Social Forces 93(2)

Social Forces, December 2014: Volume 93, Issue 2

Economic Inequality

Increasing Returns to Education, Changing Labor Force Structure, and the Rise of Earnings Inequality in Urban China, 1996–2010
Xiang Zhou

Self-Made Wealth or Family Wealth?: Changes in Intergenerational Wealth Mobility
Marianne Nordli Hansen

Sexuality

Casual Contraception in Casual Sex: Life-Cycle Change in Undergraduates’ Sexual Behavior in Hookups
Jonathan Marc Bearak

Sexual Subjectivity among Adolescent Girls: Social Disadvantage and Young Adult Outcomes
Simon Cheng, Laura Hamilton, Stacy Missari, Josef (Kuo-Hsun) Ma

Gender and Family

Single Mothers and Poverty in Japan: The Role of Intergenerational Coresidence
Sawako Shirahase, James M. Raymo

Gender Equality Perceptions, Division of Paid and Unpaid Work, and Partnership Dissolution in Sweden
Livia Sz. Oláh, Michael Gähler

Gender and Labor Markets

Globally Themed Organizations as Labor Market Intermediaries: The Rise of Israeli-Palestinian Women’s Employment in Retail
Erez Aharon Marantz, Alexandra Kalev, Noah Lewin-Epstein

Are Asian American Women Advantaged?: Labor Market Performance of College Educated Female Workers
ChangHwan Kim, Yang Zhao

Education

The Scarring Effects of Primary-Grade Retention?: A Study of Cumulative Advantage in the Educational Career
Megan Andrew

Maternal Education and the Unequal Significance of Family Structure for Children’s Early Achievement
Jennifer March Augustine

Birth Cohort Changes in the Association Between College Education and Religious Non-Affiliation
Philip Schwadel

Testing the Oppositional Culture Explanation in Desegregated Schools: The Impact of Racial Differences in Academic Orientations on School Performance
John B. Diamond, James P. Huguley

Political Sociology

The Asymmetry of Legitimacy: Analyzing the Legitimation of Violence in 30 Cases of Insurgent Revolution
Eric W. Schoon

Social Networks

The Power of Integration: Affiliation and Cohesion in a Diverse Elite Network
Benjamin Cornwell, Fedor A. Dokshin

Volunteering

Volunteering over the Life Course
Bram Lancee, Jonas Radl