Angela Li
@angelamli.bsky.social
Spatial inequality, housing, education, and quantitative social science | Sociology and Social Policy PhD @ Princeton + Office of Population Research
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Angela Li
@angelamli.bsky.social
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π 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.
π©π»βπ» Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...
π©π»βπ» Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...
Also, feel free to reach out to me at angelamli [at] princeton [dot] edu if you'd like a copy of the paper for review and can't access it at the link above!
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Also, feel free to reach out to me at angelamli [at] princeton [dot] edu if you'd like a copy of the paper for review and can't access it at the link above!
π 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.
π©π»βπ» Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...
π©π»βπ» Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
π 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.
π©π»βπ» Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...
π©π»βπ» Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...
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π We used the results to make an interactive web map that allows people to look up how the property wealth in their own metro area (or any other) is fragmented across different local municipalities. This tool visualizes tax base fragmentation across the USβcheck it out: www.taxbasefragmentation.net
Tax Base Fragmentation | Discover Fiscal Insights β Explore Now
Explore data on tax base fragmentation and fiscal capacity across municipalities with interactive maps and analysis tools.
www.taxbasefragmentation.net
November 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
π We used the results to make an interactive web map that allows people to look up how the property wealth in their own metro area (or any other) is fragmented across different local municipalities. This tool visualizes tax base fragmentation across the USβcheck it out: www.taxbasefragmentation.net
Reposted by Angela Li
π¨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro areaβcreating disparities in localitiesβ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
π¨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro areaβcreating disparities in localitiesβ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
Reposted by Angela Li
What are Americansβ perceptions of immigrantsβ politics? How do beliefs about whether newcomers are future allies or adversaries shape immigration attitudes? A new #AJS article shows that perceived partisan (mis)alignment powerfully informs US public opinion on immigration.
Red and Blue Immigrants: Political (Mis)Alignment, Immigration Attitudes, and the Boundaries of American National Inclusion | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 0, No ja
www.journals.uchicago.edu
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
What are Americansβ perceptions of immigrantsβ politics? How do beliefs about whether newcomers are future allies or adversaries shape immigration attitudes? A new #AJS article shows that perceived partisan (mis)alignment powerfully informs US public opinion on immigration.
Reposted by Angela Li
Very cool article about how our fragmentation of local tax bases allows some suburbs to effectively act as tax havens at the expense of central metro areas.
(The link preview is bad, but it's:
Tax base fragmentation as a dimension of metropolitan inequality
by Manduca, Highsmith, & Waggoner)
(The link preview is bad, but it's:
Tax base fragmentation as a dimension of metropolitan inequality
by Manduca, Highsmith, & Waggoner)
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November 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Very cool article about how our fragmentation of local tax bases allows some suburbs to effectively act as tax havens at the expense of central metro areas.
(The link preview is bad, but it's:
Tax base fragmentation as a dimension of metropolitan inequality
by Manduca, Highsmith, & Waggoner)
(The link preview is bad, but it's:
Tax base fragmentation as a dimension of metropolitan inequality
by Manduca, Highsmith, & Waggoner)
Reposted by Angela Li
I'm facilitating a causal inference reading group next semester for Sociology PhD students. (I will also be learning!) If there are (1) pedagogical articles or (2) empirical examples in soc that you β€οΈ, will you share in the comments? [And please RT to help me crowd-source!]
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I'm facilitating a causal inference reading group next semester for Sociology PhD students. (I will also be learning!) If there are (1) pedagogical articles or (2) empirical examples in soc that you β€οΈ, will you share in the comments? [And please RT to help me crowd-source!]
- Sharkey 2010: efft of violence on kids' test scores pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20547862/
- Zang et al. 2023: efft of older sibling on younger sibling's academic outcomes pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
- @tomdee.bsky.social 2024: efft of imm raids on absenteeism edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1202
- Zang et al. 2023: efft of older sibling on younger sibling's academic outcomes pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
- @tomdee.bsky.social 2024: efft of imm raids on absenteeism edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1202
Recent Immigration Raids Increased Student Absences
Local immigration raids expanded dramatically across the U.S. during the first two months of 2025. Anecdotal accounts suggest that these raids increased student absences from schools because parents f...
edworkingpapers.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
- Sharkey 2010: efft of violence on kids' test scores pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20547862/
- Zang et al. 2023: efft of older sibling on younger sibling's academic outcomes pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
- @tomdee.bsky.social 2024: efft of imm raids on absenteeism edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1202
- Zang et al. 2023: efft of older sibling on younger sibling's academic outcomes pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
- @tomdee.bsky.social 2024: efft of imm raids on absenteeism edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1202
In my experience, excellent applied examples of causal inference in Soc tend to have 1) a *real* shock/change/cutoff in the world (ie. violence, program cutoffs, sudden change in policy) 2) a robust data infrastructure to identify effects. Some examples (mostly w/ed outcomes) below...
