Cycle of Segregation: Social Processes and Residential Stratification The Fair Housing Act of 1968 outlawed housing discrimination by race and provided an important tool for dismantling legal segregation. But almost fifty years later, residential segregation remains virtually unchanged in many … Read more

  The Multiplexity and Locality of Job Lead Ties The use of social ties to gain information about job opportunities has been the subject of a large body of research across many disciplines. Perhaps most well known, Granovetter's (1973) "strength of … Read more

Reflections on the Glass Ceiling Many studies have adopted the metaphor of the “glass ceiling” to describe the phenomenon where women’s representation declines across increasing levels of organizational hierarchies. While this pattern is very common, the causes of this phenomenon … Read more