Petra Moser
@pmoser.bsky.social
Economic historian, studying creativity, science, and innovation, mom of 2 boys. Love running in the mountains, climbing, and singing.
Not what I had expected to see: www.nytimes.com/2020/02/11/u...
February 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Not what I had expected to see: www.nytimes.com/2020/02/11/u...
First time ever surfing. Loved every second of it. Back to the real world tomorrow.
January 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
First time ever surfing. Loved every second of it. Back to the real world tomorrow.
My step-Dad came home from the hospital today, after three surgeries and four harrowing weeks. Not to die, as we had thought on Christmas but to live. And I'll do my darnedest to have it be a good time.
January 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
My step-Dad came home from the hospital today, after three surgeries and four harrowing weeks. Not to die, as we had thought on Christmas but to live. And I'll do my darnedest to have it be a good time.
Merry Christmas! (I love old trees...)
December 25, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Merry Christmas! (I love old trees...)
Palma ahead of European Winter Meetings of @econometric.bsky.social. What a beautiful city!
December 16, 2024 at 6:55 AM
Palma ahead of European Winter Meetings of @econometric.bsky.social. What a beautiful city!
Red bars are the 1920s quota acts www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/b...
December 11, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Red bars are the 1920s quota acts www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/b...
Celebrating all the work they've done already with our amazing MSQEs. Look out for them as they are applying for PhD and pre-doc programs as.nyu.edu/departments/...
November 9, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Celebrating all the work they've done already with our amazing MSQEs. Look out for them as they are applying for PhD and pre-doc programs as.nyu.edu/departments/...
Is this all robust to controlling for publications and citations? Yes! Publications and citations matter. But no matter how we control for publications and citations, the link between SES and stardom stays.
October 21, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Is this all robust to controlling for publications and citations? Yes! Publications and citations matter. But no matter how we control for publications and citations, the link between SES and stardom stays.
What does seem to matter is parental wealth. Our data include lots of farmers, so we can look at the influence of wealth within an occupation. The sons of farmers in the top 2.5% of personal wealth have 61% higher odds of becoming stars.
October 21, 2024 at 1:12 PM
What does seem to matter is parental wealth. Our data include lots of farmers, so we can look at the influence of wealth within an occupation. The sons of farmers in the top 2.5% of personal wealth have 61% higher odds of becoming stars.
Where you go to school matters: Scientists with elite (Ivy-Plus) undergrad degrees have 42% higher odds of becoming stars, and scientists with elite grad degrees have 49% higher odds. But childhood SES matters even controlling for elite degrees:
October 21, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Where you go to school matters: Scientists with elite (Ivy-Plus) undergrad degrees have 42% higher odds of becoming stars, and scientists with elite grad degrees have 49% higher odds. But childhood SES matters even controlling for elite degrees:
The share of stars is highest in....astronomy.
October 21, 2024 at 12:27 PM
The share of stars is highest in....astronomy.
There are also big differences across disciplines. We use the text that describes scientists' research to assign them to disciplines, applying a nearest centroid classifier. Unlike me, that classifier recognizes when scientists are talking about a frog.
October 21, 2024 at 12:24 PM
There are also big differences across disciplines. We use the text that describes scientists' research to assign them to disciplines, applying a nearest centroid classifier. Unlike me, that classifier recognizes when scientists are talking about a frog.
SES matters much less once you are above 50
October 21, 2024 at 12:21 PM
SES matters much less once you are above 50
Thinking about prizes awarded to people below 40, like the Fields and Clark medal, we show that SES matters more when scientists are young (less information about self, stronger ties to parental network).
October 21, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Thinking about prizes awarded to people below 40, like the Fields and Clark medal, we show that SES matters more when scientists are young (less information about self, stronger ties to parental network).
Who becomes a star? Scientists from high-income (OCCSCORE) families have 38% higher odds of becoming stars, controlling for age, publications, and disciplines. Here's the census entry for Simon Flexner when he was a kid.
October 21, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Who becomes a star? Scientists from high-income (OCCSCORE) families have 38% higher odds of becoming stars, controlling for age, publications, and disciplines. Here's the census entry for Simon Flexner when he was a kid.
We find that children from low-SES homes were already severely underrepresented in the early 1900s, anticipating underrepresentation today. Children of managers, lawyers, and physicians are overrepresented, while children of farmers and agricultural workers are missing from science 2/5
October 21, 2024 at 11:55 AM
We find that children from low-SES homes were already severely underrepresented in the early 1900s, anticipating underrepresentation today. Children of managers, lawyers, and physicians are overrepresented, while children of farmers and agricultural workers are missing from science 2/5
How does a person's childhood SES influence their changes to participate and succeed in science? To answer this question, Anna Airoldi and I use machine-learning methods to link scientists in the American Men of Science (1921) with their childhood home in the US Census. www.nber.org/papers/w3306...
October 21, 2024 at 11:52 AM
How does a person's childhood SES influence their changes to participate and succeed in science? To answer this question, Anna Airoldi and I use machine-learning methods to link scientists in the American Men of Science (1921) with their childhood home in the US Census. www.nber.org/papers/w3306...
Having fun & learning a lot at Opportunity Insights & looking forward to talking about "inequality in science" tomorrow!
November 30, 2023 at 7:39 PM
Having fun & learning a lot at Opportunity Insights & looking forward to talking about "inequality in science" tomorrow!