November 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
In my experience, excellent applied examples of causal inference in Soc tend to have 1) a *real* shock/change/cutoff in the world (ie. violence, program cutoffs, sudden change in policy) 2) a robust data infrastructure to identify effects. Some examples (mostly w/ed outcomes) below...
Reposted by Angela Li
Ever stared at a table of regression coefficients & wondered what you're doing with your life?
Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social)
Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...
Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social)
Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...
August 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Ever stared at a table of regression coefficients & wondered what you're doing with your life?
Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social)
Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...
Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social)
Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...
Reposted by Angela Li
Excellent new work on the ways that harsh immigration policy affects kids. In a paper last year colleagues and I found evidence for the specific mechanism Tom hypothesizes: fear. This makes me so sad for our kids. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
November 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Excellent new work on the ways that harsh immigration policy affects kids. In a paper last year colleagues and I found evidence for the specific mechanism Tom hypothesizes: fear. This makes me so sad for our kids. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reposted by Angela Li
In the early 1980s, the typical household with an elderly householder had a net wealth similar to the national average. Now it's about 55% greater than the average. Meanwhile, young households now have substantially less comparative wealth than they had back then.
www.nber.org/papers/w34131
www.nber.org/papers/w34131
November 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
In the early 1980s, the typical household with an elderly householder had a net wealth similar to the national average. Now it's about 55% greater than the average. Meanwhile, young households now have substantially less comparative wealth than they had back then.
www.nber.org/papers/w34131
www.nber.org/papers/w34131
Reposted by Angela Li
One thing Doug Massey knows? Social inequality is firmly grounded in geographic inequality. π
Check out his new essay for @contexts.org β‘οΈ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Check out his new essay for @contexts.org β‘οΈ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
One thing Doug Massey knows? Social inequality is firmly grounded in geographic inequality. π
Check out his new essay for @contexts.org β‘οΈ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Check out his new essay for @contexts.org β‘οΈ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reposted by Angela Li
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
October 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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
Reposted by Angela Li
Next RC28 Spring Meeting will be 20-22 May inΒ Seville.
Submissions until 10 Dec here: eventos.upo.es/137585/detai...
If you're wondering if this is your conference, have a look at what we publish in our journal Research in Social Stratification and Mobility: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/rese...
Submissions until 10 Dec here: eventos.upo.es/137585/detai...
If you're wondering if this is your conference, have a look at what we publish in our journal Research in Social Stratification and Mobility: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/rese...
The Conference
Addressing Social Inequalities in the Global North and South On behalf of the Organising Committee, it is an honour to welcome you to the RC28 Spring Meeting 2026. This academic meeting is proposed a...
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October 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Next RC28 Spring Meeting will be 20-22 May inΒ Seville.
Submissions until 10 Dec here: eventos.upo.es/137585/detai...
If you're wondering if this is your conference, have a look at what we publish in our journal Research in Social Stratification and Mobility: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/rese...
Submissions until 10 Dec here: eventos.upo.es/137585/detai...
If you're wondering if this is your conference, have a look at what we publish in our journal Research in Social Stratification and Mobility: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/rese...
Reposted by Angela Li
Excited to announce that our @stone-lis.bsky.social Seminar Series starts its new iteration soon. You can join in person or online on Wednesdays 10.00 am EST, biweekly! The programme: stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/programs/mul...
We will first convene on Wednesday!
We will first convene on Wednesday!
September 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Excited to announce that our @stone-lis.bsky.social Seminar Series starts its new iteration soon. You can join in person or online on Wednesdays 10.00 am EST, biweekly! The programme: stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/programs/mul...
We will first convene on Wednesday!
We will first convene on Wednesday!
