Per Engzell
@pengzell.bsky.social
Interested in how the rich stay rich and the poor poor. Sociologist at @sriucl.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk. He/him/his. http://perengzell.com Photo bomber @simoneschneider.bsky.social
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They don’t tell you this on the Life in the UK Test, but the most British trait is quiet resignation to bad outcomes.
Just generally my default assumption upon learning that something new is gonna happen in Britain is that it'll be a little bit crap. I don't think that's inevitable or something, I don't get that impression in other countries, especially not ones as wealthy as the UK. Things here just always rubbish
November 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
They don’t tell you this on the Life in the UK Test, but the most British trait is quiet resignation to bad outcomes.
Unionised firms in developing countries show higher productivity and wages, especially so in poorer places.
Unions in Developing Countries: BRYSON, Alex; TANAKA, Mari
NEP/RePEc link
to paper
d.repec.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Unionised firms in developing countries show higher productivity and wages, especially so in poorer places.
Hard to explain to non-Brits, but yes, people are genuinely emotional about a tube extension. Makes sense once you realise it's the only good thing to happen in ten years
The Elizabeth Line in London is interesting because it is concrete proof that it is actually possible for the state in the UK to do something good, like just straightforwardly it's a useful addition to our public transport infrastructure that works well and looks nice. So why are most things crap?
November 11, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Hard to explain to non-Brits, but yes, people are genuinely emotional about a tube extension. Makes sense once you realise it's the only good thing to happen in ten years
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it's so bad. but it also seems to really illustrate that the people well-suited to climb to the tops of existing systems aren't the ones who are best-suited to recognize the need for and conceive of new ones.
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
it's so bad. but it also seems to really illustrate that the people well-suited to climb to the tops of existing systems aren't the ones who are best-suited to recognize the need for and conceive of new ones.
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Philosophers are basically the op-ed section of academia. Take that as you will.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Philosophers are basically the op-ed section of academia. Take that as you will.
A win for economics (who predicted this), a loss for Britain
New @nberpubs: "The Economic Impact of Brexit" www.nber.org/papers/w34459
"by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time." 😲
"by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time." 😲
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A win for economics (who predicted this), a loss for Britain
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It's your last chance to register for our Demography and Population at LSE Showcase👭
Hear about PhD journeys, research & funding from Pop@LSE at our showcase
📆 18 Nov @ 6.30 - 8.00pm
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Hear about PhD journeys, research & funding from Pop@LSE at our showcase
📆 18 Nov @ 6.30 - 8.00pm
👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lse-phd-in...
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It's your last chance to register for our Demography and Population at LSE Showcase👭
Hear about PhD journeys, research & funding from Pop@LSE at our showcase
📆 18 Nov @ 6.30 - 8.00pm
👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lse-phd-in...
Hear about PhD journeys, research & funding from Pop@LSE at our showcase
📆 18 Nov @ 6.30 - 8.00pm
👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lse-phd-in...
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The ideal of major revision is: this paper is not yet worthy of publication, but with a revision it would be.
What many major revisions actually are: this paper is publishable, but I would prefer it to be different, so I'll demand they do that.
What many major revisions actually are: this paper is publishable, but I would prefer it to be different, so I'll demand they do that.
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The ideal of major revision is: this paper is not yet worthy of publication, but with a revision it would be.
What many major revisions actually are: this paper is publishable, but I would prefer it to be different, so I'll demand they do that.
What many major revisions actually are: this paper is publishable, but I would prefer it to be different, so I'll demand they do that.
Pleased to be in Fiesole today to present at the EUI. Great workshop integrating intergenerational mobility research from sociology and econ
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Pleased to be in Fiesole today to present at the EUI. Great workshop integrating intergenerational mobility research from sociology and econ
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People playing music without headphones on the train got me reflecting on Hobbes and Rousseau and the nature of Society and such things
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 AM
People playing music without headphones on the train got me reflecting on Hobbes and Rousseau and the nature of Society and such things
How did the MacOS file search bar become unusable? Any way I can revert back to what it was?
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 AM
How did the MacOS file search bar become unusable? Any way I can revert back to what it was?
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In passport line in Prague remembering my best experience in US:
Agent: why are you here?
I’m a Professor, giving a talk.
What’s you subject?
Political Philosophy.
My favourite!!
Really??
No. I say that to all the Professors.
Agent: why are you here?
I’m a Professor, giving a talk.
What’s you subject?
Political Philosophy.
My favourite!!
Really??
No. I say that to all the Professors.
November 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
In passport line in Prague remembering my best experience in US:
Agent: why are you here?
I’m a Professor, giving a talk.
What’s you subject?
Political Philosophy.
My favourite!!
Really??
No. I say that to all the Professors.
Agent: why are you here?
I’m a Professor, giving a talk.
What’s you subject?
Political Philosophy.
My favourite!!
Really??
No. I say that to all the Professors.
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The history of social psychology in a nutshell.
