Peter Catron
@petercatron.bsky.social
Sociology professor at UW. petercatron.org
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Peter Catron
@petercatron.bsky.social
· Feb 27
Protecting all children. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
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My paper "Double robust, flexible adjustment methods for causal inference: An overview and an evaluation" is out in Social Science Research. Spoiler: In simulations, double robustness appears less important than flexibility, and OLS does pretty well! 🧵👇 1/7
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September 4, 2026 at 3:07 PM
My paper "Double robust, flexible adjustment methods for causal inference: An overview and an evaluation" is out in Social Science Research. Spoiler: In simulations, double robustness appears less important than flexibility, and OLS does pretty well! 🧵👇 1/7
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Are you interested in presenting in @uwcsde.bsky.social Computational Demography Working Group (CDWG)?
CDWG meets weekly to provide an interdisciplinary forum for discussions of digital and computational approaches to demographic research.
csde.washington.edu/computationa...
#demography
CDWG meets weekly to provide an interdisciplinary forum for discussions of digital and computational approaches to demographic research.
csde.washington.edu/computationa...
#demography
Computational Demography Working Group
About The Computational Demography Working Group (CDWG) at the University of Washington meets weekly to provide an interdi
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August 27, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Are you interested in presenting in @uwcsde.bsky.social Computational Demography Working Group (CDWG)?
CDWG meets weekly to provide an interdisciplinary forum for discussions of digital and computational approaches to demographic research.
csde.washington.edu/computationa...
#demography
CDWG meets weekly to provide an interdisciplinary forum for discussions of digital and computational approaches to demographic research.
csde.washington.edu/computationa...
#demography
I don’t like that my citizenship AJS article has become policy relevant because of the implications. But at least it’s getting recognized www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/b...
What Ireland and Germany Can Teach Us About Birthright Citizenship
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June 17, 2026 at 11:23 PM
I don’t like that my citizenship AJS article has become policy relevant because of the implications. But at least it’s getting recognized www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/b...
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Honorable Mentions:
@petercatron.bsky.social, María Vignau Loría, & @sarahefarr.bsky.social . 2024. "Contextual Boundaries: Skin Tone Stratification and Skill Transferability Among Mexicans in the Age of Mass Migration." @readdemography.bsky.social 61(5): 1377-1402.
@petercatron.bsky.social, María Vignau Loría, & @sarahefarr.bsky.social . 2024. "Contextual Boundaries: Skin Tone Stratification and Skill Transferability Among Mexicans in the Age of Mass Migration." @readdemography.bsky.social 61(5): 1377-1402.
May 30, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Honorable Mentions:
@petercatron.bsky.social, María Vignau Loría, & @sarahefarr.bsky.social . 2024. "Contextual Boundaries: Skin Tone Stratification and Skill Transferability Among Mexicans in the Age of Mass Migration." @readdemography.bsky.social 61(5): 1377-1402.
@petercatron.bsky.social, María Vignau Loría, & @sarahefarr.bsky.social . 2024. "Contextual Boundaries: Skin Tone Stratification and Skill Transferability Among Mexicans in the Age of Mass Migration." @readdemography.bsky.social 61(5): 1377-1402.
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The Supreme Court hears oral arguments about birthright citizenship this Wednesday. Here we use peer-reviewed research to debunk all of the claims being made by the Trump administration and their amici
Protecting all children. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
March 30, 2026 at 10:55 PM
The Supreme Court hears oral arguments about birthright citizenship this Wednesday. Here we use peer-reviewed research to debunk all of the claims being made by the Trump administration and their amici
The Supreme Court hears oral arguments about birthright citizenship this Wednesday. Here we use peer-reviewed research to debunk all of the claims being made by the Trump administration and their amici
Protecting all children. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
March 30, 2026 at 10:55 PM
The Supreme Court hears oral arguments about birthright citizenship this Wednesday. Here we use peer-reviewed research to debunk all of the claims being made by the Trump administration and their amici
In this day and age, why would yet another section of the ASA save us?
March 26, 2026 at 4:56 PM
In this day and age, why would yet another section of the ASA save us?
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Immensely grateful to share an amicus brief on birthright citizenship, submitted to SCOTUS last week.
We present esta of the impacted child population (4.8 mil children in next 20 yrs alone!) + financial contributions through 2074 under status quo ($7.7 trillion!).
Link: lnkd.in/gGXngCDY
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We present esta of the impacted child population (4.8 mil children in next 20 yrs alone!) + financial contributions through 2074 under status quo ($7.7 trillion!).
Link: lnkd.in/gGXngCDY
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March 4, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Immensely grateful to share an amicus brief on birthright citizenship, submitted to SCOTUS last week.
We present esta of the impacted child population (4.8 mil children in next 20 yrs alone!) + financial contributions through 2074 under status quo ($7.7 trillion!).
Link: lnkd.in/gGXngCDY
1/7
We present esta of the impacted child population (4.8 mil children in next 20 yrs alone!) + financial contributions through 2074 under status quo ($7.7 trillion!).
Link: lnkd.in/gGXngCDY
1/7
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Protecting all children. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
February 27, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Protecting all children. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
Protecting all children. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
February 27, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Protecting all children. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
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Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it.
Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:
Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:
February 19, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it.
Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:
Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:
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New Post-Doc Opportunity:
Princeton OPR is hiring postdocs in population studies.
PhD in demography or related fields (sociology, economics, epi, etc.) welcome.
