Year: 2026

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society Abstract Economic development theory and practice in the United States implicitly assume that because economic decline is linked to worsened deprivation, the inverse must hold: that growth generates socioeconomic prosperity. While regional economic decline and stagnation correlate with decreasing real income among lower- and middle-income families, income gains …

Social Science & Medicine ABSTRACT Research suggests that gene-environment correlation (rGE) is a central mechanism in the causation of depression. In particular, individuals with a higher genetic risk of depression also have a disproportionately high risk of experiencing adversities that may to some extent be attributed to one’s own behaviors. However, the specific behaviors implicated …

Rural Sociology ABSTRACT To explain the stigma around homelessness, scholars often focus on its physically visible forms in urban centers. However, in rural contexts, people experiencing homelessness are often unseen: they are doubling up with friends and family, living in vehicles or abandoned buildings, and camping in state parks. As such, rural homelessness is often …

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Nature Human Behaviour Abstract Why have incarceration rates and racial disparities fallen in the USA? Using data on recorded crimes, arrests and prison admissions from 2000 to 2019, we decompose declines in imprisonment by race and offence category. Whereas the rise of mass incarceration primarily reflected increased punitiveness in policing and case processing, recent declines …

Obesity Science & Practice ABSTRACT Background Including romantic partners as supports in behavioral weight management programs targeting index participants could yield spillover effects, but few studies have explored the effects on partners. Methods Dyads included an index participant with BMI ≥ 27 kg/m2 and a cohabitating partner with BMI ≥ 18 kg/m2 randomized to a participant‐only (N = 116) or partner‐assisted (N = 115) intervention. …

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity Introduction Special Sessions at annual meetings of the American Sociological Association (ASA) are, by nature, noteworthy because they address sociological issues of importance to the discipline or beyond, focusing on new areas of sociological work and/or timely topics. Although the content of these sessions is not always publication worthy, publication …

Gender & Society Abstract Empirical evidence from the labor market suggests that when an occupation is associated with women it is devalued, but without tight experimental control, these studies cannot establish that the relationship is causal. In a series of preregistered survey experiments, I test whether U.S. residents devalue three distinct occupations when they are …