Social Science Research

Social Science Research is seeking 15-20 early-career researchers to serve on its Early-Career Review Board, to begin on January 1, 2026. Feel welcome to contact editor Yang Cao at yangcao@charlotte.edu with any questions.

Sarah Asson, @efrankenberg.bsky.social, and colleagues examine two-way dual language immersion programs in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Complimentary access to this article is right here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Martin Rosemblatt-Meta and Ignacio Cabib show that retirement in Chile is moderately de-standardized and strongly gendered: men follow gradual retirement paths, and women exit abruptly with less variation. This article is complimentary access here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Darci K. Schmidgall examines whether state-funded “Alternatives to Abortion” programs reduce abortion rates. This article offers complimentary access for a limited time here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Work from Diana Roxana Galos and @fresejoris.bsky.social examines online social class cues and employability. This article is open access here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Kevin Kryston investigates social norms and perceived morality of unjustified police violence. You can read this article with complimentary access here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Social Science Research is preparing a special issue focused on a critical but underexplored dimension of AI: its role in widening or narrowing social inequalities. The deadline for abstracts is now Nov 17th. Read more here: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

@snmorgenstern.bsky.social examines anxiety and credibility as moderators of political information on migration. This article is open access and available now: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Maurice Gesthuizen and colleagues show that exposure to more welcoming integration policies is negatively associated with exclusion of ethno-religious immigrants. Read this article open access here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@conradziller.bsky.social and @hummlerteresa.bsky.social investigate differences in the acceptance of two different parenting styles between Muslim and non-Muslim respondents. Read this open access article here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@leoroe.bsky.social finds no evidence that early adolescents spend less time on enrichment, physical activity, or sleep after acquiring their first mobile phone. Read this open access article here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Work from @leabecher.bsky.social, Guido Mehlkop, and @sebastiansattler.bsky.social investigates the connection between status and aggression. This article is open access--read more here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Tibor Rutar and Marko Hočevar find that over-time increases in economic freedom predict decreases in relative poverty in developed, individualist societies. Open access here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Ariane Bertogg, @ppraeg.bsky.social, and @klararaiber.bsky.social show that caregiving improves cognitive functioning for both men and women in later life. Read this open access article here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Aniruddha Das examines subjective religiosity and perceived control in later life. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Zafer Buyukkececi finds that parent-child relationships intensified in contact, closeness, and functional support after adult children's job loss. This article is open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@tvanheuvelen.bsky.social‬ and colleagues investigate whether unionization reduces earnings disparities between Black and White workers in the public sector. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Jon Overton examines political homogeneity and extremism in American politics. Read this open access article here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Dieuwke Zwier finds that schools with progressive learning concepts are less popular among lower-SES students, while higher-SES students are comparatively less likely to choose labor market-themed schools. This article is open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Micah H. Nelson examines whether survey items measure the same constructs equivalently when administered to Democrats and Republicans. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

From Yuxin Zhang and colleagues, "Is political interest tracked in schools? Evidence from Germany" is open access and available here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Sangsoo Lee shows that both men and women are less averse to female bread-winning in countries with higher levels of economic development. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New work from Jingwen Liu investigates social isolation among older adults. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@chlolv.bsky.social and colleagues show that both parents and children tend to underestimate the educational distance between themselves and their family members. Read the full article here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Andrew Francis-Tan and Adam Y. Liu investigate the effect of the perceived threat of China on Americans’ attitudes toward Asian Americans. This paper is open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@vdecker.bsky.social and colleagues find that vocational graduates perform more routine tasks than general graduates, and decreasing returns to routine tasks account for 25% of the gap in income growth. This article is open access, available here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New article from Marga Torre and colleagues shows that gender homophily is most pronounced in fields at the intersection of male-dominated and gender-neutral areas and lowest in female-dominated fields. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Intergenerational income mobility in the United States: A racial-spatial account The study of intergenerational income mobility has witnessed more visibility in academic and public policy circles in light of the new estimates gener…

Masoud Movahed and Tiffany Neman's paper "Intergenerational Income Mobility in the United States: A Racial-Spatial Account" was just awarded the Mathematical Sociology ASA Section’s Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award. Congratulations to the authors! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...