🔥 Parenthood is not just about his or her income! Using longitudinal tax data, Carlos Gil Hernández & colleagues challenge traditional sex-specialization models: the key driver of first births are couples' combined economic resources! #OpenAccess at: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcag021 image.png

🌟Celebrating the newly released metrics and a +0.3 increase in the Impact Factor of ESR compared to last year! Now IF is 3.3 #18 of 222 in Sociology We are grateful to everyone who contributes to European Sociological Review and helps shape the Journal’s continued development!

🔓New #OpenAccess at ESR Do people avoid dating political opponents because of politics itself? #ShannonTaflinger @hudde.bsky.social suggest otherwise! Political affiliation is used as a proxy for non-political characteristics: similarity, character, and social approval! doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcag020

🌟New #OpenAccess at ESR How do educational inequalities evolve during educational contraction? Using Finnish register data for birth cohorts 1975-1997, @lintuslotta shows that trends differ by gender & do not always follow conventional expectations! Read it at:doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcag019

Why do some students leave school early? 🔥 New #OpenAccess at ESR Lynn L J van Vugt, Rolf van der Velden & @Mark_Levels find that parental early cognitive skills have the strongest contribution (18%) immediately followed by household income (14%)! More at: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcag018

n 2025, almost 500 scholars around the world contributed their time and insights to review for the European Sociological Review! Our deepest thanks to each of you! We are honoured to acknowledge your support at: academic.oup.com/ESR/pages/re...

New article at ESR! Where refugees are first placed matters in the long run With Swedish register data & refugee placement policy as exogenous treatment #M_Dahlberg #S_Kohl #M_Valeyatheepillay show that initial neighborhood contexts shape future residential integration doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf034

🌱 Our new issue has blossomed, showcasing brand new inspiring evidence on education as one of the most powerful forces shaping inequality and life chances in contemporary societies! Read it at: academic.oup.com/esr/issue with many articles #OpenAccess!

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🚩New experimental evidence by @Asta_B_Lund @AndersTrolle #M_Büchler_Henriksen! Teachers’ grading bias against boys, minoritized students, and those from less educated families persists even when more individual-level information is available! Read it at doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcag005

New #OA at ESR 🌟 What is the income penalty of dropping out of #VET in Germany? With an IV strategy, @kostermann.bsky.social, @patzinaalex.bsky.social & @katymorris.bsky.social show that the causal effect is substantial and especially pronounced for lower SES individuals doi.org/10.1093/esr/...

Stratified scars: social inequality in the labour market consequences of apprenticeship dropout

Abstract. While the association between apprenticeship dropout and negative labour market consequences is well documented, the causal link and social strat

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🌟New #OA at ESR Research by @jlestevez.bsky.social & #ARotkirch shows 2.5G migrants (one native parent) in Finland delay parenthood longer than natives—defying expectations of both maintaining origin-country high fertility and simple convergence to host-country norms ➡️doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcag009

New at ESR #OpenAccess Does violence back home still shape refugees’ plans after reaching safety? #Y_Kosyakova #A_Ette @SchwSilvia show that especially short-term spikes in violence strongly affects Ukrainian refugees’ intentions to settle abroad! Read it at: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcag008

📢New paper! With French data on the grandchildren of immigrants #LGDrouhot #mathieu_kf @mathieuichou.bsky.social #L_Caron provide rare insights into long-term integration processes! Despite substantial convergence, lasting disadvantages persist for specific groups! doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcag004

New #OpenAccess Bringing economic & family sociology into the digital era, @yanghu.co.uk & @yueqiansoc.bsky.social analyze longitudinal data from @usociety.bsky.social to reveal how the use of online banking shape couples' money management and financial decisions doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcag002

New at ESR! #OpenAccess! Using new data on the establishment of Norwegian colleges 1969–1992 linked to individual register data, #ARogne #TKnutsen @modals.li revisit the role of local access to higher education in shaping gendered educational outcomes! doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf060

A college on every cape: gender equality, gender segregation and local college openings

Abstract. The expansion of higher educational systems in Western countries in the latter half of the 20th century is central to the reversal of the gender

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New at ESR! Does moving often as a child weaken social capital later in life? #RValente #MVacchiano find a more complex picture: childhood moves reduce place attachment, but can strengthen personal agency, supporting social capital in adulthood! 🔥 #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcag001

The long-term effects of childhood residential mobility on social capital

Abstract. When a child moves home multiple times, the consequences for the adult they will later become can be substantial. This study investigates how fre

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New at ESR: The integration paradox reconsidered! @frankvantubergen.bsky.social shows that higher perceived discrimination is not driven by education alone What matters is relative premigration education and status loss, pointing to education as a positional resource! ➡ doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf054

Beyond absolute education: relative educational attainment and perceived discrimination among immigrants

