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Social Class Differences in Parenting? Revisiting Classed Childrearing through a Video-Ethnography of Mealtime 养育子女的社会阶层差异？通过用餐时间的视频人种学重新审视班级儿童教育

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Sociological Science Pub Date : 2026-08-25 DOI: 10.15195/v13.a40

Joanne W. Golann, Karen Phelan Kozlowski, Kara Mitchell Brennan

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Access to Higher Education and Support for Meritocracy: Effort, Skill, and Education as Components of Merit 接受高等教育的机会和对精英政治的支持：努力、技能和教育作为功绩的组成部分

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Sociological Science Pub Date : 2026-08-18 DOI: 10.15195/v13.a38

Hye Won Kwon, Jani Erola

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Decoupling Inequality and Stratification in the American Wealth Distribution, 1989–2022 美国财富分配中的脱钩、不平等与分层，1989-2022

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Sociological Science Pub Date : 2026-08-11 DOI: 10.15195/v13.a37

Jake Burchard, Lisa A. Keister

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Quantities of Interest for Interactions and the Pitfalls of Assuming Linear Treatment Effects 相互作用的兴趣量和假设线性处理效果的陷阱

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Sociological Science Pub Date : 2026-08-06 DOI: 10.15195/v13.a36

Josep Serrano-Serrat

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Bending the Heckman Curve: Competing Declines in Learning Capacity and Skill Relevance Over the Life Course 弯曲赫克曼曲线：学习能力和技能相关性在生命过程中的竞争性下降

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Sociological Science Pub Date : 2026-08-04 DOI: 10.15195/v13.a35

João M. Souto-Maior, Mitchell L. Stevens

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Categorical Engagement and the Contingent Nature of Typicality Effects 范畴参与与典型性效应的偶然性

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Sociological Science Pub Date : 2026-07-28 DOI: 10.15195/v13.a34

Alex Tyulyupo, Balázs Kovács

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Information Diets Are More Diverse in Attention Than in Engagement 信息饮食在注意力方面比参与方面更加多样化

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Sociological Science Pub Date : 2026-07-21 DOI: 10.15195/v13.a33

Christopher Barrie, Aybuke Atalay, Alia ElKattan

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A Roadmap for Inequality Research: Transparency, Intersectionality, and Multiple Measures of Race 不平等研究的路线图：透明度、交叉性和种族的多重衡量

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Sociological Science Pub Date : 2026-07-09 DOI: 10.15195/v13.a32

Emma Williams-Baron, Aliya Saperstein

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Leveraging Genomic Data to Document Within-Race Attractiveness Penalties Among Black Americans 利用基因组数据来记录美国黑人种族内的吸引力惩罚

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Sociological Science Pub Date : 2026-07-07 DOI: 10.15195/v13.a31

Beza Taddess, Luyin Zhang, Sam Trejo

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Protected: The Double Bind of Precarious Work: Creating Need and Undermining Support 保护：不稳定工作的双重束缚：创造需求和破坏支持

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Sociological Science Pub Date : 2026-07-01 DOI: 10.15195/v13.a30

Tyler Woods, Kristen Harknett, Daniel Schneider

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