2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'Sociologists'' principal contribution to our understanding of ascriptive
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inequality has been to document race and sex disparities. We have made
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little headway, however, in explaining these disparities because most
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research has sought to explain variation across ascriptive groups in
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more or less desirable outcomes in terms of allocators'' motives. This
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approach has been inconclusive because motive-based theories cannot be
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empirically tested. Our reliance on individual-level data and the
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balkanization of research on ascriptive inequality into separate
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specialties for groups defined by different ascriptive characteristics
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have contributed to our explanatory stalemate. Explanation requires
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including mechanisms in our models-the specific processes that link
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groups'' ascribed characteristics to variable outcomes such as earnings.
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I discuss mechanisms that contribute to variation in ascriptive
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inequality at four levels of analysis-intrapsychic, interpersonal,
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societal, and organizational. Redirecting our attention from motives to
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mechanisms is essential for understanding inequality and-equally
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important-for contributing meaningfully to social policies that will
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promote social equality.'
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affiliation: 'Reskin, BF (Corresponding Author), Univ Washington, Dept Sociol, Seattle,
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WA 98195 USA.
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Univ Washington, Dept Sociol, Seattle, WA 98195 USA.'
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author: Reskin, BF
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author-email: reskin@u.washington.edu
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author_list:
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- family: Reskin
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given: BF
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.2307/3088900
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eissn: 1939-8271
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files: []
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issn: 0003-1224
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journal: AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW
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keywords-plus: 'EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION LITIGATION; RACIAL WAGE INEQUALITY;
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LABOR-MARKET; BLACK-WHITE; METROPOLITAN-AREAS; GENDER INEQUALITY;
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COGNITIVE SKILL; SEX COMPOSITION; CIVIL-SERVICE; RACE'
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language: English
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month: FEB
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number: '1'
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number-of-cited-references: '129'
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pages: 1-21
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papis_id: d63a135a863c2382a8c4a348f379fd5e
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ref: Reskin2003includingmechanisms
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tags:
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- relevant
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- review
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times-cited: '334'
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title: Including mechanisms in our models of ascriptive inequality
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000222055600001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
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usage-count-since-2013: '74'
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volume: '68'
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web-of-science-categories: Sociology
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year: '2003'
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