This paper reviews the major theoretical arguments that link political democracy with
economic inequality. It then shows that previous empirical analyses of the linkage have …

Social allocation processes in schools have recently attracted interest in the status-
attainment literature, particularly in studies of the effects of high school tracking. However …

To determine the empirical status of Gottfredson and Hirschi's (1990)“general theory of
crime,” we conducted a meta‐analysis on existing empirical studies. The results indicate …

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Most discussions of ordinal variables in the sociological literature debate the suitability of
linear regression and structural equation methods when some variables are ordinal. Largely …

The effects of parental socioeconomic characteristics on highest grade of formal school
completed are stable over cohorts born during the first half of the twentieth century …

Prior research has estimated structural equation models of Hispanic and black spatial
assimilation using census tract data in selected cities. While these models appeared to …

Promotions and demotions are important events in most people's work lives. This study
analyzes the career mobility of a cohort of employees in a large corporation over a 13-year …

Using data from an eighteen-year panel study of women and their children, this paper
addresses a range of questions regarding sex-role attitudes and attitude change. A definite …

In this paper the author analyzes the exercise of prosecutorial discretion to" go forward" with
charges. The author examines the relationship between sources of uncertainty in decision …