Fred C Pampel,Patrick M Krueger,Justin T Denney
Fred C Pampel
The inverse relationships between socioeconomic status (SES) and unhealthy behaviors such as tobacco use, physical inactivity, and poor nutrition have been well demonstrated empirically but encompass diverse underlying causal mechanisms. Th...
The Sociology of Discrimination: Racial Discrimination in Employment, Housing, Credit, and Consumer Markets [0.03%]
歧视的社会学：雇佣、住房、信贷和消费市场中的种族歧视
Devah Pager,Hana Shepherd
Devah Pager
Persistent racial inequality in employment, housing, and a wide range of other social domains has renewed interest in the possible role of discrimination. And yet, unlike in the pre-civil rights era, when racial prejudice and discrimination...
S Philip Morgan,Miles G Taylor
S Philip Morgan
In the past few decades, demographic concerns have shifted from rapid population growth fueled by high fertility to concerns of population decline produced by very low, sub-replacement fertility levels. Once considered a problem unique to E...
Women's employment and the gain to marriage: the specialization and trading model [0.03%]
女性就业与婚姻收益：专业化和交换模型
V K Oppenheimer
V K Oppenheimer
"This chapter critically examines the hypothesis that women's rising employment levels have increased their economic independence and hence have greatly reduced the desirability of marriage. Little firm empirical support for this hypothesis...
The first injustice: socioeconomic disparities, health services technology, and infant mortality [0.03%]
第一大不公：经济社会差异、卫生服务技术与婴儿死亡率
S L Gortmaker,P H Wise
S L Gortmaker
"Infant mortality has long been viewed as a synoptic indicator of the health and social condition of a population. In this article we examine critically the structure of this reflective capacity with a particular emphasis on how new health ...
P Uhlenberg
P Uhlenberg
The author examines current demographic trends in developed countries and finds that they may force us to challenge the existing arrangement in which pre-retirement adults entirely support the aged. "Not only is the ratio of the older to yo...
S M Juster,M A Vinovskis
S M Juster
Past reviews of American family history, while providing useful information about certain aspects of family life in the past, have inadequately addressed the conceptual framework informing the discipline. Juster begins by reviewing 4 approa...
The effect of women's labor force participation on the distribution of income in the United States [0.03%]
美国女性劳动参与对收入分配的影响
J Treas
J Treas
The effect of women's labor force participation on income distribution in the United States is reviewed. "Because the wives of highly paid men participate less in the labor force, the earnings of working wives make the distribution of preta...