- Research focused on college as the “great equalizer” tends not to consider debt accrued during college and graduate school, ongoing support from parents, or marriage to similar others. Yet, these factors far outweighed women’s own earnings in shaping their class location at age 30. http://www.wipsociology.org/2021/12/02/college-and-earnings-are-just-part-of-the-story-the-contributions-of-marriage-and-family-wealth-to-college-educated-white-womens-class-location/ 10 comments science
- Study: Gentrification reconfigures cities to reproduce racial inequality, even without increasing displacement. Furthermore, it reduces the number of affordable neighborhood options and only increases neighborhood options for middle- and high-socioeconomic status residents within cities. http://www.wipsociology.org/2021/05/20/how-gentrification-reproduces-racial-inequality/ 32 comments science
- Public sector workers are 1.7 times more likely to participate in marches, rallies, and protests compared to private sector workers. However, these actions are almost entirely driven by union members. The findings demonstrate that political lives of public workers are amplified by unionization. http://www.wipsociology.org/2021/05/14/public-sector-and-politically-engaged-the-role-of-unions/ 34 comments science