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Postdoc at the Minnesota Population Center, @minnpop.bsky.social
Applications open now and being evaluated on a rolling basis. Pass on to demographers you know!
(This one requires folks to relocate to the Twin Cities, because it involves work in the restricted data center)
Applications open now and being evaluated on a rolling basis. Pass on to demographers you know!
(This one requires folks to relocate to the Twin Cities, because it involves work in the restricted data center)
hr.myu.umn.edu
October 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Postdoc at the Minnesota Population Center, @minnpop.bsky.social
Applications open now and being evaluated on a rolling basis. Pass on to demographers you know!
(This one requires folks to relocate to the Twin Cities, because it involves work in the restricted data center)
Applications open now and being evaluated on a rolling basis. Pass on to demographers you know!
(This one requires folks to relocate to the Twin Cities, because it involves work in the restricted data center)
Reposted by Tom Lyttelton
This paper from @tomlyttelton.bsky.social and @natewilmers.bsky.social is amazing. It shows that removing educational requirements can have big impacts for workers...except that employers don't really hire those workers below the normal education level anyway.
Are decredentialed jobs a route to upward mobility? Prominent employers, from Microsoft to the State of Maryland, are increasingly dropping college degree requirements when hiring. Does this provide upward mobility for workers without a college degree? Matching job postings to h
#sociology link
#sociology link
September 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This paper from @tomlyttelton.bsky.social and @natewilmers.bsky.social is amazing. It shows that removing educational requirements can have big impacts for workers...except that employers don't really hire those workers below the normal education level anyway.
Reposted by Tom Lyttelton
Democrat managers pay more to hourly workers, even comparing
across firms within metro-occupation-industry-year local labor markets; the advantage has grown in recent years; they raise pay more around minimum wage
increases & pay $15/hour more often
scholar.google.com/scholar_url?...
across firms within metro-occupation-industry-year local labor markets; the advantage has grown in recent years; they raise pay more around minimum wage
increases & pay $15/hour more often
scholar.google.com/scholar_url?...
scholar.google.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Democrat managers pay more to hourly workers, even comparing
across firms within metro-occupation-industry-year local labor markets; the advantage has grown in recent years; they raise pay more around minimum wage
increases & pay $15/hour more often
scholar.google.com/scholar_url?...
across firms within metro-occupation-industry-year local labor markets; the advantage has grown in recent years; they raise pay more around minimum wage
increases & pay $15/hour more often
scholar.google.com/scholar_url?...
Reposted by Tom Lyttelton
the Gini coefficient for social ties often exceeds that of income & social ties are concentrated among those with the highest incomes
sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
Inequality and Social Ties: Evidence from 15 U.S. Data Sets
Article: Inequality and Social Ties: Evidence from 15 U.S. Data Sets | Sociological Science | Posted May 12, 2025
sociologicalscience.com
May 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
the Gini coefficient for social ties often exceeds that of income & social ties are concentrated among those with the highest incomes
sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
Reposted by Tom Lyttelton
When and how do bright kids from poor backgrounds fall behind? Everyone should read this paper by @johnjerrim.bsky.social & Maria Palma Carvajal: great data, corrects past work, nails the method, and is super readable.
doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...
doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...
May 13, 2025 at 7:47 AM
When and how do bright kids from poor backgrounds fall behind? Everyone should read this paper by @johnjerrim.bsky.social & Maria Palma Carvajal: great data, corrects past work, nails the method, and is super readable.
doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...
doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...
I’m thrilled this is out! Job seekers are often hired into their contacts’ workplaces. We show that contacts’ informal networks in their workplace help job seekers get hired, but optimal networks look different in these settings.
Network research emphasizes the value of open networks for job searches, but a new article by @lassefolke.bsky.social, @tomlyttelton.bsky.social, and Emil Begtrup-Bright uses administrative data to show that job seekers move to workplaces where they are connected to closed cliques of workers.
What Makes a Contact Valuable? Hiring, Organizational Networks and the Advantages of Network Closure | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 0, No ja
www.journals.uchicago.edu
April 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I’m thrilled this is out! Job seekers are often hired into their contacts’ workplaces. We show that contacts’ informal networks in their workplace help job seekers get hired, but optimal networks look different in these settings.
Reposted by Tom Lyttelton
Network research emphasizes the value of open networks for job searches, but a new article by @lassefolke.bsky.social, @tomlyttelton.bsky.social, and Emil Begtrup-Bright uses administrative data to show that job seekers move to workplaces where they are connected to closed cliques of workers.
What Makes a Contact Valuable? Hiring, Organizational Networks and the Advantages of Network Closure | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 0, No ja
www.journals.uchicago.edu
April 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Network research emphasizes the value of open networks for job searches, but a new article by @lassefolke.bsky.social, @tomlyttelton.bsky.social, and Emil Begtrup-Bright uses administrative data to show that job seekers move to workplaces where they are connected to closed cliques of workers.