Sander Wagner
@sanderwagner.bsky.social
US politics will enter into and polarize every aspect of life and culture: premier league edition
November 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
US politics will enter into and polarize every aspect of life and culture: premier league edition
Early and late diagnosed autism are quite different, also genetically www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Early and late diagnosed autism are quite different, also genetically www.nature.com/articles/s41...
As Food Stamps for 40 million Americans are now stopping, here is a classic results of the positive effects that the availability of food stamps has for the birthweights of newborns and for neonatal infant mortality.
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www.irp.wisc.edu/publications...
October 29, 2025 at 10:33 AM
As Food Stamps for 40 million Americans are now stopping, here is a classic results of the positive effects that the availability of food stamps has for the birthweights of newborns and for neonatal infant mortality.
www.irp.wisc.edu/publications...
www.irp.wisc.edu/publications...
Teorema (Pasolini, 1968)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
October 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Teorema (Pasolini, 1968)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
October 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
As Marie Antoinut said: "Let them eat peanuts"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/w...
October 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
As Marie Antoinut said: "Let them eat peanuts"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/w...
There was another China shock and it exported people into the USs higher ed system (and mostly had positive consequences)
www.nber.org/papers/w3439...
www.nber.org/papers/w3439...
October 21, 2025 at 10:34 AM
There was another China shock and it exported people into the USs higher ed system (and mostly had positive consequences)
www.nber.org/papers/w3439...
www.nber.org/papers/w3439...
A whole mixed bag of consequences being described here, but overall this reads like a W for cell-phone bans in school www.nber.org/papers/w3438...
October 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
A whole mixed bag of consequences being described here, but overall this reads like a W for cell-phone bans in school www.nber.org/papers/w3438...
If you search hard there is still good news to be found (like, really good in this case) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/h...
October 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
If you search hard there is still good news to be found (like, really good in this case) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/h...
a thing we don't fully understand creating a thing we don't fully understand. cool. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
October 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
a thing we don't fully understand creating a thing we don't fully understand. cool. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The past 10 years have been good for the relative earnings of poor-income US households. That seems to be coming to an end. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...
October 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The past 10 years have been good for the relative earnings of poor-income US households. That seems to be coming to an end. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...
“Measuring itself is a political act with political consequences” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/c...
October 14, 2025 at 8:02 AM
“Measuring itself is a political act with political consequences” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/c...
But (!) the relationship between motherhood penalty and gender earnings gaps not only holda across borders. It is even stronger within countries.
Within each country, a region with higher motherhood penalties is very likely a region with a higher gender earnings gap (see coloured lines)
Within each country, a region with higher motherhood penalties is very likely a region with a higher gender earnings gap (see coloured lines)
October 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
But (!) the relationship between motherhood penalty and gender earnings gaps not only holda across borders. It is even stronger within countries.
Within each country, a region with higher motherhood penalties is very likely a region with a higher gender earnings gap (see coloured lines)
Within each country, a region with higher motherhood penalties is very likely a region with a higher gender earnings gap (see coloured lines)
Then we calculated the gender earnings gap (capturing the difference in earnings between men and women among all employees) for the same regions.
Here you can see the map of the Nuts-2 gender earnings gap and the NUTS-2 motherhood penalties.
Look similar?
Here you can see the map of the Nuts-2 gender earnings gap and the NUTS-2 motherhood penalties.
Look similar?
October 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Then we calculated the gender earnings gap (capturing the difference in earnings between men and women among all employees) for the same regions.
Here you can see the map of the Nuts-2 gender earnings gap and the NUTS-2 motherhood penalties.
Look similar?
Here you can see the map of the Nuts-2 gender earnings gap and the NUTS-2 motherhood penalties.
Look similar?
Harmonized administrative data allowed us to calculate regional motherhood earnings penalties for two (once three) very different countries.
How different?
None of the regional (thin lines - Nuts-2) motherhood penalties in France (abt 20%), East-Germany (abt 50%) or West-Germany (abt 70%) overlap.
How different?
None of the regional (thin lines - Nuts-2) motherhood penalties in France (abt 20%), East-Germany (abt 50%) or West-Germany (abt 70%) overlap.
October 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Harmonized administrative data allowed us to calculate regional motherhood earnings penalties for two (once three) very different countries.
How different?