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/181246
Review begins 3/1/16. Please share!
Princeton OPR is hiring postdocs in population studies.
PhD in demography or related fields (sociology, economics, epi, etc.) welcome.
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/181246
Review begins 3/1/16. Please share!
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February 18, 2026 at 3:37 PM
New Post-Doc Opportunity:
Princeton OPR is hiring postdocs in population studies.
PhD in demography or related fields (sociology, economics, epi, etc.) welcome.
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/181246
Review begins 3/1/16. Please share!
Princeton OPR is hiring postdocs in population studies.
PhD in demography or related fields (sociology, economics, epi, etc.) welcome.
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/181246
Review begins 3/1/16. Please share!
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This is such an important book to understand how the early months of refugee resettlement in the US unfold in practice.
Congratulations, @molly-fee.bsky.social!
staging.ucpress.edu/books/believ...
#refugee
Congratulations, @molly-fee.bsky.social!
staging.ucpress.edu/books/believ...
#refugee
February 6, 2026 at 8:23 PM
This is such an important book to understand how the early months of refugee resettlement in the US unfold in practice.
Congratulations, @molly-fee.bsky.social!
staging.ucpress.edu/books/believ...
#refugee
Congratulations, @molly-fee.bsky.social!
staging.ucpress.edu/books/believ...
#refugee
I hate how much of my time is spent disabling AI in all my software.
December 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I hate how much of my time is spent disabling AI in all my software.
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I’m hiring a postdoc! Flexible in terms of details, but I’m looking for someone to collaborate with on research about labor market inequality. I’ll review applications as they come in and the posting just went up here:
apply.interfolio.com/178873
apply.interfolio.com/178873
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December 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I’m hiring a postdoc! Flexible in terms of details, but I’m looking for someone to collaborate with on research about labor market inequality. I’ll review applications as they come in and the posting just went up here:
apply.interfolio.com/178873
apply.interfolio.com/178873
Sad to hear of Stew Tolnay’s passing. He was the first person to invite me to coffee when I started working here and gave incredible feedback on my work. He will be missed.
October 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Sad to hear of Stew Tolnay’s passing. He was the first person to invite me to coffee when I started working here and gave incredible feedback on my work. He will be missed.
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Cool paper. A lot of work!
"immigrants who completed the naturalization process attained significantly higher occupational status than those who initiated but did not complete naturalization"
"immigrants who completed the naturalization process attained significantly higher occupational status than those who initiated but did not complete naturalization"
New working paper. Comments always welcome osf.io/preprints/so...
OSF
osf.io
October 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Cool paper. A lot of work!
"immigrants who completed the naturalization process attained significantly higher occupational status than those who initiated but did not complete naturalization"
"immigrants who completed the naturalization process attained significantly higher occupational status than those who initiated but did not complete naturalization"
New working paper. Comments always welcome osf.io/preprints/so...
OSF
osf.io
October 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
New working paper. Comments always welcome osf.io/preprints/so...
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I'm trying to find some sociology papers to bring into my intro statistics course for grad students. Straightforward quant analyses where the data are publicly available. Does anyone have any suggestions?
August 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I'm trying to find some sociology papers to bring into my intro statistics course for grad students. Straightforward quant analyses where the data are publicly available. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Ending birthright citizenship would increase the undocumented population by 5.4 million by 2075: www.migrationpolicy.org/news/birthri...
Repealing Birthright Citizenship Would Significantly Increase the Size of the U.S. Unauthorized Population
Repealing birthright citizenship for babies born on U.S. soil to unauthorized immigrants or temporary visa holders would have a contrary result from its stated aim of reducing the unauthorized immigra...
www.migrationpolicy.org
July 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Ending birthright citizenship would increase the undocumented population by 5.4 million by 2075: www.migrationpolicy.org/news/birthri...
Picking berries is a blood sport that I enjoy.
June 23, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Picking berries is a blood sport that I enjoy.
My university is removing our landlines from our offices to save costs. The thing is I ripped my landline out of the wall the moment I got here because it rang and I didn’t know how to use it.
May 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
My university is removing our landlines from our offices to save costs. The thing is I ripped my landline out of the wall the moment I got here because it rang and I didn’t know how to use it.
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Shout out to @caitlinpatler.bsky.social for her hard work on this. I’m happy for the small part I played in this, too.
Our research shows that ending birthright citizenship "would cause serious harm…to the entire United States."
It is my honor to join with 95 other social scientists, all of us specialists in US immigration, in signing this new Amicus Curiae brief.
☞ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It is my honor to join with 95 other social scientists, all of us specialists in US immigration, in signing this new Amicus Curiae brief.
☞ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Shout out to @caitlinpatler.bsky.social for her hard work on this. I’m happy for the small part I played in this, too.
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Hi fellow #demography folks. Be sure to follow @uwcsde.bsky.social ! They are new to Bluesky .
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April 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Hi fellow #demography folks. Be sure to follow @uwcsde.bsky.social ! They are new to Bluesky .
@sarahquinn.bsky.social @petercatron.bsky.social @zalmquist.bsky.social @readdemography.bsky.social @popassocamerica.bsky.social @iaphs.bsky.social @iussp.bsky.social @berkeleypopcenter.bsky.social
@sarahquinn.bsky.social @petercatron.bsky.social @zalmquist.bsky.social @readdemography.bsky.social @popassocamerica.bsky.social @iaphs.bsky.social @iussp.bsky.social @berkeleypopcenter.bsky.social