📢 New in! Unemployment is central in labour market disparities, but rarely studies have linked its dynamics with the overall wage inequality, until now! ➡Read Irma Mooi-Reci Tim Liao's results from newly developed variance function panel regression models at doi.org/10.1093/esr/jc…

So very delighted to see our paper (with the amazing Tim Liao) published ESR! We find that the prevalence, frequency and duration of unemployment can explain part of the rise in the Dutch wage disparities!

Excited that a new paper with Eva Jaspers and Weverthon Machado has just been published in American Sociological Review! We found that both men and women work more hours when partnered with a woman than with a man. Both own and partner’s gender drive labor market behavior! doi.org/10.1177/000312…

Here is the free-access link to our newly published paper ESR: Unemployment: A Hidden Source of Wage Inequality? academic.oup.com/esr/advance-ar…

Proud moment: SSR increased its IF by 28% and it is now in the top 10% of sociology journals! Huge thanks to the amazing authors, our tireless reviewers and our readers! Looking forward to seeing more of your amazing work published SSR Editorial Office !!

Despite strong preference for temporal flexibility, American workers tend to under-utilize their employer’s flextime policies. Occupational norm that emphasizes long work hours is a key to solving this puzzle. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

My longstanding passion for foreign policy and diplomacy dates back some thirty years. During my bachelor’s studies at the Ruhr University in Bochum, and follow-up studies for my master’s and doctoral degrees at the University of Bonn, my interest in diplomacy grew further. p 5

Thrilled to introduce “QuantLab”—a new network @unimelb meant to connect social scientists who love working with numbers and data. Interested? Check out QuantLab’s website quantilab.github.io, and send me or Seraphine F. Maerz a message if you’d like to join our newest hub!

More secure jobs and higher unemployment benefits could help lift Australia’s birth rate. Read our reflections (with Trong-Anh Trinh) & short synthesis of our research findings on this topic. theconversation.com/more-secure-jo… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand University of Melbourne Melbourne Sociology

People with secure work and a regular income are more likely to start a family than those working in casual jobs with irregular hours. Read more from @unimelb Monash University theconversation.com/more-secure-jo…

Mark your calendars for our 2nd QuantLunch on: Longitudinal Data using Stata! If you are an academic based in Melbourne or @unimelb and you'd like to join QuantLab, then DM Irma Mooi-Reci or Seraphine F. Maerz or check out our website for more information: quantilab.github.io

As past Editor of Gender & Society it's with delight I thank my Deputy Editors, Irma Mooi-Reci , Kristen Myers, Smitha Radhakrishnan,Sheryl Skaggs, Travers, just Travers & the Editorial board for amazing work. Recent impact figure 7.2, ranked #3 in sociology, and #1 in Women’s Studies.

📢PhD Job alert! Join me for my ERC project on "Improving Female Migrants’ Labour Market Positioning" (PROFEM). I offer two PhD positions at the University of Lausanne. Deadline: 23.09.24 / Start: Nov 2024 More info: career5.successfactors.eu/career?career_…

Very insightful study published SSR Editorial Office links overwork culture to under-use of paid leave. Featured in Forbes 👇

Are you a Melbourne-based academic who enjoys talking about data and numbers or anything quantitative? Then you are welcome to join our 3rd QuantLunch as we talk about Spatial Econometrics using Stata. Don't forget to send us an email @irmamooi or Seraphine F. Maerz University of Melbourne

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My take on how Australia can lift its birth rates: More secure jobs and lower costs of job loss! Join me in Canberra this Friday at the "Symposium Population Challenges and Our Data" to hear more! You can register here: events.humanitix.com/population_cha… Melbourne Sociology University of Melbourne #anu

#QuantLab will be celebrating Social Science Week with 2 QuantLunches! Join our network (if based in Melbourne): quantilab.github.io and attend tomorrow's webinar on simulation models for FREE here: eventbrite.com.au/e/an-introduct… University of Melbourne Seraphine F. Maerz QuantLab

#SocialSciencesWeek couldn't have started any better than by talking about Spatial Analytics today! Don't forget to register for our next QuantWebinar tomorrow by the amazing Jason Thompson! 👇 eventbrite.com.au/e/an-introduct… Melbourne Sociology University of Melbourne Faculty of Arts #dataanalytics

"Donald Trump’s use of illiberal rhetoric should be a warning sign for democracy", writes my brilliant colleague Seraphine F. Maerz Read her latest opinion piece here: pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/the-w… @unimelb #uspolitics #languageuse #democracy