Max Thaning
@thaning.bsky.social
Social stratification and socioeconomic inequality. Lover of yacht rock, disco and parsimonious OLS equations - ideally all at the same time.
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Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
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A widely held view is that the Gini coefficient is not decomposable by subgroups. This paper proposes an axiomatic framework that ensures well-behaved within and between-group terms under which the Gini is decomposable with a novel and unique formula. buff.ly/XdnzG6F
October 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
A widely held view is that the Gini coefficient is not decomposable by subgroups. This paper proposes an axiomatic framework that ensures well-behaved within and between-group terms under which the Gini is decomposable with a novel and unique formula. buff.ly/XdnzG6F
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Big congratulations to @zethis.bsky.social, whose doctoral thesis has now been published! Outstanding work. And it is almost as thick as Tolstoy's War and Peace...
October 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Big congratulations to @zethis.bsky.social, whose doctoral thesis has now been published! Outstanding work. And it is almost as thick as Tolstoy's War and Peace...
Indeed! Thanks to the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, Forte 🙏🏻 w/
@pengzell.bsky.social
@pengzell.bsky.social
Thank you Forte for supporting our project (with @thaning.bsky.social and Emma von Essen) on between-employer pay disparities in Sweden: 5 m SEK that lets us keep doing the work we care about.
Grateful, and mindful of how many great ideas go unfunded in today’s climate.
Grateful, and mindful of how many great ideas go unfunded in today’s climate.
October 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Indeed! Thanks to the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, Forte 🙏🏻 w/
@pengzell.bsky.social
@pengzell.bsky.social
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sorry, not sorry:
October 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
sorry, not sorry:
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Just FYI if you are not familiar with Academia, it is at least 50% this
October 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Just FYI if you are not familiar with Academia, it is at least 50% this
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Something to look forward to 🤩: www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
Causal Mediation Analysis
Cambridge Core - Research Methods In Sociology and Criminology - Causal Mediation Analysis
www.cambridge.org
October 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Something to look forward to 🤩: www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
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Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
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 an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.
stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu
September 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
🚨Multigroup Kitagawa-Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition working paper out!
Extending KBO decomposition for more than two groups by relating group prevalence and estimated coefficients to the sample average - as well as other juicy meth discussions 😎
Joint work together with @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social
Extending KBO decomposition for more than two groups by relating group prevalence and estimated coefficients to the sample average - as well as other juicy meth discussions 😎
Joint work together with @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social
mKBO: Multigroup Kitagawa-Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition
Always wanted to do a KBO decomposition with more than 2 groups? @thaning.bsky.social and I present a multi-group generalization that overcomes this limitation, while providing a number of methodological advantages:
osf.io/preprints/so...
Always wanted to do a KBO decomposition with more than 2 groups? @thaning.bsky.social and I present a multi-group generalization that overcomes this limitation, while providing a number of methodological advantages:
osf.io/preprints/so...
OSF
osf.io
October 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🚨Multigroup Kitagawa-Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition working paper out!
Extending KBO decomposition for more than two groups by relating group prevalence and estimated coefficients to the sample average - as well as other juicy meth discussions 😎
Joint work together with @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social
Extending KBO decomposition for more than two groups by relating group prevalence and estimated coefficients to the sample average - as well as other juicy meth discussions 😎
Joint work together with @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social
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With the Inequality Cluster, Alex Ludwig (EUI Economics), Francis Vella (Georgetown U), and I organize a one-day conference on Social Mobility. www.eui.eu/events?id=58.... Looking forward to welcoming speakers @pengzell.bsky.social @xisong.bsky.social, Jo Blanden, Kjell Salvanes and Mikael Lindahl>
Workshop on
Organised jointly by EUI scholars Alexander Ludwig and Herman van de Werfhorst, together with Professor Francis Vella (Georgetown University), this event offers a unique forum for dialogue across disc...
www.eui.eu
October 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
With the Inequality Cluster, Alex Ludwig (EUI Economics), Francis Vella (Georgetown U), and I organize a one-day conference on Social Mobility. www.eui.eu/events?id=58.... Looking forward to welcoming speakers @pengzell.bsky.social @xisong.bsky.social, Jo Blanden, Kjell Salvanes and Mikael Lindahl>
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And the 1st Replication Award of the Academy of Sociology goes to..
