Asta Breinholt
@astabreinholt.bsky.social
Sociologist at Roskilde University researching social inequality in education, parenting, and the interplay between genetics and the social environment.
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The Latest Longitudinal and Life Course Studies (@sllshome.bsky.social) issue is out now via @brisunipress.bsky.social! bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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🧪 Advances in genetic research have been skewed towards European ancestry populations 📣The broader call of our new study in LLCS is to eliminate this bias through the collection of large, diverse genotype samples and measuring genotypes with arrays designed for multi-ancestry populations🧪 See here ⤵️
🧪 Advances in genetic research have been skewed towards European ancestry populations 📣The broader call of our new study in LLCS is to eliminate this bias through the collection of large, diverse genotype samples and measuring genotypes with arrays designed for multi-ancestry populations🧪 See here ⤵️
The Latest Longitudinal and Life Course Studies (@sllshome.bsky.social) issue is out now via @brisunipress.bsky.social! bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
May 2, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🧪 Advances in genetic research have been skewed towards European ancestry populations 📣The broader call of our new study in LLCS is to eliminate this bias through the collection of large, diverse genotype samples and measuring genotypes with arrays designed for multi-ancestry populations🧪 See here ⤵️
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April 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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While the return of eugenic ideology in “science" and public debate is deeply troubling, I’ve seen no genetic determinism promoted anywhere by sociologists in sociogenomics. On the contrary, there’s a strong awareness of how socially constructed genetically associated traits truly are 2/3
April 4, 2025 at 7:28 AM
While the return of eugenic ideology in “science" and public debate is deeply troubling, I’ve seen no genetic determinism promoted anywhere by sociologists in sociogenomics. On the contrary, there’s a strong awareness of how socially constructed genetically associated traits truly are 2/3
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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
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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
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doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103174
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Us college educated folks are so diverse in our cultural practices, right? Not when it comes to the high-stakes cultural practice of social reproduction: #parenting! We parent much more alike than parents with fewer years of #education: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Hidden patterns of inequality: The heterogeneity in parenting within educational groups
When sociology deals with differences within groups of similar socioeconomic status, research and theorizing tend to focus on the heterogeneity among …
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April 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Us college educated folks are so diverse in our cultural practices, right? Not when it comes to the high-stakes cultural practice of social reproduction: #parenting! We parent much more alike than parents with fewer years of #education: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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@astabreinholt.bsky.social just won a grant to advance the sociogenomics field by studying educational inequalities! ✨
Keep an eye on this project in the coming years—it promises to bring exciting outcomes!
Keep an eye on this project in the coming years—it promises to bring exciting outcomes!
Do genetic effects on education work through social mechanisms? And does the social environment moderate these effects? I’m addressing these RQs with brilliant @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social and @mikkelhoumark.bsky.social in a new project funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark!
December 12, 2024 at 7:42 PM
@astabreinholt.bsky.social just won a grant to advance the sociogenomics field by studying educational inequalities! ✨
Keep an eye on this project in the coming years—it promises to bring exciting outcomes!
Keep an eye on this project in the coming years—it promises to bring exciting outcomes!
Do genetic effects on education work through social mechanisms? And does the social environment moderate these effects? I’m addressing these RQs with brilliant @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social and @mikkelhoumark.bsky.social in a new project funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark!
December 12, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Do genetic effects on education work through social mechanisms? And does the social environment moderate these effects? I’m addressing these RQs with brilliant @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social and @mikkelhoumark.bsky.social in a new project funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark!
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Our new AJS article shows that high earning family and work life courses are remarkably similar in different countries, but differ much for low earners. This is related to country specific policies structuring especially the low-earning life courses.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
Lives in Welfare States: Life Courses, Earnings Accumulation, and Relative Living Standards in Five European Countries1 | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 130, No 2
How do work and family life courses differ in welfare states with varying emphasis on the state, market, and family for welfare provision? The authors compare life courses until midlife in Denmark, Fi...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
November 25, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Our new AJS article shows that high earning family and work life courses are remarkably similar in different countries, but differ much for low earners. This is related to country specific policies structuring especially the low-earning life courses.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
Reposted by Asta Breinholt
Working papers I read - week 45 #econsky
@astabreinholt.bsky.social and coauthors assess whether statistical discrimination can explain the difference between teacher grades and exam grades in 🇩🇰 (see Figure).
They have two approaches..
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@astabreinholt.bsky.social and coauthors assess whether statistical discrimination can explain the difference between teacher grades and exam grades in 🇩🇰 (see Figure).
They have two approaches..
1/N
November 9, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Working papers I read - week 45 #econsky
@astabreinholt.bsky.social and coauthors assess whether statistical discrimination can explain the difference between teacher grades and exam grades in 🇩🇰 (see Figure).
They have two approaches..
1/N
@astabreinholt.bsky.social and coauthors assess whether statistical discrimination can explain the difference between teacher grades and exam grades in 🇩🇰 (see Figure).
They have two approaches..
1/N