Abstract. The integration paradox—the positive association between absolute education and perceived discrimination among more visible immigrant groups—has

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New OA In ESR How do institutions and social norms affect tax payment? @lucaspasin.bsky.social #Aaszekely @squazzoni.bsky.social find that in low-quality institutions contexts, social norms can trigger vicious cycles of evasion, even when evasion is socially disapproved doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf057

An experimental study on institutions and social norms of tax payment

Abstract. The production of public goods, which are fundamental to well-functioning societies, requires the payment of taxes, but taxpayers have clear ince

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New in ESR Does educational hypogamy promote gender equality—or does it reflect who selects into these unions? 🌟New #OpenAccess study by @nadiasteiber.bsky.social and #CSiegert constrasts optimistic, pessimistic, and selection-based narratives of hypogamy within couples! 👉 doi.org/10.1093/esr/...

Educational hypogamy and gender equality within couples: a review of competing hypotheses and evidence from the Generations and Gender Survey

Abstract. This study examines the implications for gender equality of the increasing prevalence of heterosexual couples in which the woman is more highly e

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New paper #OpAccess Labour market insecurity matters beyond jobs! @vincentrramos.bsky.social @ann-berrington.bsky.social show that unemployment, underemployment, and temporary work are all linked to higher parental co-residence, especially among advantaged young adults! doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf058

Are family ideals in Southern Europe still “traditional”? 🚩New at ESR: experimental evidence by @arnsteinaassve.bsky.social #A_Adserà @bastianelli-e.bsky.social #AMencarini reveals a far more modern picture, with Spain showing more postmodern ideals than Italy! at: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf055

Family ideals in Italy and Spain: towards the end of the traditional Southern European family model?

Abstract. This study explores what constitutes an ideal family in Italy and Spain, questioning the prevailing view that they are homogenous and traditional

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📢 New #OpenAccess! Why do some professors appear in the media far more than others? #RH_Heiberger @BasHofstra #S_Unger find both patterns of cumulative advantage & gender inequality, with men more likely to become “short-listed”! ➡️ Read it ungated at: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf037 image.png

Professors in the media: dynamics of cumulative advantage, reputation, and gender

Abstract. Translation of science to a general public is increasingly important in modern academia. Yet, there is little knowledge on whether and why scient

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How is ethnic diversity linked to the cohesion of social networks? @glorenz.bsky.social & #C_Rjosk analyse >1,300 adolescent friendship networks to examine how connectivity varies with ethnic diversity, and its consolidation with gender and SES. 👉 doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf051

Fragmentation or integration? Ethnic diversity and the structural cohesion of adolescent social networks

Abstract. This paper addresses a key yet untested proposition in social cohesion research: ethnic diversity fragments social networks and leads to an overa

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🌟New paper out at ESR! Does more education mean more mobility? Evidence from Brazil by #A_Salata #SY_Cheung shows otherwise! 🚩As university access expanded, its equalizing power faded! ➡️Read the full article at: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf049

Does more education lower the barriers to social mobility? An analysis of three birth cohorts during a period of educational expansion in Brazil

Abstract. Research in social stratification has long posited that the direct effects of social origin on destination are diminished for individuals with hi

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new ESR article Public or employer based childcare —which should governments prioritise? @AnneKronberg #A_Gerlach find that policy should first expand public childcare, ease access for less-edu parents, and only then support employer-sponsored schemes #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf044

Are citizens supportive of public spending on education when it requires paying more taxes? #ID_Özel #S_Parrado #K_Yıldırım new paper says: No! Yet evaluations of one’s own children’s schooling reduce this cost sensitivity! ➡️Read the full paper at: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf043

Attitudes towards education spending when facing a fiscal trade-off: an analysis of stakeholders

Abstract. Public investment in education is popular in advanced countries. This paper examines whether such public support prevails when individuals are as

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🚩New experimental evidence at the European Sociological Review! #Martin_Aranguren advances the conceptualization of discrimination, addressing it as a stressor and highlighting its environmental origin!! Read the full article at: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf047

Stressful discrimination: two field experiments on social interaction

Abstract. Interactional incidents are a common object of survey studies on perceived discrimination and of field experiments on discrimination in social in

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Volume 41, Issue 5, October 2025 of @europeansocreview.bsky.social is out! A very nice collection of interesting papers (almost all open access). Browse the index and find your next read academic.oup.com/esr/issue

➡️New paper out with amazing data: library borrowings of the entire population of Denmark! If cultural tastes are always stratified, the type of stratification depends on the wider inequalities within a context #EH_Blaabæk #S_Friedman #MM_Jæger #A_Reeves academic.oup.com/esr/advance-...

How are cultural tastes stratified? Evidence from library borrowing for the entire population of Denmark

Abstract. Research shows that cultural tastes are socially stratified. Yet, most of this research relies on small-sample surveys and includes only a few di

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