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Research Programs
This interdisciplinary working group will assess three primary pathways through which families may transmit advantage or disadvantage to subsequent generations: genes and biology, economic resources and skills, and social ties and family obligations. Bianchi and Seltzer will complete their book, Family Relationships across the Generations. Hotz will complete a study of how the wealth of extended families affects family member well-being.
Fujimura will write a book exploring the role of race in recent biomedical genetics studies. She will analyze laboratory and institutional data from various sites to understand how genomics researchers are struggling to develop concepts of genetic history and ancestry that define medically important population differences without becoming entangled in socially constructed racial categories.
This working group will use recent findings in cognitive neuroscience to better understand the significant role unconscious processes play in human decision-making. Individually, Hassin will focus on how unconscious states of mind associated with specific ideologies or beliefs trigger certain social behaviors. Todorov will consider how unconscious processes affect individuals? social judgments of others, specifically that of discrimination based on a person?s outward characteristics.
This interdisciplinary working group will assess three primary pathways through which families may transmit advantage or disadvantage to subsequent generations: genes and biology, economic resources and skills, and social ties and family obligations. Bianchi and Seltzer will complete their book, Family Relationships across the Generations. Hotz will complete a study of how the wealth of extended families affects family member well-being.
House will complete a book suggesting that the resolution to the nation?s health care ?crisis? is to institute policies designed to improve overall population health rather than policies that control the supply and cost of health care. As part of this analysis, he will examine social disparities in health over the adult life course, especially by socioeconomic status, and describe the limits of current and past efforts to reform health care.
London-Thompson will work on several interrelated research projects involving marginalized groups and how individuals within them perceive and respond to race-based rejection. Her work will focus on how individuals develop different expectations of marginalized groups and how these differences impact coping and behavioral strategies, as well as life outcomes, such as health and academic achievement for members of these groups.
This working group will examine the structure of educational markets, including how students are matched to schools and whether the use of standardized tests in schools impacts student performance and their potential in the labor market. Separately, MacLeod will analyze the role of different forms of compensation in labor markets and in the growth of inequality. Urquiola plans to complete a report on how family and school environment interact to affect outcomes for children.
McCann will write a book about the impact of major political campaigns on immigrant political activity. The book will discuss the historical role of political parties in fostering the civic inclusion of immigrant communities and ask whether or not current political campaigns still accelerate the political integration of immigrants.
Ludwig will write a book about how neighborhood environments affect the life chances and well-being of low-income families, using data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development?s Moving to Opportunity residential mobility experiment.
This interdisciplinary working group will assess three primary pathways through which families may transmit advantage or disadvantage to subsequent generations: genes and biology, economic resources and skills, and social ties and family obligations. Bianchi and Seltzer will complete their book, Family Relationships across the Generations. Hotz will complete a study of how the wealth of extended families affects family member well-being.
This working group will examine the structure of educational markets, including how students are matched to schools and whether the use of standardized tests in schools impacts student performance and their potential in the labor market. Separately, MacLeod will analyze the role of different forms of compensation in labor markets and in the growth of inequality. Urquiola plans to complete a report on how family and school environment interact to affect outcomes for children.
This working group will use recent findings in cognitive neuroscience to better understand the significant role unconscious processes play in human decision-making. Individually, Hassin will focus on how unconscious states of mind associated with specific ideologies or beliefs trigger certain social behaviors. Todorov will consider how unconscious processes affect individuals? social judgments of others, specifically that of discrimination based on a person?s outward characteristics.
Von Wachter will assess the short- and long-term effects of layoffs on individual career outcomes and analyze how layoffs in different industries relate to labor market trends such as earnings inequality, employment stability, and increases in low-wage service employment.
Cobble will write a book tracing U.S. labor movements from anti-slavery and natural rights discourse in the nineteenth century through the New Deal in the twentieth century to the present day. By drawing on these and other social democratic traditions, she will attempt to enrich our understanding of the liberal tradition in the United States and chart the history of global capitalism.
Sampson will write a book and several articles that advance three interrelated projects examining how the structure of communities, especially leadership, influences community trust and functioning; how living in or near mixed-income communities is related to individual outcomes, such as economic well-being; and how participation in civic activities has changed over time.
Shedd will write journal-length articles comparing how adolescents are socialized regarding the law and how they perceive injustice. She will compare the experiences of Latino youth to other racial and ethnic groups, anticipating that increased racial diversity in schools may result in a significant increase in perceptions of injustice.
Simon will write a book comparing integration of immigrants in France and the United States. He will specifically discuss the role of racial discrimination against first- and second-generation immigrants in both countries. The comparative framework will allow for an assessment of how different social policies might influence racial and ethnic identification.
Winders will write a book on the impact of Latino migration on southern cities, using data from an in-depth ethnographic study in Nashville, Tennessee. Winders will also begin work on a project to develop a new conceptual framework for understanding anti-immigrant hostility.
Zelizer will complete a book manuscript on how President Lyndon Johnson, congressional Democrats, and their supporters were able to achieve the Great Society legislation within three years. The book will highlight multiple political forces that produced this intense period of domestic policymaking.