Department of Sociology
Prior to the panel there is an opportunity for students to meet in small groups with each of our panelists from 10:45 - 11:45am in the Reuben-Cooke building. To sign up for one or more of these… read more about Undergraduate Alumni Panel | Networking »
Come and engage with distinguished graduates of the Duke Sociology Undergraduate Program, ranked #13 nationally by US News and World Report. The speakers will represent various career paths. Each… read more about Jensen Seminar Series | Undergraduate Alumni Panel »
This study uses data from the U.S. Department of State and other sources to examine inequalities in the use of visas to regulate population mobility to the United States. The results show that… read more about Global inequalities in U.S. visa rejection rates: Evidence from the outcomes of U.S visa applications submitted over the past two decades. »
Research on immigrant integration during the early twentieth century has predominantly focused on the outcomes of white European immigrants, often neglecting the experiences of black migrants from… read more about Rethinking the Past and Future of (Im)migrant Integration »
Most research on housing and health focuses on housing affordability and stability, although housing quality remains an important determinant of child health disparities. Federal housing assistance… read more about Understanding the Structural Determinants of Population Health: Housing Assistance and Lead Exposure in the United States »
The allocation of resources within the household has been extensively theorized, but empirical evidence on this topic has been very scarce. Endogeneity concerns hinder this type of analysis due to… read more about Compensation vs. Reinforcement: Experimental Identification of Parental Aversion to Inequality in Offspring »
The US gender pay gap has narrowed substantially since 1980, but more slowly since 1990. We ask how these trends have been shaped by the combination of changes in gender pay gaps upon labor market… read more about Trends in the Gender Pay Gap: Narrowing Starting Gaps and Persistent Life-Course Divergence »
This presentation highlights the recent scholarship of David Figlio, who popularized the use of matched birth-school data to address public health and education policy questions in the field of… read more about How population-level matched birth-school administrative records can address public health and education policy questions »
On the evolutionary foundations of intra-family resource sharing read more about On the evolutionary foundations of intra-family resource sharing »