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All Social Comparisons are Local? Inequality, Coethnicity and Subjective Economic Position

open access: yesSwiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent studies have found that the self‐perceived, rather than the objective, economic position affects individual political behavior. But how do individuals self‐assess their own position? In this paper, we study how local conditions – local inequality and coethnicity – affect this self‐assessment.
Gerlinde Theunissen, Nils B. Weidmann
wiley   +1 more source

Widely cited global irrigation statistics lack empirical support. [PDF]

open access: yesPNAS Nexus
Puy A   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Reputation of Primary Schools—Rumours with Consequences for Segregation

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract In contexts like Germany where no information on the quality of schools is publicly available, school reputations are particularly important for school choice. Reputations can be understood as discursively generated ‘rumours’ conveying personal opinions and experiences often revolving around school composition. Taking up previous research, the
Andreas Wettlaufer, Isabel Ramos Lobato
wiley   +1 more source

A gentrification stage‐model for London? Through the ‘looking Glass’ of Kensington

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.
Short Abstract Despite the term ‘gentrification’ being coined in London by the British sociologist Ruth Glass, there has not been an attempt to develop a stage model of gentrification for London, nor any up‐to‐date discussion of the different waves of gentrification there in one academic paper or book.
Loretta Lees, Sharda Rozena
wiley   +1 more source

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