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Who do they think you are? Inconsistencies in self- and proxy-reports of education within families 他们以为你是谁？家庭内部教育的自我报告和代理报告不一致

IF 3.5 2区社会学

Social Science Research Pub Date : 2025-07-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103225

Chloé Lavest , Mathieu Ferry , Mathieu Ichou , Patrick Präg

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The uneven effects of gender parity: Trends in gender homophily in scientific publications, 1980–2019 性别平等的不平衡影响：1980-2019年科学出版物中性别同一性的趋势

IF 3.5 2区社会学

Social Science Research Pub Date : 2025-07-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103228

Margarita Torre , Jesús A. Prieto-Alonso , Iñaki Ucar

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Rising selectivity of Israeli immigrants to the United States, 1976–2017 1976-2017年，以色列移民对美国的选择性提高

IF 3.2 2区社会学

Social Science Research Pub Date : 2025-07-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103229

Yinon Cohen , Kaiting Zhou

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Achieved or ascribed? The trajectory of family background and educational assortative mating in China over four decades 成就还是归属？40年来中国家庭背景与教育选择性婚配的轨迹

IF 3.2 2区社会学

Social Science Research Pub Date : 2025-07-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103230

Jie Wang, Xin Chen

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Liberal economic institutions reduce relative poverty only in developed, individualist societies: A global analysis, 2000–2019 自由经济制度只在发达的个人主义社会减少相对贫困：2000-2019年的全球分析

IF 3.2 2区社会学

Social Science Research Pub Date : 2025-07-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103231

Tibor Rutar , Marko Hočevar

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Unemployment and parent-adult child relationships: How parental support evolves following job loss 失业与亲子关系：失业后父母支持的演变

IF 3.2 2区社会学

Social Science Research Pub Date : 2025-07-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103227

Zafer Buyukkececi

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An epidemic of social isolation? Age and cohort trends of social connectedness among older adults, 2004–2018 社会孤立的流行病？2004-2018年老年人社会联系的年龄和队列趋势

IF 3.2 2区社会学

Social Science Research Pub Date : 2025-07-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103212

Jingwen Liu

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Does mobile phone use in early adolescence displace enrichment, physical activity, and sleep? A longitudinal examination of the time-displacement hypothesis 青少年早期使用手机是否取代了充实、身体活动和睡眠？时间位移假设的纵向检验

IF 3.2 2区社会学

Social Science Research Pub Date : 2025-07-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103226

Leo Röhlke

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Aggressive behavior and social Status: An experimental test of the general aggression model 攻击行为与社会地位：一般攻击模型的实验检验

IF 3.2 2区社会学

Social Science Research Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103224

Lea Becher , Guido Mehlkop , Sebastian Sattler

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Stuck in a bad job? The dynamics of poor-quality employment in Chile, 2004–2019 困在一份糟糕的工作中？2004-2019年智利低质量就业动态

IF 3.2 2区社会学

Social Science Research Pub Date : 2025-06-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103206

Kirsten Sehnbruch , Joaquín Prieto , Diego Vidal

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