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Park, Chan-ung; Subramanian, S. V. – Social Forces, 2012
Generalized trust varies across individuals and countries. Past studies on trust have demonstrated that voluntary association membership, inequality and ethnic homogeneity at country level are important. However, those studies examined either individual-level or country-level factors separately. In this paper, we conceptualized the emergence of…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Income, Voluntary Agencies, Individual Characteristics
Avent-Holt, Dustin; Tomaskovic-Devey, Donald – Social Forces, 2012
We examine the relational model of inequality using samples of employer-employee matched data from manufacturing plants in the United States and Japan. We argue that gender is a salient status characteristic in both the United States and Japan, but because of differences in gender politics, wage inequality will vary more across U.S. workplaces…
Descriptors: Salary Wage Differentials, Diversity (Institutional), Manufacturing, Foreign Countries
Semyonov, Moshe; Lewin-Epstein, Noah – Social Forces, 2011
This research examines wealth distribution across ethnic groups in Israel and evaluates the role of labor market rewards and intergenerational transfers in producing ethnic disparities. Israel SHARE data from 2005-2006 are used in the analyses. The findings reveal considerable ethnic disparities in wealth. Wealth disparities are most pronounced…
Descriptors: Jews, Arabs, Labor Market, Foreign Countries
Lu, Yao; Treiman, Donald J. – Social Forces, 2011
This article extends previous work on family structure and children's education by conceptualizing migration as a distinct form of family disruption that reduces parental input but brings substantial economic benefits through remittances. It examines the multiple and countervailing effects of migration on schooling in the context of substantial…
Descriptors: Blacks, Racial Segregation, Attendance, Child Labor
Lange, Matthew; Dawson, Andrew – Social Forces, 2009
To test claims that postcolonial civil violence is a common legacy of colonialism, we create a dataset on the colonial heritage of 160 countries and explore whether a history of colonialism is related to indicators of inter-communal conflict, political rebellion and civil war in the years 1960-1999. The analysis provides evidence against sweeping…
Descriptors: War, Foreign Policy, Violence, Foreign Countries