Social life increasingly occurs in digital environments and continues to be mediated by
digital systems. Big data represents the data being generated by the digitization of social life …

Recognition has grown that moral behavior (eg, generosity) plays a role in status attainment,
yet it remains unclear how, why, and when demonstrating moral characteristics enhances …

This article explores intergenerational class mobility patterns and the role played by
education in Spain using counterfactuals. Both men and women born from 1926 to 1981 are …

Few issues in the social sciences are as controversial as the role of cognitive ability for
educational and subsequent socioeconomic attainments. There are a variety of arguments …

Studies on intergenerational social mobility usually examine the extent to which social
positions of one generation determine the social positions of the next. This study …

This paper considers the adoption of computational techniques within research designs
modeled after the extended case method. Echoing calls to augment the power of …

Comprehensive and engaging, this textbook introduces students not only to foundational
sociological work, but also to insights from contemporary sociological theory and research …

Previous research on the impact of parental loss on labor market outcomes in adulthood has
often suffered from low sample sizes. To generate further insights into the long-term …

This article uses Anglican marriage registers from colonial and post‐colonial Uganda to
investigate long‐term trends and determinants of intergenerational social mobility and …

Inequality in incomes and wealth is increasing in most Western societies and the
traditionally egalitarian Scandinavian societies are no exception. We examine whether …