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Venture Capital in Integrated Communities
Social Facts

The more racially integrated a community is, the more venture capital it attracts. Compared with communities with an average level of racial integration, those with higher integration were associated with 1/3 to 2 times more venture capital investment, higher rates of patent filing, and economic growth.

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Social Facts
Millionaires Flee California? No
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When state taxes increase for high-income individuals, they do not respond (on average) by leaving, at least not in California.

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Social Facts
Married Men Earn More
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Married men earn more than unmarried men, but only because men on a better career track are more likely to marry.

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Social Facts
Why Diversity Programs Fail
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In nearly 829 mid-size and large US firms, the percentage of minority managers decreased dramatically over a five year period after mandatory diversity training programs were implement.

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Social Facts
Class Matters
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Class matters for men (much more than for women) when applying to jobs at law firms.

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Social Facts
Culture Of Consumerism
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The “culture of consumerism” in the US is a myth: consumers have not increased their spending on luxury, non-essential items.

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Social Facts
Bringing Managers Back In
Social Facts

Employees advance less well when the managers evaluating them do not share the same race or gender.

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Announcements
Applications are Now Open at the Institute for Advanced Study
Announcements

Applications are now open at the Institute for Advanced Study. The Theme “Economy and Society” for 2019-2020 will be led by Marion Fourcade, Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, and Didier Fassin, the James D. Wolfensohn Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study.

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What To Do When Money Comes From A Sullied Source
Announcements

Viviana Zelizer discusses Harvey Weinstein’s tainted money and the dilemma for charitable foundations.

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Announcements
New Podcast Explores The World Of Hackathons
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Sharon Zukin and Max Papadantonakis, PhD program in sociology, City University of New York, have made a podcast about their recently published article on hackathons, tech companies, and precarious work in the new economy.

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Juan Pablo Pardo Guerra discusses the sociology of finance… in Spanish

Juan Pablo Pardo Guerra discusses the sociology of finance… in Spanish

Economic Sociology
Interviews

From the New Podcast Sociología con Acento

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En el primer episodio de Sociología con Acento conversamos con Juan Pablo Pardo Guerra sobre su transición de la física a la sociología y sobre su investigación en sociología de las finanzas. Juan Pablo estudió en México y Escocia, y trabaja hoy en la Universidad de California San Diego, Estados Unidos.

Juan Pablo Pardo Guerra, recibió su licenciatura en física en UNAM (México) y su doctorado en ciencias y tecnología de la Universidad de Edimburgo. Su investigación explora las conexiones entre mercados, culturas y tecnologías.

(In the first episode of Sociology with Accent we talked with Juan Pablo Pardo Guerra about his transition from physics to sociology and about his research in sociology of finance. Juan Pablo studied in Mexico and Scotland, and works today at the University of California San Diego, United States.

Juan Pablo Pardo Guerra, received his bachelor's degree in physics from UNAM [Mexico] and his doctorate in science and technology from the University of Edinburgh. His research explores the connections between markets, cultures and technologies.)

Applications are Now Open at the Institute for Advanced Study

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