Social Science Research 53

Social Science Research, September 2015: Volume 53

Immigrant use of public assistance and mode of entry: Demographics versus dependence
Chris Girard

Hurdles or walls? Nativity, citizenship, legal status and Latino homeownership in Los Angeles

Eileen Díaz McConnell

Behind the ethnic–civic distinction: Public attitudes towards immigrants’ political rights in the Netherlands 

Maykel Verkuyten, Borja Martinovic

Unequal on top: Gender profiling and the income gap among high earner male and female professionals 

Jennifer Merluzzi, Stanislav D. Dobrev

Intimate partner violence in neighborhood context: The roles of structural disadvantage, subjective disorder, and emotional distress 

Jennifer E. Copp, Danielle C. Kuhl, Peggy C. Giordano, Monica A. Longmore, Wendy D. Manning

Heritability, family, school and academic achievement in adolescence 

Artur Pokropek, Joanna Sikora

Does Islam play a role in anti-immigrant sentiment? An experimental approach
Mathew J. Creighton, Amaney Jamal

Adolescent interpersonal relationships, social support and loneliness in high schools: Mediation effect and gender differences
Baoshan Zhang, Qianyun Gao, Marjolein Fokkema, Valeria Alterman, Qian Liu

Multicollinearity in hierarchical linear models
Han Yu, Shanhe Jiang, Kenneth C. Land

Diversity begets diversity? The effects of board composition on the appointment and success of women CEOs
Alison Cook, Christy Glass

Coalitional affiliation as a missing link between ethnic polarization and well-being: An empirical test from the European Social Survey
Rengin B. Firat, Pascal Boyer

Relational diversity and neighbourhood cohesion. Unpacking variety, balance and in-group size

Ruud Koopmans, Merlin Schaeffer

Population migration and children’s school enrollments in China, 1990–2005
Xiaogang Wu, Zhuoni Zhang

Single-parent households and children’s educational achievement: A state-level analysis
Paul R. Amato, Sarah Patterson, Brett Beattie

Feeling good about the iron rice bowl: Economic sector and happiness in post-reform urban China   

Jia Wang, Yu Xie

Residential mobility during adolescence: Do even “upward” moves predict dropout risk?
Molly W. Metzger, Patrick J. Fowler, Courtney Lauren Anderson, Constance A. Lindsay

Revisiting convergence: A research note
Rob Clark

Age at immigration and crime in Stockholm using sibling comparisons
Amber L. Beckley

Morality and politics: Comparing alternate theories
Andrew Miles, Stephen Vaisey

Military westernization and state repression in the post-Cold War era
Ori Swed, Alexander Weinreb

Seclusion, decision-making power, and gender disparities in adult health: Examining hypertension in India
Samuel Stroope

Scientific consensus, the law, and same sex parenting outcomes
jimi adams, Ryan Light

Social control, social learning, and cheating: Evidence from lab and online experiments on dishonesty
Martina Kroher, Tobias Wolbring 

Mass imprisonment and the life course revisited: Cumulative years spent imprisoned and marked for working-age black and white men
Evelyn J. Patterson, Christopher Wildeman

Ebony and Ivory? Interracial dating intentions and behaviors of disadvantaged African American women in Kentucky
David J. Luke, Carrie B. Oser

Social trust and grassroots governance in rural China
Narisong Huhe, Jie Chen, Min Tang

Family and housing instability: Longitudinal impact on adolescent emotional and behavioral well-being
Patrick J. Fowler, David B. Henry, Katherine E. Marcal

Trends in exposure to industrial air toxins for different racial and socioeconomic groups: A spatial and temporal examination of environmental inequality in the U.S. from 1995 to 2004
Kerry Ard

In-services and empty threats: The roles of organizational practices and workplace experiences in shaping U.S. educators’ understandings of students’ rights
Jason Thompson, Richard Arum, Lauren B. Edelman, Calvin Morrill, Karolyn Tyson

Incarceration and Black–White inequality in Homeownership: A state-level analysis
Daniel Schneider, Kristin Turney