Sergio Lo Iacono, Wojtek Przepiorka, Vincent Buskens, Rense Corten, Marcel van Assen, and Arnout van de Rijt
for "The competitive advantage of sanctioning institutions revisited: A multilab replication"
#AkadSoz25 #sociology
1/
Sergio Lo Iacono, Wojtek Przepiorka, Vincent Buskens, Rense Corten, Marcel van Assen, and Arnout van de Rijt
for "The competitive advantage of sanctioning institutions revisited: A multilab replication"
#AkadSoz25 #sociology
1/
October 9, 2025 at 10:18 AM
And the 1st Replication Award of the Academy of Sociology goes to..
Sergio Lo Iacono, Wojtek Przepiorka, Vincent Buskens, Rense Corten, Marcel van Assen, and Arnout van de Rijt
for "The competitive advantage of sanctioning institutions revisited: A multilab replication"
#AkadSoz25 #sociology
1/
Sergio Lo Iacono, Wojtek Przepiorka, Vincent Buskens, Rense Corten, Marcel van Assen, and Arnout van de Rijt
for "The competitive advantage of sanctioning institutions revisited: A multilab replication"
#AkadSoz25 #sociology
1/
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Join us at INET Oxford (@inetoxford.bsky.social)! I'm hiring one post-doctoral researcher and three research assistants in the field of inequality, social policy, and social mobility to join our research team. Deadline: October 24. Read more and apply: www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
Vacancies
Jobs and Vacancies at INET Oxford, The Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
www.inet.ox.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Join us at INET Oxford (@inetoxford.bsky.social)! I'm hiring one post-doctoral researcher and three research assistants in the field of inequality, social policy, and social mobility to join our research team. Deadline: October 24. Read more and apply: www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
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Just because an LLM can produce a report with various figures & charts doesn't mean it is good at statistics.
Because good statistics is not about producing code.
It's about deep knowledge of study design & conduct. In my opinion, 95% of all data science problems come from poor questions & design.
Because good statistics is not about producing code.
It's about deep knowledge of study design & conduct. In my opinion, 95% of all data science problems come from poor questions & design.
Y'all. I just got ChatGPT to do everything in R for this manuscript. I mean EVERYTHING. And it's all legit and reproducible. I'm shook.
How are we mentoring our trainees in statistics now? Who needs to learn coding in R line by line, and who doesn't?
scienceforeveryone.science/statistics-i...
How are we mentoring our trainees in statistics now? Who needs to learn coding in R line by line, and who doesn't?
scienceforeveryone.science/statistics-i...
Statistics in the era of AI
How do we mentor, teach, and do stats when AI can do so much of the work?
scienceforeveryone.science
October 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Just because an LLM can produce a report with various figures & charts doesn't mean it is good at statistics.
Because good statistics is not about producing code.
It's about deep knowledge of study design & conduct. In my opinion, 95% of all data science problems come from poor questions & design.
Because good statistics is not about producing code.
It's about deep knowledge of study design & conduct. In my opinion, 95% of all data science problems come from poor questions & design.
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Ok, this is actually dope. First real solution I’ve seen to ensuring human writing in the age of LLMs.
Maybe the college essay isn’t dead after all?
youtube.com/shorts/AhA1l...
Maybe the college essay isn’t dead after all?
youtube.com/shorts/AhA1l...
Just give me the grade I know I deserve
YouTube video by Study with J
youtube.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Ok, this is actually dope. First real solution I’ve seen to ensuring human writing in the age of LLMs.
Maybe the college essay isn’t dead after all?
youtube.com/shorts/AhA1l...
Maybe the college essay isn’t dead after all?
youtube.com/shorts/AhA1l...
