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Social Class, Gender, and Contemporary Parenting Standards in the United States: Evidence from a National Survey Experiment by Ishizuka, Patrick

“…Social scientists have documented a substantial increase in both mothers’ and fathers’ time spent with children since the 1960s in the United States. Yet…”
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Eviction's Fallout: Housing, Hardship, and Health by Desmond, Matthew, Kimbro, Rachel Tolbert

“…Millions of families across the United States are evicted each year. Yet, we know next to nothing about the impact eviction has on their lives. Focusing on…”
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Discrimination in the Credential Society: An Audit Study of Race and College Selectivity in the Labor Market by Gaddis, S. Michael

“…Racial inequality in economic outcomes, particularly among the college educated, persists throughout US society. Scholars debate whether this inequality stems…”
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Housework: Who Did, Does or Will Do It, and How Much Does It Matter? by Bianchi, Suzanne M., Sayer, Liana C., Milkie, Melissa A., Robinson, John P.

“…As part of a special issue marking the 90th anniversary of Social Forces, articles published in the journal during the past five decades that have been…”
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Unpacking the Drivers of Racial Disparities in School Suspension and Expulsion by Owens, Jayanti, McLanahan, Sara S

“…Abstract School suspension and expulsion are important forms of punishment that disproportionately affect Black students, with long-term consequences for…”
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Generations of Advantage. Multigenerational Correlations in Family Wealth by Pfeffer, Fabian T., Killewald, Alexandra

“…Inequality in family wealth is high, yet we know little about how much and how wealth inequality is maintained across generations. We argue that a long-term…”
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The Populist Style in American Politics: Presidential Campaign Discourse, 1952–1996 by Bonikowski, Bart, Gidron, Noam

“…This paper examines populist claims-making in US presidential elections. We define populism as a discursive strategy that juxtaposes the virtuous populace with…”
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Atheists and Other Cultural Outsiders: Moral Boundaries and the Non-Religious in the United States by Edgell, Penny, Hartmann, Douglas, Stewart, Evan, Gerteis, Joseph

“…We use data from a nationally representative survey to analyze anti-atheist sentiment in the United States in 2014, replicating analyses from a decade earlier…”
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Socioeconomic Inequality in Children’s Achievement from Infancy to Adolescence: The Case of Germany by Skopek, Jan, Passaretta, Giampiero

“…Abstract When in children’s lives do gaps by family socioeconomic status (SES) in cognitive skills emerge, how large are they before children enter school, and…”
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Serial Eviction Filing: Civil Courts, Property Management, and the Threat of Displacement by Leung, Lillian, Hepburn, Peter, Desmond, Matthew

“…Abstract Drawing on over 8 million eviction court records from twenty-eight states, this study shows the role that eviction filings play in extracting monetary…”
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Publish and perish? An assessment of gender gaps in promotion to tenure in academia by Weisshaar, Katherine

“…In academia, there remains a gender gap in promotion to tenure, such that men are more likely to receive tenure than women. This paper tests three explanations…”
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Privilege on the Precipice: Perceived Racial Status Threats Lead White Americans to Oppose Welfare Programs by Wetts, Rachel, Willer, Robb

“…Here, we integrate prior work to develop and test a theory of how perceived macro-level trends in racial standing shape whites’ views of welfare policy. We…”
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Divided by Faith (in Christian America): Christian Nationalism, Race, and Divergent Perceptions of Racial Injustice by Perry, Samuel L, Cobb, Ryon J, Whitehead, Andrew L, Grubbs, Joshua B

“…Abstract Sociologists have long identified a “perception gap” between Black and White Americans regarding racial injustice, often emphasizing either…”
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Racial Stratification, Immigration, and Health Inequality: A Life Course-Intersectional Approach by Brown, Tyson H.

“…While health inequalities related to race/ethnicity, nativity, and age are well documented, it remains unclear how these axes of stratification combine to…”
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Concealment and Constraint: Child Protective Services Fears and Poor Mothers’ Institutional Engagement by Fong, Kelley

“…With the expansion of state surveillance and enforcement efforts in recent decades, a growing literature examines how those vulnerable to punitive state…”
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Cultural and Institutional Factors Shaping Mothers' Employment and Working Hours in Postindustrial Countries by Boeckmann, Irene, Misra, Joya, Budig, Michelle J.

“…Existing research shows that women's employment patterns are not driven so much by gender as by motherhood, with childless people and fathers employed at…”
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Love the Science, Hate the Scientists: Conservative Identity Protects Belief in Science and Undermines Trust in Scientists by Mann, Marcus, Schleifer, Cyrus

“…Abstract The decline in trust in the scientific community in the United States among political conservatives has been well established. But this observation is…”
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Intergenerational Ties in Context: Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren in China by Chen, Feinian, Liu, Guangya, Mair, Christine A.

“…Guided by theories and empirical research on intergenerational relationships, we examine the phenomenon of grandparents caring for grandchildren in…”
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Intergenerational Class Mobility in Europe: A New Account by Bukodi, Erzsébet, Paskov, Marii, Nolan, Brian

“…Abstract Comparative research into intergenerational social mobility has been typically restricted to a relatively small number of countries. The aim of this…”
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The Contribution of National Income Inequality to Regional Economic Divergence by Manduca, Robert A.

“…After more than a century of convergence, the economic fortunes of rich and poor regions of the United States have diverged dramatically over the last 40…”
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