Doctoral Dissertation Research in Sociology

该项目对一个国家样本进行时间序列分析 就业的成年人评估不同的解释， 收入不平等加剧。 人力资本和地位 成就解释侧重于个人特征 比如他们的教育。 这个项目比较了这些前景， 对工作结构变化产生的影响的反应 (e.g.,向美国服务经济的转变， 制造业转移到其他国家）和工资（例如，快速创建 低工资工作）。 PI预计发现重要的，也许 这些结构变化的主要影响。 项目 允许比较所有三个视角的预测。 出去- 研究成果将有助于社会学和经济学的发展。 收入分配变化的多指标类集分析。 的应用 这些信息将包括干预计划的设计， 或者在个体处（例如，培训计划）或结构- tural（例如，国际贸易法）。//

This project uses time series analysis on a national sample of employed adults to assess differing explanations for the increasing inequality of incomes. Human capital and status attainment explanations focus on characteristics of individuals such as their education. This project compares those perspec- tives to effects produced by changes in the structure of jobs (e.g., movement towards a U.S. service economy, and movement of manufacturing to other countries) and wages (e.g., rapid creation of low-wage jobs). PI anticipates finding important, perhaps primary, effects of these structural changes. The project permits comparing predictions of all three perspectives. Out- comes of the research will contribute to sociological and econo- mic analysis of changes in income distribution. Applications of the information would include design of intervention programs either at the individual (e.g., training programs) or the struc- tural (e.g., international trade laws) levels. //