Reposted by Angela Li
The WWII GI Bill made millions of veterans homeowners, but it also increased Black-White gaps in homeownership and wealth. Results demonstrate how historic policies not only exacerbated past inequalities but also how these inequalities have persisted and intensified into the present.
University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent
www.journals.uchicago.edu
August 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The WWII GI Bill made millions of veterans homeowners, but it also increased Black-White gaps in homeownership and wealth. Results demonstrate how historic policies not only exacerbated past inequalities but also how these inequalities have persisted and intensified into the present.
So great to see this in print!
September 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
So great to see this in print!
Reposted by Angela Li
As Chicagoβs gangs have weakened, itβs become easier for members to leave their groups but harder to avoid violence. My research in Criminology reveals why.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Weaker the gang, harder the exit
This study draws on 95 interviews and observations with gang-affiliated individuals in Chicago to examine how gang structures shape disengagement and desistance from crime. During the last two decade...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
As Chicagoβs gangs have weakened, itβs become easier for members to leave their groups but harder to avoid violence. My research in Criminology reveals why.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Angela Li
πΆ Average age at first birth hit 27.5 in 2023 β the highest ever. By education: 21 yrs (doi.org/10.25035/ncf...
September 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
πΆ Average age at first birth hit 27.5 in 2023 β the highest ever. By education: 21 yrs (doi.org/10.25035/ncf...
Reposted by Angela Li
Cool data alert!
A visitor-enriched census in the U.S. cities using large-scale mobile positioning data - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - A visitor-enriched census in the U.S. cities using large-scale mobile positioning data
www.doi.org
September 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Cool data alert!
Reposted by Angela Li
π¨ Job! π¨
Brown Sociology & the Watson School of International & Public Affairs are hiring a TT assistant professor whose research focuses on social policy (broadly conceived).
Apply by 9/15: apply.interfolio.com/172655
Happy to chat about life at Brown, etc!
Brown Sociology & the Watson School of International & Public Affairs are hiring a TT assistant professor whose research focuses on social policy (broadly conceived).
Apply by 9/15: apply.interfolio.com/172655
Happy to chat about life at Brown, etc!
Apply - Interfolio
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September 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
π¨ Job! π¨
Brown Sociology & the Watson School of International & Public Affairs are hiring a TT assistant professor whose research focuses on social policy (broadly conceived).
Apply by 9/15: apply.interfolio.com/172655
Happy to chat about life at Brown, etc!
Brown Sociology & the Watson School of International & Public Affairs are hiring a TT assistant professor whose research focuses on social policy (broadly conceived).
Apply by 9/15: apply.interfolio.com/172655
Happy to chat about life at Brown, etc!
Reposted by Angela Li
This paper from @tomlyttelton.bsky.social and @natewilmers.bsky.social is amazing. It shows that removing educational requirements can have big impacts for workers...except that employers don't really hire those workers below the normal education level anyway.
Are decredentialed jobs a route to upward mobility? Prominent employers, from Microsoft to the State of Maryland, are increasingly dropping college degree requirements when hiring. Does this provide upward mobility for workers without a college degree? Matching job postings to h
#sociology link
#sociology link
September 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This paper from @tomlyttelton.bsky.social and @natewilmers.bsky.social is amazing. It shows that removing educational requirements can have big impacts for workers...except that employers don't really hire those workers below the normal education level anyway.
Reposted by Angela Li
Need central AC data for US neighborhoods?
Using methods Carina Gronlund & Veronica Berrocal developed (π doi.org/10.1038/s413...), @umnanda.bsky.social predicted central AC access across census tracts.
π doi.org/10.3886/E237...
@icpsr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social
Using methods Carina Gronlund & Veronica Berrocal developed (π doi.org/10.1038/s413...), @umnanda.bsky.social predicted central AC access across census tracts.
π doi.org/10.3886/E237...
@icpsr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Need central AC data for US neighborhoods?
Using methods Carina Gronlund & Veronica Berrocal developed (π doi.org/10.1038/s413...), @umnanda.bsky.social predicted central AC access across census tracts.
π doi.org/10.3886/E237...
@icpsr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social
Using methods Carina Gronlund & Veronica Berrocal developed (π doi.org/10.1038/s413...), @umnanda.bsky.social predicted central AC access across census tracts.
π doi.org/10.3886/E237...
@icpsr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social