Interested in social policy research in Germany? Here is the starter package 🧚🎁
Please let us know if you would like to be added 😊
#socialpolicy
go.bsky.app/TvvhgdD
June 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Interessiert an Sozialpolitikforschung in Deutschland? Hier ist das Starterpacket 🧚🎁
Für Ergänzungen gerne melden 😊
#Sozialpolitik
Interested in social policy research in Germany? Here is the starter package 🧚🎁
Please let us know if you would like to be added 😊
#socialpolicy
go.bsky.app/TvvhgdD
Für Ergänzungen gerne melden 😊
#Sozialpolitik
Interested in social policy research in Germany? Here is the starter package 🧚🎁
Please let us know if you would like to be added 😊
#socialpolicy
go.bsky.app/TvvhgdD
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Kaum zu glauben: #IchBinHanna wird heute 4! 😱🎈🥳🎁🎂 Viel hat sich bewegt seit dem 10.6.2021. Viel gibt es noch zu tun. 1 Sache bleibt aber unverändert: Mit @drkeichhorn.bsky.social, @kubon.bsky.social & Euch allen Wissenschaftspolitik machen ist das allergrößte Geschenk! 3 Wünsche in #ArbeitInDerWiss:
Vier Jahre #IchBinHanna: Ein Geburtstagsgruß mit drei Wünschen
Hanna hat Geburtstag! Was wünschen wir uns -- auch angesichts der aktuellen politischen Lage?
open.substack.com
June 10, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Kaum zu glauben: #IchBinHanna wird heute 4! 😱🎈🥳🎁🎂 Viel hat sich bewegt seit dem 10.6.2021. Viel gibt es noch zu tun. 1 Sache bleibt aber unverändert: Mit @drkeichhorn.bsky.social, @kubon.bsky.social & Euch allen Wissenschaftspolitik machen ist das allergrößte Geschenk! 3 Wünsche in #ArbeitInDerWiss:
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Dear FReDA, pairfam, and GGS Users! 7 days left to send your Abstract for the FReDA User Conference 2025.
Deadline extended❗You can submit abstracts for the FReDA User Conference until June 10.
📅 Conference Date: 20-21 October 2025
🔗 More information: www.freda-panel.de/FReDA/EN/New...
📅 Conference Date: 20-21 October 2025
🔗 More information: www.freda-panel.de/FReDA/EN/New...
FReDA User Conference
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June 3, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Dear FReDA, pairfam, and GGS Users! 7 days left to send your Abstract for the FReDA User Conference 2025.
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Some quick inequality hits at the blog today.
One of them: be skeptical of claims that young cohorts are unusually wealthy. They may actually be unusually living at home and locked out of homeownership.
asocial.substack.com/p/inequality...
One of them: be skeptical of claims that young cohorts are unusually wealthy. They may actually be unusually living at home and locked out of homeownership.
asocial.substack.com/p/inequality...
May 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Some quick inequality hits at the blog today.
One of them: be skeptical of claims that young cohorts are unusually wealthy. They may actually be unusually living at home and locked out of homeownership.
asocial.substack.com/p/inequality...
One of them: be skeptical of claims that young cohorts are unusually wealthy. They may actually be unusually living at home and locked out of homeownership.
asocial.substack.com/p/inequality...