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Methodological Challenges in Studying Wealthy Families

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Studying the wealthy is not easy. This piece provides suggestions for recruitment, interview strategies, and design to gain high‐quality data on wealthy people. It is based on an interview study of 81 US racially‐diverse families with a median net worth of $25 million. First, to gain access to the wealthy, it is key for the researcher to use a
Annette Lareau
wiley   +1 more source

Relatability as a Racialised Construct in Corporate Graduate Recruitment: Revealing a Hidden Mechanism of Labour Market Exclusion for Black African Youth in South Africa

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In corporate graduate recruitment worldwide, candidates are often assessed not only on competence but on whether they are deemed relatable. This study theorises relatability as a racialised cultural–affective filter that covertly sustains inequality. Drawing on qualitative interviews, we identify five interlinked processes of self‐presentation,
Sifiso Mthembu, Kurt April, Cihat Erbil, Mustafa F. Özbilgin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unemployment insurance: Access for all self-employed people

Wirtschaftsdienst, 2022
Enzo Weber
doaj   +1 more source

Criminal Records as Classification Situations

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Marion Fourcade and Kieran Healy developed the notion of “classification situations” to describe how ordinal schema that sort and rank individuals, like credit scores, are used to differentiate opportunities, prices, and services in ways that structure life chances while masking inequality as meritocratic.
Lindsay Bing, Sarah Esther Lageson
wiley   +1 more source

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Costs and Benefits of Expanded Unemployment Insurance Benefits

, 2023
Hamdi N, Kalda A, Sovich D.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Fatalist–Voluntarist Tension: On the Subjective Foundations of Authoritarian Nationalist Neoliberalism

Constellations, EarlyView.
Mirela Ivanova
wiley   +1 more source

Engineering Apprenticeships: Youth Transitions, Industrial Capital and the Role of Working‐Class Households

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using biographical methods, the study explores the lives of 34 young people undertaking engineering apprenticeships in Teesside, Northeast England. It examines why working‐class youth in a deindustrialised region might be attracted to engineering, how they might secure apprenticeship, and the invaluable role households play in orchestrating ...
Anoop Nayak, Graham Gaunt
wiley   +1 more source

Hormone Replacement Therapy Uptake and Discontinuation Trends From 1996‐2023: An Observational Study of the Welsh Population

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To analyse prescribing trends for oral and transdermal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in Wales from 1996 to 2023, including predictors of discontinuation within one year of initiation. Design Observational study using the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) databank.
Robin Andrews, Arron Lacey, Kate Bache, Emma J. Kidd   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association Between Vasomotor Symptoms of Menopause and Retirement: A Prospective Longitudinal Study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To assess the association between vasomotor symptoms of menopause and retirement in Australian women. Design Population‐based cohort study. Setting Secondary analysis of six surveys collected between 1996 and 2010. Population A total of 6928 Australian women, born between 1946 and 1951. Methods Data were obtained from participants in
Biresaw Wassihun Alemu, Michael Waller, Leigh R. Tooth   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source