While the starting pay for people of all races and genders is moving toward equality, the types of jobs people are pushed into explains much of gender and race differences in wages.
“Race and Gender Differences in Wages: The Role of Occupational Sorting at the Point of Hire”
Andrew M. Penner
Sociological Quarterly, Summer 2008
The Discoveries from the Fall 2008 issue (along with the rest of our Fall 2008 issue) are now online!
Having a father go abroad to work is harder on children than having a mother do so: the mothers do a better job of compensating for their absense.
“Transnational Fathering: Gendered Conflicts, Distant Disciplining and Emotional Gaps”
Rhacel Salazar Parrentildeas
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, September 2008, p1057-1072
The U.S. Census says the U.S. population will be 53% Latino by 2050, but they fail to consider how Latina/os classify their own race.
“Latino racial choices: the effects of skin colour and discrimination on Latinos? and Latinas? racial self-identifications”
Tanya Golash-Boza and Williiam Darity Jr.
Ethnic and Racial Studies, 31(5), p899
When you have been marginalized into a place with no legitimate economic opportunities, it turns out prostitution is not as irrational as some might think.
“‘Perversion’ of Choice: Sex Work Offers Just Enough in Chicago’s Urban Ghetto”
Eva Rosen and Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 37(4), p417-441
Performance evalutions are designed to ensure raises are rewarded according to merit, not gender, race or nationality. It’s not working.
“Gender, Race, and Meritocracy in Organizational Careers”
Emilio J. Castilla
American Journal of Sociology, 113(6), p1479-1526
Israel was founded as a state where all Jews may come together regardless of nationality, but the plight of Ethiopian Jews in Israel suggests otherwise.
“Multicultural society and everyday cultural racism: second generation of Ethiopian Jews in Israel’s crisis of modernization”
Uri Ben-Eliezer
Ethnic and Racial Studies, 31(5), p935-961
The first representative GLBT survey in California finds gay men partnering at lower rate than heterosexual men, but lesbians partnering at same rate as heterosexual women.
“Gay and Lesbian Partnership: Evidence from California”
Christopher Carpenter & Gary J. Gates
Demography, August 2008, p573-590
When looking for a partner, don’t forget to think about their rap sheet and the life of crime they may or may not lead you into.
“Romantic partners’ influence on men’s likelihood of arrest in early adulthood”
Deborah M. Capaldi, Hyoun K. Kim, Lee D. Owen
Criminology, May 2008
Living near highway entrances increases risk of preterm birth and low birthweight—for the rich but not the poor.
“Neighbourhood socioeconomic status, maternal education and adverse birth outcomes among mothers living near highways”
M Généreux, N Auger, M Goneau, M Daniel
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 62, p695-700
