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Wealth mobility and inequality: A theoretical framework 财富流动与不平等：一个理论框架

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Social Science Research Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103278

Yuval Elmelech

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Bridging capital: The income growth rate of Canadian trained immigrant and non-immigrant male and female apprentices 桥接资本：加拿大受训移民和非移民男女学徒的收入增长率

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Social Science Research Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103304

Taylor Paul , Hyeongsuk Jin , Michael Haan

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State-level gender inequality and couples’ relative earnings following parenthood over four decades 40多年来，州级性别不平等和夫妻生育后的相对收入

IF 3.5 2区社会学

Social Science Research Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103302

Kelly Musick , Wonjeong Jeong

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When categories change value: How new educational resources reshape patterns of inequality 当类别改变价值：新的教育资源如何重塑不平等的模式

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Social Science Research Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2026.103310

Tiffany T. Liu

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Still the Father's Name? Normative Change and Continuity in Children's Surnames 还是父的名吗？儿童姓氏的规范变化和连续性

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Social Science Research Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2026.103312

Florencia Torche , Tessa Holtzman , Tyler W. McDaniel

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Is my manager feeling threatened by me? Racial differences in content and activation of threat metastereotypes 我的经理觉得被我威胁了吗？威胁元刻板印象的内容和激活的种族差异

IF 3.5 2区社会学

Social Science Research Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103306

Jennifer L. Nelson , Rachel Elizabeth Fish

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Educational hypogamy is associated with a smaller child penalty on women's earnings 教育上的一夫多妻制与孩子对女性收入的影响较小有关

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Social Science Research Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2026.103327

Nadia Steiber , Lara Lebedinski , Bernd Liedl , Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

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Elementary school discipline lowers students’ sense of belonging 小学纪律降低了学生的归属感

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Social Science Research Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103296

Ha Eun Kim , Amy Gong Liu , Miles Davison , Sharon Z. Bi , Andrew M. Penner

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The structural fit of personal gender beliefs: A cross-national analysis of its implications for life satisfaction 个人性别信念的结构契合：对生活满意度影响的跨国分析

IF 3.5 2区社会学

Social Science Research Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2026.103308

Francisco Olivos , Yuning Sun , Lok-Sang Ho

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Infrastructural access and racial inequalities as determinants of income dynamics in South Africa 基础设施准入和种族不平等是南非收入动态的决定因素

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Social Science Research Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2026.103319

Franco Bonomi Bezzo , Laura Silva

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