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Impact of layoffs on mortality and physical health in transitional China 1989–2015 1989-2015 年转型期中国下岗对死亡率和身体健康的影响

IF 3.2 2区社会学

Social Science Research Pub Date : 2024-11-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2024.103110

Qian Song , Emily Lim , Esther Friedman , James P. Smith

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Political and educational dynamics behind the Evangelicals’ stance against mask mandates during COVID-19 in the U.S. 在美国 COVID-19 期间，福音派反对面膜任务的立场背后的政治和教育动态。

IF 3.2 2区社会学

Social Science Research Pub Date : 2024-11-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2024.103100

Junhe Yang , Zack W. Almquist , James H. Jones

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Social welfare expansion and political support during economic slowdown: A panel data analysis of China, 2010–2018 经济放缓时期的社会福利扩张与政治支持：2010-2018 年中国面板数据分析

IF 3.2 2区社会学

Social Science Research Pub Date : 2024-11-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2024.103112

Xue Li , Bingdao Zheng

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Punishing “gender deviants”? Women born in the year of the white horse and college selectivity 惩罚 "性别异类"？白马年出生的女性与大学选择性

IF 3.2 2区社会学

Social Science Research Pub Date : 2024-11-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2024.103111

Soocheol Cho , Dohoon Lee

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Between ethnic diversity and immigration: Perceptions toward immigrants in a globalizing world 种族多样性与移民之间:全球化世界中对移民的看法

IF 2.5 2区社会学

Social Science Research Pub Date : 2023-11-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2023.102945

Eunsoo Cho , Seulsam Lee , Chan S. Suh

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Teacher judgements and gender achievement gaps in primary education in England, Germany, and the US 英国、德国和美国小学教育中的教师判断和性别成就差距

IF 2.5 2区社会学

Social Science Research Pub Date : 2023-10-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2023.102938

Melanie Olczyk , Sarah Gentrup , Thorsten Schneider , Anna Volodina , Valentina Perinetti Casoni , Elizabeth Washbrook , Sarah Jiyoon Kwon , Jane Waldfogel

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How did it get this way? Disentangling the sources of teacher quality gaps through agent-based modeling 它是怎么变成这样的？基于agent的教师素质差距源解析

IF 2.5 2区社会学

Social Science Research Pub Date : 2023-10-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2023.102941

Dan Goldhaber , Matt Kasman , Vanessa Quince , Roddy Theobald , Malcolm Wolff

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Workplace computerization and inequality in schedule control 工作场所电脑化与进度控制中的不平等

IF 2.5 2区社会学

Social Science Research Pub Date : 2023-10-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2023.102939

Eunjeong Paek

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Stability of dyadic exchange: Experimental evidence for the impact of shared group membership 二元交换的稳定性：共享群成员关系影响的实验证据

IF 2.5 2区社会学

Social Science Research Pub Date : 2023-10-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2023.102940

Zbigniew Karpiński , Adam Kęska , Dariusz Przybysz , John Skvoretz

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Spatial segregation and voting behavior among Asian Americans in 2020 general election 2020年大选中亚裔美国人的空间隔离与投票行为

IF 2.5 2区社会学

Social Science Research Pub Date : 2023-09-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2023.102929

Yongjun Zhang

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