Glad to share this open-access article, based on the Tawney Lecture that I had the honour to deliver in 2025
Economic inequality and social mobility in preindustrial societies: What we know, what we don't (but should) know - The Economic History Review onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Delighted to have had the opportunity to talk to the legend that is @durlauf.bsky.social about inequality and the division of labor.
Do waitresses receive the same occupational prestige as waiters?
Using German gendered occupational titles, we find that feminine job titles receive slightly lower prestige than masculine ones, especially among male-domindated occupations.
Out now in Social Forces.
doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
A new Annual Review article by @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social and colleagues worth a read.
Don't let the formal modeling of luck fool you. This is one of the more interesting, and all around crazier, articles I've read recently. Super cool.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Postdoc position with Wiebke Schulz at Uni Bremen on gender inequalities in access to and consequences of AI. Applications due 25 June. www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
We're hiring a postdoc at MIT!
The Postdoctoral Associate will work closely with @dacemoglumit.bsky.social and @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social to conduct research on the history, social implications and future of technology.
Learn more and apply by June 15: shapingwork.mit.edu/careers/jame...
JSE's Inaugural Issue- Call for Papers 📢jse.scholasticahq.com
Delighted that this wonderful conversation with Michelle Jackson @mivich.bsky.social has now posted. Much of the conversation involves two fascinating books she has written:
The Division of Rationalized Labor
and
Manifesto for A Dream: Inequality, Constraint, and Radical Reform.
See also Fourcade and Healy (2024)
Three Decades Since Kathy Edin's Making Ends Meet -
two special issues from Russell Sage!
@ffcws.bsky.social