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Statement of Research Interests
Main Areas of Research Interest My primary areas of research interest are stratification and political sociology. I am particularly interested in examining the impact of various economic and social policies on outcomes relevant to social stratification. Additionally, I am interested broadly in the determinants of policy change with particular attention to the role of partisanship, government ideology, and social movements in shaping legislative outcomes. I generally use quantitative methods, but I strive to use a range methodological techniques in order to balance the strengths and weaknesses of particular approaches.
Prior and Current Research My interest is stratification research dates back to my undergraduate years. In my master’s paper, The Temporal Dynamics of Income Inequality in the U.S. States, 1976-1995, I examined changes in the impact of economic, political, and social factors on income inequality at the level of U.S. states. A substantial portion of my subsequent research has branched off from this project. In my dissertation, Rising Earnings Inequality in the United States: Trends, Determinants, and Paths, I use a variety of methodological approaches to characterize and explain statelevel patterns of change in earnings inequality. I focus on earnings inequality, as transformations in the distribution of earnings are the largest contributing factors to the overall increase in income inequality since the late 1970s. 我要提问
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