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Witch trials and wages in early-modern Europe: A state-space reconstruction study 近代早期欧洲的女巫审判与工资：国家空间重建研究

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Social Science Research Pub Date : 2025-05-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103209

Aniruddha Das

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Labor market formalization and local-migrant wage gap in China: Evidence from 2008 Labor Contract Law 中国劳动力市场正规化与本地农民工工资差距：来自2008年《劳动合同法》的证据

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Social Science Research Pub Date : 2025-05-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103211

Yiyue Huangfu

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Where I stand and what I stand for: Subjective status, class, and redistribution 我的立场和立场：主观地位、阶级和再分配

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Social Science Research Pub Date : 2025-05-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103210

Giacomo Melli , Leo Azzollini

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What's my age again? An age-period-cohort analysis of generalised trust in Africa 再说一遍我的年龄？非洲普遍信任的年龄-时期-队列分析

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Social Science Research Pub Date : 2025-05-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103203

Michael Kumove , Intifar Sadiq Chowdhury

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The development of ICT skills in adolescence at the intersection of gender and family background 在性别和家庭背景的交集下，青少年ICT技能的发展

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Social Science Research Pub Date : 2025-05-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103202

Alexandra Wicht , Corinna Kleinert

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Incarceration, stigma, and labor power: The prison as labor governance institution in 36 OECD countries 监禁、耻辱与劳动力：36个经合组织国家的监狱作为劳动治理机构

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Social Science Research Pub Date : 2025-04-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103177

Andrew P. Davis , Michael Gibson-Light , Jessica Pfaffendorf , Christian Alberg

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Tracking in context: Variation in the effects of reforms in the age at tracking on educational mobility 情境中的追踪：追踪年龄改革对教育流动性影响的差异

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Social Science Research Pub Date : 2025-04-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103188

Michael Grätz , Marieke Heers

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Measuring the unique effect of pro-military messaging on American public health behavior during COVID-19 衡量在COVID-19期间亲军事信息对美国公共卫生行为的独特影响

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Social Science Research Pub Date : 2025-04-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103193

Kelsey L. Larsen

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State-level contexts and sexual minority occupational segregation in the United States: Assessing legal protections and public attitudes 美国的州级背景和性少数群体职业隔离：评估法律保护和公众态度

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Social Science Research Pub Date : 2025-04-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103191

Jisu Park

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Flexible work arrangements, gender ideology, and housework time among dual-earner couples 双职工夫妇的灵活工作安排、性别意识形态和家务劳动时间

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Social Science Research Pub Date : 2025-04-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103192

Xinyan Cao , Senhu Wang

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