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Philipp Lersch
@pmlersch.bsky.social
Sociologist at DIW Berlin/SOEP and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | https://pmlersch.github.io/
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🟢Wealthy individuals fuel the climate crisis through their investments even more than through their consumption and lifestyles — This is one of the key findings presented in *Chapter 1 of the 2025 #ClimateInequality Report*.

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November 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Junge Menschen in Deutschland besitzen deutlich seltener Wohnimmobilien als ihre Eltern, immer mehr von ihnen wohnen zur Miete. Das zeigt eine neue DIW-Studie auf Basis von EU-SILC-Daten, die in Kooperation mit Forschern der @ox.ac.uk erstellt wurde. 🧵(1/6) www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
October 29, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Check out this open-access article that deepens on compound effects of residential and social mobility!
Moving homes, changing perspectives: How residential and social mobility in childhood shape locus of control and adult mental health

Our team members Riccardo Valente and @svidal.bsky.social explore it in a new paper at SSR.

Check it out, it’s open access:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
Redirecting
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October 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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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
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Young People's Homeownership in Europe: Delayed or Out of Reach? A Research Note: https://osf.io/rfpum
July 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This was a great collaboration with the brilliant @smaexie.bsky.social and Lisa Klein. We find demographic trends having counterbalancing effects on wealth inequality.
Wealth Inequality among Families in a Changing Demographic Landscape: Evidence from Germany, 1988-2017: https://osf.io/jh5xp
June 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
We are hiring a 3-year postdoc for the ERC-funded WEALTHTRAJECT project at DIW Berlin. More details here: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...
DIW Berlin: Researcher (f/m/x)
www.diw.de
June 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Call for applications for the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) 2025-2026: one week left to apply!

More information: ow.ly/1ZOl50V9y65
March 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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🚨New paper in SER🚨
Cohabitation boosts wealth in 🇫🇷 & 🇩🇪—but legal recognition matters. Findings highlight the role of policy in shaping fin. outcomes for cohab. couples.
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@pmlersch.bsky.social @marionleturcq.bsky.social & N. Fremeaux
#Sociology #Demography #Inequality
March 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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🚨I'm advertising for a PhD position (4 yrs) in quant. Sociology/Social Demography (life course, social ineq.) @tcdsociology.bsky.social!
📅 Deadline: April 21, 2025
📄 More info: www.tcd.ie/sociology/va...
🔄 Please share! #Sociology #Demography #AcademicChatter #PhDOpportunity #TrinityCollegeDublin
March 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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• CALL FOR PAPERS –  2026 CPoS Special Issue “Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course”

Comparative Population Studies welcomes submissions to the 2026 special issue Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course, guest edited by Sergi Vidal (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Aude Bernard…
• CALL FOR PAPERS –  2026 CPoS Special Issue “Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course”
Comparative Population Studies welcomes submissions to the 2026 special issue Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course, guest edited by Sergi Vidal (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Aude Bernard (University of Queensland), and Riccardo Valente (Autonomous University of Barcelona). The proposed special issue aims to leverage a trajectory-based approach that fully accounts for the multi-dimensional nature of migration across time and space, providing deeper insights into diverse migration trajectory patterns and their long-term individual and societal implications.
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February 27, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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The call for applications for the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) 2025-2026 is open!

This international doctoral program aims to provide students with a high-level education in demography.

Deadline to apply: March 25th, 2025 at 12 PM (noon).
More information: eaps.nl/edsd/how-to-...
February 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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The European Association for Population Studies is now on bluesky.
Follow @eaps.bsky.social for updates on activities and the next European Population Conference in Bologna!
January 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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"Fiscal Centralization and Inequality in Children's Economic Mobility"

New research with @schechtlm.bsky.social @zparolin.bsky.social just out in ASR doi.org/10.1177/0003...

#sociology #demography #econsky
January 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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We are hiring a postdoc for the deciphe.eu project at @diw.de. Work with @svidal.bsky.social, @sbeduk.bsky.social, S. Zinn, M. Medgyesi, myself, and other fantastic team members to understand the intergenerational persistence in homeownership in Europe! More details here: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...
DECIPHE Research Project
deciphe.eu
November 29, 2024 at 9:53 AM
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Reminder: From 1st Jan. 2025, the deposit of replication packages will be condition for publication in ESR!

Find out more at:

academic.oup.com/esr/pages/General_Instructions
General Instructions
Submission of Papers The European Sociological Review publishes original research articles in all fields of Sociology. Submissions should usually be around 8,0
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December 19, 2024 at 6:17 AM
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🚨New publication alert🚨
What happens to female labor market supply when their male partner starts to earn payroll tax exempt income? Joint work w/ @andreashaupt.bsky.social, now open access at JMF: doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
#sociology #gendersky #polisky #econsky
December 9, 2024 at 1:18 PM
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European Sociological Review is on Bluesky!

@europeansocreview.bsky.social

Follow it for alerts and new initiatives
December 7, 2024 at 8:09 AM
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Come bye if you are in London tomorrow! I will present my latest research on the role of parental transfers in creating wealth disparities between women and men 👇
December 3, 2024 at 10:28 AM
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Brexit associated with 86% increase in departure of EU origin professors from UK.
"Homecoming After Brexit," by @ebrusanliturk.bsky.social @samin.mas.to.ap.brid.gy @ezagheni.bsky.social & F Billari, uses Scopus data to assess “immediate effects of the 2016 Brexit referendum on the mobility of top talent in British academia.” @mpidr.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
December 2, 2024 at 2:35 PM
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Big news from Germany
November 28, 2024 at 1:11 PM
We are hiring a postdoc for the deciphe.eu project at @diw.de. Work with @svidal.bsky.social, @sbeduk.bsky.social, S. Zinn, M. Medgyesi, myself, and other fantastic team members to understand the intergenerational persistence in homeownership in Europe! More details here: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...
DECIPHE Research Project
deciphe.eu
November 29, 2024 at 9:53 AM