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@ifau.bsky.social utlyser forskningsbidrag 2025! Ansök senast 15 september om medel för projekt inom arbetsmarknad eller utbildning. Totalt ca 5,6 miljoner kr delas ut.
👉 Läs mer och ansök: ifau.se/Forskningsbidrag
#forskning #utbildning #arbetsmarknad #IFAU
👉 Läs mer och ansök: ifau.se/Forskningsbidrag
#forskning #utbildning #arbetsmarknad #IFAU
ifau.se
August 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM
@ifau.bsky.social utlyser forskningsbidrag 2025! Ansök senast 15 september om medel för projekt inom arbetsmarknad eller utbildning. Totalt ca 5,6 miljoner kr delas ut.
👉 Läs mer och ansök: ifau.se/Forskningsbidrag
#forskning #utbildning #arbetsmarknad #IFAU
👉 Läs mer och ansök: ifau.se/Forskningsbidrag
#forskning #utbildning #arbetsmarknad #IFAU
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Luxembourg is going to be unstoppable. The world better get ready for Bouneschlupp and Kniddelen
August 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Luxembourg is going to be unstoppable. The world better get ready for Bouneschlupp and Kniddelen
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Job alert! Join us at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social as a postdoctoral fellow to work on your own research for three years. #sociology
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
August 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Job alert! Join us at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social as a postdoctoral fellow to work on your own research for three years. #sociology
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Soon to open offer for a *funded* PhD to study child poverty dynamics at @demosocupf.bsky.social @upf.edu If you have an interest in quantitative methods, social policy and child poverty this may be for you! Feel free to reach out for enquiries
August 18, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Soon to open offer for a *funded* PhD to study child poverty dynamics at @demosocupf.bsky.social @upf.edu If you have an interest in quantitative methods, social policy and child poverty this may be for you! Feel free to reach out for enquiries
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You cannot be truly creative if it is not safe to fail.
Yet modern academic science requires constant short term success.
To survive, you must win grants & 'deliver' on those grants by publishing lots of papers.
That leads to a culture of low risk, iterative research oversold as 'groundbreaking.
Yet modern academic science requires constant short term success.
To survive, you must win grants & 'deliver' on those grants by publishing lots of papers.
That leads to a culture of low risk, iterative research oversold as 'groundbreaking.
Some say you either have "it" or you don't, and that creativity cannot be learned, but that really misses the point. Creativity is lost in the wrong environment. We need to recognize the "night science" aspect of our work and that we need to nurture it in our training. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Can creativity in science be learnt? These researchers think so
Time pressure gets in the way of ideas. Developing ‘creative oases’ and small grants for risky ideas can encourage innovative thinking in science.
www.nature.com
August 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM
You cannot be truly creative if it is not safe to fail.
Yet modern academic science requires constant short term success.
To survive, you must win grants & 'deliver' on those grants by publishing lots of papers.
That leads to a culture of low risk, iterative research oversold as 'groundbreaking.
Yet modern academic science requires constant short term success.
To survive, you must win grants & 'deliver' on those grants by publishing lots of papers.
That leads to a culture of low risk, iterative research oversold as 'groundbreaking.
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Voices from INEQ 🔊
"In bester Gesellschaft" is a podcast co-created by INEQ. In episode 6: Wealth @franziskadbacher.bsky.social joins the discussion.
🎧 Listen (in German): short.wu.ac.at/ineq_podcast_06
#INEQ
"In bester Gesellschaft" is a podcast co-created by INEQ. In episode 6: Wealth @franziskadbacher.bsky.social joins the discussion.
🎧 Listen (in German): short.wu.ac.at/ineq_podcast_06
#INEQ
August 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Voices from INEQ 🔊
"In bester Gesellschaft" is a podcast co-created by INEQ. In episode 6: Wealth @franziskadbacher.bsky.social joins the discussion.
🎧 Listen (in German): short.wu.ac.at/ineq_podcast_06
#INEQ
"In bester Gesellschaft" is a podcast co-created by INEQ. In episode 6: Wealth @franziskadbacher.bsky.social joins the discussion.