Unintentional poetry from the lab notebooks of Millikan, Nobel Prize in Physics 1923
November 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The history of social psychology in a nutshell.
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If you plan to use this data set, I hope you'll be accounting for spatial autocorrelation.
This will spark some great papers: an open digital dataset of roads in the Roman Empire
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Google Maps’ for Roman roads reveals vast extent of ancient network
A high-resolution digital map nearly doubles the known length of the ancient road network.
www.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
If you plan to use this data set, I hope you'll be accounting for spatial autocorrelation.
This will spark some great papers: an open digital dataset of roads in the Roman Empire
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Google Maps’ for Roman roads reveals vast extent of ancient network
A high-resolution digital map nearly doubles the known length of the ancient road network.
www.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This will spark some great papers: an open digital dataset of roads in the Roman Empire
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Unintentional poetry from the lab notebooks of Millikan, Nobel Prize in Physics 1923
November 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Unintentional poetry from the lab notebooks of Millikan, Nobel Prize in Physics 1923
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LAST CALL! #Sociology Professorships in Copenhagen, Denmark!
We're hiring 2+ open-rank profs (Asst/Assoc/Full). Any area.
Deadline: this Saturday, Nov 15!
Join a leading European sociology department. Please repost!
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
We're hiring 2+ open-rank profs (Asst/Assoc/Full). Any area.
Deadline: this Saturday, Nov 15!
Join a leading European sociology department. Please repost!
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Call for two or more open-rank academic positions in Sociology
jobportal.ku.dk
November 9, 2025 at 8:08 AM
LAST CALL! #Sociology Professorships in Copenhagen, Denmark!
We're hiring 2+ open-rank profs (Asst/Assoc/Full). Any area.
Deadline: this Saturday, Nov 15!
Join a leading European sociology department. Please repost!
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
We're hiring 2+ open-rank profs (Asst/Assoc/Full). Any area.
Deadline: this Saturday, Nov 15!
Join a leading European sociology department. Please repost!
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
In Paris to pick up a trophy today! Honoured that the European Academy of Sociology found my article with Carina Mood interesting enough that they gave it their Best Article Prize.
I look forward to a day of presentations and discussions.
And the article is here
doi.org/10.1177/0003...
I look forward to a day of presentations and discussions.
And the article is here
doi.org/10.1177/0003...
November 8, 2025 at 7:24 AM
In Paris to pick up a trophy today! Honoured that the European Academy of Sociology found my article with Carina Mood interesting enough that they gave it their Best Article Prize.
I look forward to a day of presentations and discussions.
And the article is here
doi.org/10.1177/0003...
I look forward to a day of presentations and discussions.
And the article is here
doi.org/10.1177/0003...
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Oops. Ooooooooooooops.
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Oops. Ooooooooooooops.
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
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Again, as much as I want to hate Stata, it just rocks
November 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Again, as much as I want to hate Stata, it just rocks
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An Imbens retrospective on experimental v. non-experimental methods — looks like a must-read www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Comparing Experimental and Nonexperimental Methods: What Lessons Have We Learned Four Decades after LaLonde (1986)?
(Fall 2025) - In 1986, Robert LaLonde published an article comparing nonexperimental estimates to experimental benchmarks (LaLonde 1986). He concluded that the nonexperimental methods at the time coul...
www.aeaweb.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
An Imbens retrospective on experimental v. non-experimental methods — looks like a must-read www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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Job! A vacancy at the @eui-eu.bsky.social for a postdoc joining the @learnineq.bsky.social project, for 13 months, starting mid January. We study inequalities in school careers, and we engage with policy makers. The vacancy is here, please forward. DEADLINE 24 NOVEMBER. www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
November 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Job! A vacancy at the @eui-eu.bsky.social for a postdoc joining the @learnineq.bsky.social project, for 13 months, starting mid January. We study inequalities in school careers, and we engage with policy makers. The vacancy is here, please forward. DEADLINE 24 NOVEMBER. www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
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These are mill papers.
Further reading, @reeserichardson.bsky.social may have more:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
... and hilariously a 'bibliometric' analysis that doesn't mention paper mills:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Further reading, @reeserichardson.bsky.social may have more:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
... and hilariously a 'bibliometric' analysis that doesn't mention paper mills:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The rapid growth in Mendelian randomization studies. Gibran Hemani, Stefan Stender, Frank J. Wolters, Albert Hofman & George Davey Smith. European Journal of Epidemiology. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The rapid growth in Mendelian randomization studies - European Journal of Epidemiology
European Journal of Epidemiology -
link.springer.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
These are mill papers.
Further reading, @reeserichardson.bsky.social may have more:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
... and hilariously a 'bibliometric' analysis that doesn't mention paper mills:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Further reading, @reeserichardson.bsky.social may have more:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
... and hilariously a 'bibliometric' analysis that doesn't mention paper mills:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Not sure this is much better guys!
November 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Not sure this is much better guys!