Recent years have seen the birth of sociogenomics via the infusion of molecular genetic
data. We chronicle the history of genetics, focusing particularly on post-2005 genome-wide …

Why are children of poor parents more likely to be poor as adults than other children? Early-
childhood adversities resulting from social structures and relationships impact children's …

Fields as diverse as human genetics and sociology are increasingly using polygenic scores
based on genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for phenotypic prediction. However …

Social, cultural, economic, and biological factors are widely recognized as critical
determinants of well-being across the life course. Yet an integrative understanding of the …

Women's opportunities have been profoundly altered over the past century by reductions in
the social and structural constraints that limit women's educational attainment. Do social …

The sociogenomics revolution is upon us, we are told. Whether revolutionary or not,
sociogenomics is poised to flourish given the ease of incorporating polygenic scores (or …

Identifying causal effects in nonexperimental data is an enduring challenge. One proposed
solution that recently gained popularity is the idea to use genes as instrumental variables [ie …

This article provides an overview of the integration of biomarkers and biological
mechanisms in social science models of stratification and health. The goal in reviewing this …

This paper contributes to the literature on the labor market consequences of obesity by using
a novel instrument: genetic risk score, which reflects the predisposition to higher body mass …

Sociologists interested in the effects of genes on complex social outcomes claim
environmental conditions structure when and how genes matter, but they have only studied …