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Patrick Präg
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I'm a sociologist working at the Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST)

I also have a website: patrickpraeg.com
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ppraeg.bsky.social
Achievements unlocked
December 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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crestsociology.bsky.social
NEW PREPRINT by CREST Sociology's Julia Nicolas: "Language Barriers and Healthcare Uptake. Causal Evidence From Immigrants in France"

AVAILABLE at @socarxiv.bsky.social: doi.org/10.31235/osf...
Immigrants often arrive with better health than natives of their host country, a phenomenon known as the ‘healthy immigrant effect.’ This advantage diminishes over time, one reason being unequal healthcare access. Our study examines whether communication barriers contribute to these inequalities in a healthcare system that rarely accommodates an increasingly diverse and multilingual population. We expect that limited French proficiency restricts equitable access to care. Using the Trajectoires et Origines 2 survey conducted in 2019 in France among over 27,000 individuals---oversampling immigrant-origin populations---we investigate how language shapes healthcare use. France provides a relevant case, as immigrants come from diverse origins, including former colonies where French is an official language, generating substantial variation in proficiency. Findings show significant language-related disparities in medical visits, except for generalist practitioners. To address possible endogeneity bias in the relationship between language and healthcare uptake, we construct an instrument combining age at arrival in France and linguistic distance between French and the mother tongue. This method reveals a significant language effect only for visits to psychologists or psychiatrists. Theoretically, we propose a quantitative strategy to assess language barriers’ effects on immigrants’ healthcare access. Practically, we highlight the need for linguistically inclusive health services.
December 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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klauspforr.bsky.social
note that this paper has no identification strategy itself
johnholbein1.bsky.social John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 2d
"[Political science] studies without an explicit identification strategy...constitute nearly 40% of empirical quantitative work."
December 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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leni.bsky.social
Der Genesung förderlich:
December 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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jenchanfreau.bsky.social
Our new paper: Austerity as reproductive injustice: did local government spending cuts unequally impact births? led by Laura Sochas is out now OA in @sfjournal.bsky.social
Austerity as reproductive injustice: did local government spending cuts unequally impact births?
Abstract. Large local government spending cuts in England, spanning over a decade of austerity policies, have severely restricted the universal services an
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December 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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astabreinholt.bsky.social
Come work with me! Feel free to contact me via email, if you have questions : )
pengzell.bsky.social Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 3d
Postdoc in Social Stratification, Education, and Genetics with @astabreinholt.bsky.social at Roskilde University, Denmark. The position is for 2 years, starting from May 1st, 2026.

Apply by Dec 12th
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December 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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dustinstoltz.com
Marshall Taylor and I just signed a contract to write the 2nd edition of "Mapping Texts" (www.textmapping.com) Inter alia, we'll include a couple more chapters on "generative" language tech*

If you, or someone you know, has used such tech in social scientific investigation, let us know!
The image includes a mock up for the book "Mapping Texts: Computational Text Analysis for the Social Sciences" with a text box at the top saying "Second edition in the works!" and another text "With 100% more Al*." But this is not referring to artificial intelligence, but rather to an artist that is halfway to an EGOT: Weird "Al" Yankovic. An image of Homer Simpson is on the phone, presumably hearing about this new edition, and is so excited he exclaims "Whoo-hoo!" with a triumphant fist pump.
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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johnholbein1.bsky.social
Name assimilation increases immigrants' earnings A LOT.

osf.io/preprints/so...
November 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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pengzell.bsky.social
A thread of directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) that look like record covers... because that's EXACTLY what the world needs

1. Huey Lewis and the News: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
November 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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lgilbert.co
Net migration down 69% YoY. Do we think this will dent Reform's poll numbers at all? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Net migration to UK drops 69% year on year, ONS figures show
Figure of 204,000 in 12 months to June 2025 is lowest since 2021, statistics body says
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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socarxiv.bsky.social
In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps:
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November 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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mivich.bsky.social
My new book, The Division of Rationalized Labor, is now shipping! A brief summary of the argument to follow…
Front cover of The Division of Rationalized Labor. The cover includes four pictures: pen and paper, microscope, factory tower, police badge. Modern-looking yellow lines and graphs are superimposed.
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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jwied.bsky.social
Why did I visit the Facebook pages of 5500 German grocery stores on a grey lockdown day ca. 2021?

You can now find out in AJS.

Our work on ethnoreligious infrastructures is finally online in the ominous Volume 0:

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
November 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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sashagusevposts.bsky.social
I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short 🧵
The missing heritability question is now (mostly) answered
Not with a bang but with a whimper
theinfinitesimal.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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perblock.bsky.social
I heard it's organised by some really dedicated people, who got a location overlooking zürich with a lovely terrace... should be nice in may
isa-rc28.bsky.social RC28 Social Stratification @isa-rc28.bsky.social · 13d
ECSR Thematic Conference “Mechanisms of Social Mobility”
at the University of Zurich 11-12 May 2026
Deadline for Submissions: 18 January 2026 social.mobility@soziologie.uzh.ch
www.suz.uzh.ch/socialmobility
socialmobility
www.suz.uzh.ch
November 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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deutschmann.bsky.social
New #openaccess study

We made >16,000 visa appointment requests at German embassies and consulates worldwide

Key finding: The poorer the country, the longer the wait time and the lower the chance to get an appointment.

