Articles – Sociological Science

April Sutton, Bernardo Mackenna, Bolun Zhang, Amanda Bosky

Sociological Science June 25, 2026
10.15195/v13.a28

Abstract Rural communities have lagged urban areas in the economic and sociocultural shifts thought to underlie women’s advantage in bachelor’s degree (BA) attainment, such as the expansion of high-status professional jobs and increasing gender ega...

Jonathan Ben-Menachem

Sociological Science June 22, 2026
10.15195/v13.a27

Abstract Existing research on newsroom metrics documents how journalists construct compatibility between discordant professional and commercial evaluation frameworks. This study examines the underexplored case where metrics validate existing practices. Drawing on interviews with 58 cr...

Léa Pessin, Kevin Munger

Sociological Science June 16, 2026
10.15195/v13.a26

Abstract Despite substantial gender convergence in education and employment, women continue to perform a disproportionate share of housework. We employ a novel visual conjoint experiment to isolate the normative mechanisms underlying this persistent inequality. Using AI-generated p...

Manuel Schechtl, Florencia Torche

Sociological Science June 15, 2026
10.15195/v13.a25

Abstract Recent research documents widening class gaps in intergenerational income mobility in the United States. Children from low-income families in more recent cohorts attain lower incomes than their counterparts in earlier cohorts, while no comparable decline is observ...

Soohyun Roh, Nathan Wilmers

Sociological Science June 10, 2026
10.15195/v13.a24

Abstract Prior research finds that rising labor market inequality in the United States was abetted by structural changes in the economy: a consolidation of occupation and organizational bases of advantage; rising within-job inequality; and declining pay and employment in middle-...