Class and Gender in Hiring for Elite Jobs
Social class is not a protected status under U.S. employment law, so employers may consider class when making hiring decisions. To examine how employers evaluate … Read More
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Trust and Multiply
As women across the world flooded the workplace, and fertility patterns shifted in response, researchers noticed persistent differences between countries. In some nations, as women … Read More
Screening Therapy Clients by Race and Class
Class biases among providers add to the care barrier for already underserved populations. Read More
University of Phoenix vs. University of Unicorns
Do hiring managers use the perceived quality of an educational institution in their decisions? Read More
Career plans aren’t family plans
Why is there such persistent gender segregation in jobs in the U.S. labor force? One popular explanation is that women choose “family-friendly” occupations in order … Read More
Work History and Hiring
American workers are increasingly employed in jobs that are temporary, part-time, or mismatched with their education and skills. Despite this trend, little is known about … Read More
Did Baby Boomers Opt Out Or Lean In?
Among Boomers, a great number were not forced to opt out of working due to family or health constraints. Read More
Egalitarian Preferences, Gendered Realities
Most people say they’d prefer a balanced relationship. Photo by HomeSpot HQ via Flickr CC. Sociologists have been studying the gender revolution’s stalled progress … Read More
Sense of Control
Image by philhearing via Flickr CC. Social psychologists stress the importance of a sense of personal control as well as its sister traits, self-efficacy … Read More
Tipping Woes
Americans like to tip, offering extra cash to everyone from service station attendants to home health care aides. But for some workers, like restaurant wait … Read More
