Postdoc at Columbia Business School studying partisan sorting at work. https://www.maxkagan.com/https://bsky.app/profile/maxkagan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxkagan.bsky.social/post/3mloqviwm3s2p📅Last minute reminder: nominations for the @apsa.bsky.social Dorothy Day Award for Outstanding Labor Research are due on May 15 for research presented at last years' annual meeting and can be submitted to me via email. Self-nominations encouraged; looking forward to reading!12 May 2026 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:lcen7vkflu3uausrhziosrn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mloqviwm3s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/maxkagan.bsky.social/post/3mgnkxhewl22vJust now noticing a very interesting write-up by @ryanburge.bsky.social which makes use of our #VRscores data from the Politics at Work project with Justin Frake and @reubenhurst.bsky.social. Tremendously exciting to see how people are making use of the data to uncover new insights! https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/the-most-republican-jobs-in-america09 Mar 2026 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:lcen7vkflu3uausrhziosrn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgnkxhewl22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxkagan.bsky.social/post/3mfccouesic22Meanwhile, Wiley journals do not allow peer reviewers to use AI to evaluate manuscripts. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Feb 2026 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:lcen7vkflu3uausrhziosrn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfccouesic22https://bsky.app/profile/maxkagan.bsky.social/post/3meelvxpj522d@causalinf.bsky.social nails the experience of using Claude Code and how it is so different from what has come before. People want to know "how do I use the AI" and the answer is simple: "just talk to it!"08 Feb 2026 18:48 +0000at://did:plc:lcen7vkflu3uausrhziosrn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3meelvxpj522dhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxkagan.bsky.social/post/3mdzbvpuddc2uOn the "does ideological moderation help candidates win debate?": - candidates' ideology reflect strategic choices (endogeniety) - perceptions of candidate ideology are related to candidate quality (endogeneity) - favorable race dynamics attract higher-quality candidates (endogeneity) 🤔🤔🤔04 Feb 2026 06:50 +0000at://did:plc:lcen7vkflu3uausrhziosrn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdzbvpuddc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxkagan.bsky.social/post/3mcstq4fzwk2qSV needs to pick up Polanyi (more of a slog than James C. Scott, but worth it). AI will be disruptive but the idea that it will inescapably accelerate inequality only follows if you assume societal institutions are not themselves likely to be disrupted. https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/why-the-tech-world-thinks-the-american-dream-is-dying-daf793dc?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqcD30PXrWp4FU-tmJEW9f9HC78n2IK9ygXpUT44Ee3VJbGtsAWl1VzDYvMa7hA%3D&gaa_ts=696ec708&gaa_sig=Z3ckUMqPOPydrJWS98U5J_xOPQB0Ej_AzDJA2fkKVJ2K5P3oKvtwIen2TDY0EXItA9AE7Y7zvBZpIkp-uIGEVw%3D%3D19 Jan 2026 23:55 +0000at://did:plc:lcen7vkflu3uausrhziosrn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcstq4fzwk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxkagan.bsky.social/post/3mamujwa4hk2iBookmarking this for the next time I someone cites Ansolobehere et al. 2003 to claim that FEC donation records reflect ideological consumption and are thus a good measure of ideology for corporate elites https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/22/us/politics/trump-donors-fundraising-benefits.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share23 Dec 2025 04:03 +0000at://did:plc:lcen7vkflu3uausrhziosrn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mamujwa4hk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/maxkagan.bsky.social/post/3m5gwkzab3c2n🎉 Tremendously excited to announce the release of VRscores—an open-source dataset for researchers and journalists interested in studying the political lean of different employers.12 Nov 2025 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:lcen7vkflu3uausrhziosrn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5gwkzab3c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxkagan.bsky.social/post/3ly3vcqyfwc24New York City is the Riyadh of America https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/nyregion/eric-adams-saudi-arabia-ambassador.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare05 Sep 2025 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:lcen7vkflu3uausrhziosrn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly3vcqyfwc24