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Max Thaning

@thaning.bsky.social

Social stratification and socioeconomic inequality. Lover of yacht rock, disco and explicit estimand specification - ideally all at the same time.

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Nick Huntington-Klein@nickchk.com · 6d ago

One of my empirical-work econ takes is that I think academia should be *more* open to publishing work based on best-we-can-do weak data, as long as there's really no other way to address the question and that work is very clear about what it can and can't actually say.

Philipp Heimberger@heimbergecon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This paper finds that economists whose job market papers report (marginally) statistically significant results are more likely to secure academic jobs. Hiring committees prefer statistical significance; this creates incentives for researchers to p-hack.

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Wim Van Lancker@wimvanlancker.be · 5mo ago

🚨NEW PUBLICATION 🚨Household typologies in European surveys are biased against the reality of families in Southern and Eastern European countries. They mainly reflect family types that are more common in North-Western countries. This is problematic for European statistics, research and policy. 🧵

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Jens-Peter Thomsen@jenspeterthomsen.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We have a new paper out in Sociology of Education @soceducation.bsky.social on Intergenerational educational mobility in Scandinavia and the United States. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Intergenerational Educational Mobility in Scandinavia and the United States - Jens-Peter Thomsen, Stefan Bastholm Andrade, Florian R. Hertel, Max Thaning, Øyvind Nicolay Wiborg, 2026

Intergenerational educational mobility reflects a welfare state's ability to provide citizens with opportunities to climb the social ladder. Representing t...

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SocArXiv@socarxiv.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Someone went to the trouble of creating 5 fake OSF accounts today, linking to 5 fake ORCID accounts, and generating 5 fake papers to submit to SocArXiv, with fake author and emails. Dude, if you are reading this, I hope you get the help you need (or a better job).

A Study on Customer Support Team Configuration and Service Quality in Financial Services Enterprises A Study on Dispatcher Scheduling and Service On-Time Rate in Urban Public Transportation Systems A Study on the Impact of Member Mobility on Research Output in University Research Teams Authors Matthew R. Collins1, Daniel T. Harris2, James A. Wilson3* Affiliations Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia Corresponding author: james.wilson@unimelb-placeholder.edu Abstract Customer support teams play a crucial role in ensuring service quality in financial services enterprises, and the rationality of their staffing directly affects customer experience. This study analyzes the relationship between staff size and service quality indicators, focusing on the configuration characteristics of customer support teams. Based on 18 consecutive months of operational data from the customer support center of a financial services enterprise, the sample includes 96 service teams, 2,430 customer service personnel, and over 3.2 million customer service records. Service quality is measured by average response time, first-time resolution rate, and customer satisfaction score. A generalized 1 configuration variables on service quality customer service team is controlled withi A Study on the Relationship between Labor Structure and Production Efficiency in Overseas Factories of Multinational Manufacturing Enterprises Authors Sebastian Weber1, Lukas Schneider2, Johannes Müller3* Affiliations Department of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Munich (TUM), 80333 Munich, Germany *Corresponding author: johannes.mueller@tum-placeholder.edu Abstract Public transportation systems have high requirements for service on-time rate, and the rationality of dispatcher scheduling directly affects operational stability. This study analyzes the relationship between dispatcher scheduling and service on-time rate. The stud…
Julia M. Rohrer@dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 7mo ago

Explainers & tutorials are a great way to criticize current practices with a positive twist. Tailoring them to a specific substantive (!) subfield can greatly increase uptake. Forget about novelty; if some statistican said sth in the 70s but no one was around to hear it, say it again.>

Econometrica@ecmaeditors.bsky.social · 10mo ago

A widely held view is that the Gini coefficient is not decomposable by subgroups. This paper proposes an axiomatic framework that ensures well-behaved within and between-group terms under which the Gini is decomposable with a novel and unique formula. buff.ly/XdnzG6F

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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality@stone-lis.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3! #EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky bit.ly/40TZR6J

Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality

The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.

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Max Thaning@thaning.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🚨Multigroup Kitagawa-Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition working paper out! Extending KBO decomposition for more than two groups by relating group prevalence and estimated coefficients to the sample average - as well as other juicy meth discussions 😎 Joint work together with @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social

Rense Nieuwenhuis @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social · 10mo ago

mKBO: Multigroup Kitagawa-Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition Always wanted to do a KBO decomposition with more than 2 groups? @thaning.bsky.social and I present a multi-group generalization that overcomes this limitation, while providing a number of methodological advantages: osf.io/preprints/so...

Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥@hermwerf.bsky.social · 10mo ago

With the Inequality Cluster, Alex Ludwig (EUI Economics), Francis Vella (Georgetown U), and I organize a one-day conference on Social Mobility. www.eui.eu/events?id=58.... Looking forward to welcoming speakers @pengzell.bsky.social @xisong.bsky.social, Jo Blanden, Kjell Salvanes and Mikael Lindahl>

Workshop on

Organised jointly by EUI scholars Alexander Ludwig and Herman van de Werfhorst, together with Professor Francis Vella (Georgetown University), this event offers a unique forum for dialogue across disc...

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Sebastian E. Wenz@sewenz.bsky.social · 10mo ago

And the 1st Replication Award of the Academy of Sociology goes to.. Sergio Lo Iacono, Wojtek Przepiorka, Vincent Buskens, Rense Corten, Marcel van Assen, and Arnout van de Rijt for "The competitive advantage of sanctioning institutions revisited: A multilab replication" #AkadSoz25 #sociology 1/

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Peter Tennant@pwgtennant.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Just because an LLM can produce a report with various figures & charts doesn't mean it is good at statistics. Because good statistics is not about producing code. It's about deep knowledge of study design & conduct. In my opinion, 95% of all data science problems come from poor questions & design.

Terry McGlynn@hormiga.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Y'all. I just got ChatGPT to do everything in R for this manuscript. I mean EVERYTHING. And it's all legit and reproducible. I'm shook. How are we mentoring our trainees in statistics now? Who needs to learn coding in R line by line, and who doesn't? scienceforeveryone.science/statistics-i...