None of the regional (thin lines - Nuts-2) motherhood penalties in France (abt 20%), East-Germany (abt 50%) or West-Germany (abt 70%) overlap.
How different?
None of the regional (thin lines - Nuts-2) motherhood penalties in France (abt 20%), East-Germany (abt 50%) or West-Germany (abt 70%) overlap.
New article out in @sociusjournal.bsky.social.
It shows how closely linked motherhood penalties 🤰📉 and gender inequalities 👨💼💰👩💼 are by studying many local labour markets.
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journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
It shows how closely linked motherhood penalties 🤰📉 and gender inequalities 👨💼💰👩💼 are by studying many local labour markets.
Thread 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
New article out in @sociusjournal.bsky.social.
It shows how closely linked motherhood penalties 🤰📉 and gender inequalities 👨💼💰👩💼 are by studying many local labour markets.
Thread 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
It shows how closely linked motherhood penalties 🤰📉 and gender inequalities 👨💼💰👩💼 are by studying many local labour markets.
Thread 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Not gonna get into the population size - environmental degradation arguments, but what really caught me off-guard in this nature correspondence was the call for reduced urbanization, when evidence clearly shows urban populations being less stressful to the environment. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
October 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Not gonna get into the population size - environmental degradation arguments, but what really caught me off-guard in this nature correspondence was the call for reduced urbanization, when evidence clearly shows urban populations being less stressful to the environment. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Followup: Prevalance Map of the 2025 observations.
October 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Followup: Prevalance Map of the 2025 observations.
Study of Social Isolation in 159 countries between 2009-2024:
Social Isolation increased by 13,4% with the entire increase happening after the COVID pandemic in 2019 but continuing to increase since.
Low-income groups have much higher social isolation levels
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Social Isolation increased by 13,4% with the entire increase happening after the COVID pandemic in 2019 but continuing to increase since.
Low-income groups have much higher social isolation levels
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
October 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Study of Social Isolation in 159 countries between 2009-2024:
Social Isolation increased by 13,4% with the entire increase happening after the COVID pandemic in 2019 but continuing to increase since.
Low-income groups have much higher social isolation levels
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Social Isolation increased by 13,4% with the entire increase happening after the COVID pandemic in 2019 but continuing to increase since.
Low-income groups have much higher social isolation levels
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Abortion Access, Economic Hardship and Crime:
The paper uses changes in abortion rates due to changes in the distance to the closest abortion clinic after the enforcement of Texas HB-2 in 2013.
Less abortions led to more economic hardship and crime.
www.nber.org/papers/w34245
The paper uses changes in abortion rates due to changes in the distance to the closest abortion clinic after the enforcement of Texas HB-2 in 2013.
Less abortions led to more economic hardship and crime.
www.nber.org/papers/w34245
October 9, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Abortion Access, Economic Hardship and Crime:
The paper uses changes in abortion rates due to changes in the distance to the closest abortion clinic after the enforcement of Texas HB-2 in 2013.
Less abortions led to more economic hardship and crime.
www.nber.org/papers/w34245
The paper uses changes in abortion rates due to changes in the distance to the closest abortion clinic after the enforcement of Texas HB-2 in 2013.
Less abortions led to more economic hardship and crime.
www.nber.org/papers/w34245
Guessing Game:
What does this graph show?
What does this graph show?
October 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Guessing Game:
What does this graph show?
What does this graph show?
October 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
well... low bar to clear
October 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
well... low bar to clear
This foreword to "Restoring Control Over the Immigration System" contains some outrageous statements.
The migration increase was driven by student visas. Have these tuition paying students truly done "incalculable damage" to the country?
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6821ae...
The migration increase was driven by student visas. Have these tuition paying students truly done "incalculable damage" to the country?
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6821ae...
October 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This foreword to "Restoring Control Over the Immigration System" contains some outrageous statements.
The migration increase was driven by student visas. Have these tuition paying students truly done "incalculable damage" to the country?
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6821ae...
The migration increase was driven by student visas. Have these tuition paying students truly done "incalculable damage" to the country?
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6821ae...
Good article on the diferences between profound and non-profound autism. Also goes into the problems for families with children with profound autism that stem from diagnosing this entire spectrum under one term. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/h...
October 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Good article on the diferences between profound and non-profound autism. Also goes into the problems for families with children with profound autism that stem from diagnosing this entire spectrum under one term. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/h...