Really cool (and somewhat freighting) work on Gen AI use and highschool performance in China. Homework Scores rocket up, time spend doing homework collapses, then predictably exam scores are way down. Results show bimodal response ~75% see scores drop, the other 20-25% keep doing the work.
What’s happened to income-group gaps in parental spending on children in the U.S.? For the last 45 years, they just. keep. getting. wider.
In a new @socarxiv.bsky.social working paper, I present updated evidence on trends in spending on childcare, education, and extracurricular activities.
¿Interesado/a en la investigación científica de las desigualdades sociales?
¡La UNED (@uneduniv.bsky.social) tiene un nuevo máster que te va a interesar!
Checkéalo aquí: blogs.uned.es/mads/
How do we agree on what is “fair” without endless haggling?
A post on the psychology and game theory of fairness, with a solution to the egalitarian vs utilitarian debate.
www.optimallyirrational.com/p/how-we-dec...
You want to know about this app that turns normal words into LinkedIn speak.
“I ate an apple.”
translate.kagi.com?from=en&to=l...
An excellent review of my "Visions of Inequality"
Inequality Without Class
To grasp where inequality is headed—much less to reduce it—we will need to look beyond the economic
by Simon Torracinta
dissentmagazine.org/article/ineq...
🚩 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 – 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 & 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽
We are excited to announce the II Early Career & PhD Workshop on Socioeconomic Mobility and Public Policies, taking place on October 22–23, 2026, at the University of Alcalá (Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain).
Join us!
📢 Está abierto el plazo para enviar resúmenes extendidos y pósteres al XVI Congreso Español de Sociología
📍 Bilbao | 15–17 de julio de 2026
🔹 Plazo de envío: 19 de enero – 8 de marzo de 2026
🔗 Más info:
congreso2026.fes-sociologia.com/wp-content/u...
#FES2026 #CI06
📄 New III working paper:
This paper describes a new public-access online database containing internationally comparable estimates of inequality of opportunity for seventy-two countries, covering two-thirds of the world’s population.
🔗 buff.ly/3IEgjiU
Natalidad y Economía, os lo dejo aquí por si os apetece escucharlo www.rtve.es/play/audios/...
Using 30 months of panel data on 26,811 Chinese students in grades 7-12, we study how generative AI affects homework productivity and learning. The data combine
CI06 - Comité de Desigualdad y Estratificación Social
LSE Inequalities
Olga Cantó
Entre las nuevas titulaciones de la UNED el proximo año empieza un master semi-presencial de "Investigación sobre desigualdades sociales"
Más información:
blogs.uned.es/mads/
Diseñado para estudiar y comprender los desafíos sociales de la desigualdad, primer máster de esta naturaleza en España