"A time panelty for the Global South?"
shorturl.at/ZiAFb
Visas are a key tool for states to regulate incoming mobility from abroad, which can have ramifications for the establishment and perpetuation of global inequalities. In this article, we systematically analyze visa appointment wait times in German embassies and consulates worldwide. Using computational methods, we collect—and publish—fine-grained longitudinal data on the closest available appointment dates for various visa types, covering a total of 16,182 visa appointment requests. Our analysis reveals strong and systematic variance: the poorer the country a diplomatic mission is based in, the longer the wait time and the lower the chances of finding an available appointment (which ranges from almost 0 to 100 percent). We also argue that Germany’s system is quite opaque compared to other established immigration countries such as the U.S. These core findings raise important questions in light of current debates about global justice, legal pathways to migration, and efforts to attract foreign talent. Graph that shows that 44.1 percent of requests did not lead to an appointment that could be selected. For the 55.9 percent where an appointment was available the distribution of wait times follows a steep curve with short wait times in many cases and a long tail of few cases with very long wait times of up to 98 days. The average wait times and chances to find an appointment varied a lot between Germany's diplomatic missions. The latter range from almost 0 to 100 percent. This variance is not random. Rather, economic wellbeing (GDP per capita) is a key predictor of wait times and chances of finding an appointment. The poorer the country a German embassy/consulate is based in, the longer the wait time and the lower the chances of finding an appointment.
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
ppraeg.bsky.social
deleuze uns von dem bösen
November 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
ppraeg.bsky.social
Miles "Bad Boy" Hewstone

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November 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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fabriberna.bsky.social
New article in @sfjournal.bsky.social with @mvaldes1989.bsky.social and I. Lievore on the effect of edu expansion among parents on children's achievement

Do university-educated families lose their edge as education expands among parents?

Short answer: yes

1/2

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Do university-educated families lose their edge as education expands? The withering performance and advantage of their children
Abstract. Extensive research has examined the effect of educational expansion in one cohort on educational inequality and occupational returns in that same
academic.oup.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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bakerdphd.bsky.social
In between things I've been checking in on the emails that mention "university" and uhh did we all know about this connection?
Screenshot from the Epstein Document Search which reads: House_Oversight_029401 From: Donald Rubin Sent: 1/22/2017 7:31:32 PM To: jeffrey E. [jeeyacation@gmail.com] Subject: Republican health care experts dismiss Donald Trump's ideas Importance: High https://www.statnews.com/20 1 6/03/04/trump -repub cans-health-care/? s camp aign=trendmd Jeffrey, This cannot be true, can it? This guy must be as dumb about this stuff as a tampon laced with arsenic!! HELP! Great meeting yesterday — really enjoyed it. And happy birthday again, Don Donald B. Rubin John L. Loeb Professor of Statistics Department of Statistics, Harvard University 1 Oxford Street Cambridge MA 02138 HOUSE OVERSIGHT 029401
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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laurafursich.bsky.social
New paper with @jordantkemp.bsky.social and Luis Bettencourt is now on arXiv: “Spatial Selection and the Multiscale Dynamics of Urban Change”. We use the Price equation and Chicago data to show how fine-scale spatial sorting shapes macro growth trends. Read it here: arxiv.org/pdf/2511.06165
November 13, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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arnovanhootegem.bsky.social
There’s a new kid in town!

Companies are now selling IVF and embryo selection based on genetic testing for traits related to health and even intelligence.

We outline methodological and ethical concerns, and warn against risks for social inequality.

With the fantastic @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social
Embryo selection based on polygenic prediction risks reinforcing social inequality
The rise of companies offering embryo selection based on genetic testing has triggered heated debate about ethical acceptability, as well as the accuracy and scientific validity of these techniques. W...
www.fertstert.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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loic-yengo.bsky.social
First time on Bsky and first big announcement!

I am excited to announce that our new study explaining the missing heritability of many phenotypes using WGS data from ~347,000 UK Biobank participants has just been published in @Nature.

Our manuscript is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41....
Estimation and mapping of the missing heritability of human phenotypes - Nature
WGS data were used from 347,630 individuals with European ancestry in the UK Biobank to obtain high-precision estimates of coding and non-coding rare variant heritability for 34 co...
www.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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crowold.bsky.social
📢 Call for Abstracts
Join us at the Family Diversity & Health Workshop June 29-30 2026 in Berlin!

We welcome submissions on intersections of health & family research, especially using register data. 🌏

🫶 No participation fees & hotel costs are covered.
📨 Send us your abstracts by Jan 31 2026
November 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM