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Publication Spotlight: VanHeuvelen, Tom. 2018. “Recovering the Missing Middle: A Mesocomparative Analysis of Within-Group Inequality.” American Journal of Sociology, 123(4), 1064-1116.
This study assesses the causes of within-group inequality, or the inequality occurring among workers and households otherwise similar on observed characteristics.
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Americans could be forgiven for knowing little about Ukraine except its role in a presidential impeachment. But it’s now been almost six years since Russia seized one region of the country, Crimea, then precipitated war in another – with dire consequences. Cynthia Buckley is an Illinois sociology professor and demographer, and a co-leader of a U.S.