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Labor force attachment, college majors, and the gender earnings gap 劳动力依附、大学专业和性别收入差距

IF 2 1区社会学

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2025.101107

Mei-Yu Kuo, Vincent J. Roscigno

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Is temporary employment a stepping stone for unemployed immigrants? 临时工作是失业移民的垫脚石吗？

IF 2 1区社会学

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2025.101092

Dries Lens, Kilian Van Looy, Ive Marx

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Inequalities in early childhood education and care by immigrant background 移民背景在幼儿教育和照料方面的不平等

IF 2 1区社会学

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2025.101110

Andreas Ljungström , Carina Mood

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The educational wealth divide in Europe: Post-secondary enrollment gaps across parental wealth components and countries 欧洲的教育财富鸿沟：父母财富组成部分和国家之间的高等教育入学率差距

IF 2 1区社会学

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2025.101086

Andrea Pietrolucci , Jascha Dräger , Nora Müller , Marco Albertini

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The gendered value of education in the ‘college-for-all’ era and the role of literacy and numeracy skills “全民大学”时代教育的性别价值以及识字和算术技能的作用

IF 2.7 1区社会学

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2025.101074

Dafna Gelbgiser , Limor Gabay-Egozi

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On the wrong track? Perceived track mismatch among ethnic minority and majority students in the German education system 在错误的轨道上？在德国教育系统中，少数民族学生和多数民族学生的轨道不匹配

IF 2 1区社会学

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2025.101085

Claudia Diehl, Katja Pomianowicz, Thomas Hinz

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Inherent advantage: The multidimensional and cumulative nature of intergenerational associations in degree attainment 内在优势：在学位获得方面代际关联的多维性和累积性

IF 2 1区社会学

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2025.101090

Sigal Alon , Oded Mcdossi

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Social class and earnings trajectories in the UK: New findings from a longitudinal analysis 英国的社会阶层和收入轨迹：纵向分析的新发现

IF 2 1区社会学

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2025.101089

Erzsébet Bukodi , John H. Goldthorpe , Leonie Westhoff

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Did social change strengthen genetic associations? Gendered educational attainment before and after German reunification 社会变革是否加强了遗传联系？德国统一前后受教育程度的性别差异

IF 2 1区社会学

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2025.101091

Christoph Spörlein , Gundula Zoch , Elmar Schlueter

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The impact of economic fluctuations on health inequalities in Europe: Evidence from 29 countries between 2005 and 2015 经济波动对欧洲卫生不平等的影响：2005年至2015年来自29个国家的证据

IF 2.7 1区社会学

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2025.101073

Jad Moawad

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