🎧 Listen (in German): short.wu.ac.at/ineq_podcast_06
#INEQ
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The winner of this year’s significant contribution award goes to
The great separation: Top earner segregation at work in advanced capitalist economies
O Godechot, et al
American Journal of Sociology 130 (2), 439-495, 2024
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
The great separation: Top earner segregation at work in advanced capitalist economies
O Godechot, et al
American Journal of Sociology 130 (2), 439-495, 2024
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
August 7, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The winner of this year’s significant contribution award goes to
The great separation: Top earner segregation at work in advanced capitalist economies
O Godechot, et al
American Journal of Sociology 130 (2), 439-495, 2024
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
The great separation: Top earner segregation at work in advanced capitalist economies
O Godechot, et al
American Journal of Sociology 130 (2), 439-495, 2024
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
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It was such an honor to receive this award from @isa-rc28.bsky.social
on behalf of @oliviergodechot.bsky.social and other coauthors.
on behalf of @oliviergodechot.bsky.social and other coauthors.
The winner of this year’s significant contribution award goes to
The great separation: Top earner segregation at work in advanced capitalist economies
O Godechot, et al
American Journal of Sociology 130 (2), 439-495, 2024
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
The great separation: Top earner segregation at work in advanced capitalist economies
O Godechot, et al
American Journal of Sociology 130 (2), 439-495, 2024
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
August 7, 2025 at 5:21 AM
It was such an honor to receive this award from @isa-rc28.bsky.social
on behalf of @oliviergodechot.bsky.social and other coauthors.
on behalf of @oliviergodechot.bsky.social and other coauthors.
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The families in households typology
In this new paper from the @reusilience.bsky.social project, we improve standard family-type variables in EU-SILC
By @bartovalzbeta.bsky.social, @thaning.bsky.social, @wvlancker.bsky.social and @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In this new paper from the @reusilience.bsky.social project, we improve standard family-type variables in EU-SILC
By @bartovalzbeta.bsky.social, @thaning.bsky.social, @wvlancker.bsky.social and @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The families in households typology: searching for families in social surveys
Studying families with social surveys is not always as straightforward as it may seem. The reasons for the challenges are both conceptual and methodological, stemming from the specificity of the da...
www.tandfonline.com
August 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The families in households typology
In this new paper from the @reusilience.bsky.social project, we improve standard family-type variables in EU-SILC
By @bartovalzbeta.bsky.social, @thaning.bsky.social, @wvlancker.bsky.social and @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In this new paper from the @reusilience.bsky.social project, we improve standard family-type variables in EU-SILC
By @bartovalzbeta.bsky.social, @thaning.bsky.social, @wvlancker.bsky.social and @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Final conference of rEUsilience and this is (parts of) the wonderful crew - here w/ miami vice flair. Thx for a great journey!
@rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social @wvlancker.bsky.social @abrarbawati.bsky.social @amatysiak.bsky.social @cofaceeu.bsky.social and analog 📷 by great @merveuzunalioglu.bsky.social
@rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social @wvlancker.bsky.social @abrarbawati.bsky.social @amatysiak.bsky.social @cofaceeu.bsky.social and analog 📷 by great @merveuzunalioglu.bsky.social
June 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Final conference of rEUsilience and this is (parts of) the wonderful crew - here w/ miami vice flair. Thx for a great journey!
@rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social @wvlancker.bsky.social @abrarbawati.bsky.social @amatysiak.bsky.social @cofaceeu.bsky.social and analog 📷 by great @merveuzunalioglu.bsky.social
@rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social @wvlancker.bsky.social @abrarbawati.bsky.social @amatysiak.bsky.social @cofaceeu.bsky.social and analog 📷 by great @merveuzunalioglu.bsky.social
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I asked Chatbox AI for a graph: trends by political party in their attention for educational expansion (with a more elaborate instruction). This is what came out.😱
June 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I asked Chatbox AI for a graph: trends by political party in their attention for educational expansion (with a more elaborate instruction). This is what came out.😱