Socio-Economic Review Abstract Automation’s extensive impact on the labor market and economy is well recognized, but the underlying motivations for its adoption remain understudied. To address this gap, we analyze an original dataset covering 1276 …
Publications
Defining the ‘Resource Unit’ for Poverty Measurement in Complex Contemporary Households: It’s Complicated by Lawrence Berger, Maria Cancian, Marcia J. Carlson, Daniel R. Meyer, Quentin Riser & Nora Cate Schaeffer (2024)
Population Research and Policy Review Abstract: Determining whether a household is ‘in poverty,’ requires identifying a resource unit, typically consisting of individuals who both co-reside and pool resources. High levels of family complexity and fluidity …
Inequality and social stratification in Russia during the Putin regime: From market transition to war on Ukraine by Theodore P. Gerber and Vladimir Gimpelson (2024)
Sociology Compass Abstract: The collapse of the USSR in late 1991 inspired social science research on levels, patterns, and trends in inequality within Russia, due to theoretical interest in how market transition affects social stratification. …
Classed Burdens: Habitus and Administrative Burden during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Taylor Laemmli (2024)
Sociological Science Abstract: This paper shows how class shaped service workers’ experiences of administrative burdens during the COVID-19 pandemic. I use the pandemic and pandemic-related shutdowns as a pseudo natural experiment in which job loss …
Asymmetry of Representation in Poor People’s Courts by Tonya L. Brito and Daniela Campos Ugaz (2024)
Fordham Law Review Abstract: This Essay examines the asymmetry of representation in poor people’s courts, specifically in child support enforcement cases involving the State. The asymmetry of representation is a common occurrence in various civil …
Safe as Houses: Financialization, Foreclosure, and Precarious Homeownership in the United States by Walker Kahn (2024)
American Sociological Review Abstract: The financialization of the U.S. economy has had important implications for household well-being, but the mechanisms connecting financialization and precarity have not been fully identified. This research identifies mortgage foreclosure as …
A Sociology of Real Estate: Polanyi, Du Bois, and the Relational Study of Commodified Land in a Climate-Changed Future by Max Besbris, John N. Robinson III, and Hillary Angelo (2024)
Annual Review of Sociology Abstract: Real estate plays an essential part in various sociological theories of political economy, state capacity, racecraft, stratification, and urbanization. However, since foundational insights about the novelty of commodified, emplaced private …
THE MYTH OF MUTUALITY: Decision-Making, Marital Power, and the Persistence of Gender Inequality by Jaclyn S. Wong and Allison Daminger (2024)
Gender & Society. Abstract: Invisible power—the ability to resist changing one’s behavior because of an unspoken consensus that the status quo is natural or inevitable—upholds gender inequality in different-gender marriages. Yet the “consensus” that Aafke …
Lifetime years married held steady for men with a BA degree since 1960 but dropped to lowest level since 1880 for men without a BA by Christine Schwartz, Rodrigo González-Velastín, and Anita Li (2024)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Abstract: Trends in life expectancy and marriage patterns work together to determine expected lifetime years married. In 1880, adult life expectancy was short and marriages were more …
Genetic Influences on Depression and Selection into Adverse Life Experiences by Tamkinat Rauf and Jeremy Freese (2024)
Social Science & Medicine Abstract: Genome-wide association studies find that a large number of genetic variants jointly influence the risk of depression, which is summarized by polygenic indices (PGIs) of depressive symptoms and major depression. …