Social Science Research

Taylor Paul and colleagues examine income growth rates of recent immigrant journeypersons compared to their non-immigrant counterparts, and as well as what sociodemographic characteristics explain disparities between them. Read this open access article here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@eunjeongpaek.bsky.social examines whether workers’ access to employee-driven schedule flexibility increased from 1997 to 2015, as well as how trends in access vary across 11 European countries and the United States. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@linatobler.bsky.social and @julialeesch.bsky.social examine trends in education and labor market matches. This article is open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📖🚀New w/ @yiangli.bsky.social & Linda Waite in @ssreditorial.bsky.social. Ever wonder how your spouse’s childhood shows up in your life? Our “Linked Long Arms” framework shows early disadvantage can echo into later-life friendships, confidants, and community ties. More in doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

Ha Eun Kim, @amygongliu.bsky.social, and colleagues examine the relationship between student discipline receipt and students' perceptions of school among elementary school students. Read this article here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Kelly Musick and Wonjeong Jeong use gender perspectives on the division of labor and research on structural sexism to examine how systemic gender inequality shapes within-couple earnings inequality at the turning point of parenthood. Read more here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New in @ssreditorial.bsky.social with @jasonwongyh.bsky.social and Linda Waite. We introduce and examine the "linked long arms" where early family disadvantages have spillover effects within marriage on social lives with women’s early disadvantage especially consequential. doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

Jennifer L. Nelson and Rachel Elizabeth Fish extend metastereotype theory by addressing predictors of metastereotype content and activation and show that these operate asymmetrically across dominant and dominated racial groups. Read about their findings here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@tvanheuvelen.bsky.social, Natasha Quadlin, and Jordyn Wald investigate regret amongst women with computer science and engineering degrees. They find that these fields are defined by a uniquely large unexplained amount of regret among women. Read more here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Austin Horng-En Wang, @dcarterpolisci.bsky.social,
Naseem Benjelloun, and colleagues' study distinguishes how partisans and nonpartisans contribute to polarization. This article is available here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Guillermina Jasso discusses how probability distributions expanded the meaning of inequality from inequality between persons to inequality between subgroups. You can read this article here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Rachel M. Shattuck examines cross-cohort (millenial and baby boomer) employment differences among U.S. mothers, focusing on the role of nonparental childcare. You can read this article with complimentary access here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Samuel Kye and Thalia Tom find that educational segregation is almost entirely attributable to neighborhood-level differences found in metropolitan areas. You can read this article under complimentary access here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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...