County-level Jail Incarceration and Preterm Birth Among Non-Hispanic Black and White U.S. Women, 1999–2015
J. L. Jahn, J. T. Chen, M. Agénor, and N. Krieger. Social Science & Medicine. vol. 250. 2020.
Conference on Coalitional Democracy (Virtual)
This conference will discuss a vision and a plan of action for an intersectional and multidimensional coalitional democracy.
Does Adjusting for Family Size Eliminate the Partnership Benefit?
In this spotlight on data, Leslie McCall considers whether adjusting for family size eliminates economic benefits for families headed by couples compared to those headed by single people.
Couples with (Economic) Benefits
In this spotlight on data, Leslie McCall discusses how marriage and cohabitation — relative to being single — affect where men and women fall along the income distribution.
Economic Self-Reliance and Gender Inequality Between U.S. Men and Women, 1970–2010
D. Bloome, D. Burk, and L. McCall. American Journal of Sociology. vol. 124, no. 5. 2019.
What Happens When We Focus on Women?
Janet Gornick explains how proposed universal child care and other social benefit programs would help workers in the United States.
2018 Rainwater Memorial Lecture: Professor Kathryn Edin
In this video, Kathryn Edin explains her work with the next generation of working-class men.
The Multidimensional Politics of Inequality: Taking Stock of Identity Politics in the U.S. Presidential Election of 2016
L. McCall and A.S. Orloff. The British Journal of Sociology. vol. 68, no. S1. pp. 34-56. 2017.
Panel: Gender Inequality at Work in a New Administration
With the new political landscape, the need for real information and creative strategies to address gender inequality is now more urgent than ever. Watch panelists engage in an important post-election discussion.
Gender and Poverty
J.C. Gornick and N. Boeri. In The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Poverty. D. Brady and L.M. Burton (eds). pp. 221-246. New York: Oxford University Press. 2016.