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	Cornell Sociology Center for the Study of Inequality

Kim Weeden

Welcome to my virtual home-away-from-home. I am an associate professor and currently the department chair of Sociology at Cornell University.

Here is my contact information:

Via snail mail: 323 Uris Hall; Ithaca, NY 14853
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Research

I study inequality in advanced industrial societies, how it is organized, and how it is changing. Some of my recent projects have looked at rising income inequality in class-based terms; occupational "closure" practices (e.g., licensing, credentialing, certification, unionization) and their impact on the income distribution; class and occupational homogeneity in life chances, political views, and cultural practices; and trends in the extent to which various dimensions of inequality (e.g., income, wealth, education) coalesce. I'm also interested in gender inequality in labor markets, and have studied how patterns of occupational segregation changed over the last century and how "family-friendly" personnel policies (e.g., flextime, telecommuting) affect career outcomes.

Stata do files for reconciling occupation codes

Much of this research has required that I spend inordinate time trying to reconcile different versions of the US Standard Occupational Classification codes. As a service to the social science community, I've posted some of the the fruits of these efforts on line. Stata do files to reconcile the 2000 and 1990 SOC scheme and the 1980 and 1970 SOC schemes are available here. Enjoy.

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Publications

Curriculum Vitae (PDF).

Papers that are currently available in machine-readable format (and that don't violate copyrights):

Weeden, Kim A., Young-Mi Kim, Matthew Di Carlo, and David B. Grusky. 2007. "Social Class and Earnings Inequality." American Behavioral Scientist 50(5):702-36.
Weeden, Kim A., and David B. Grusky. 2005. "The Case for a New Class Map." American Journal of Sociology 111(1):141-212.
Weeden, Kim A. 2005. "Is There a Flexiglass Ceiling?" Social Science Research 34(2):454-82.
Weeden, Kim A., and David B. Grusky. 2005. "Are There Any Big Classes at All?" Pp. 3-56 in The Shape of Social Inequality: Stratification and Ethnicity in Comparative Perspective, edited by David Bills (in honor of Archibald Haller). Published as Volume 22 of Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Weeden, Kim A. 2004. "Profiles of Change: Sex Segregation in the United States, 1910-2000" Pp. 131-78 in Occupational Ghettos, by Maria Charles and David Grusky. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Weeden, Kim A., and Jesper Sørensen. 2004. "A Framework for Analyzing Industrial and Occupational Sex Segregation in the United States". Pp. 245-96 in Occupational Ghettos, by Maria Charles and David Grusky. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Weeden, Kim A. 2002. "Why Do Some Occupations Pay More Than Others?" American Journal of Sociology 108(1):55-101.

If you don't have an institutional subscription to the relevant journal or you would like a paper that is listed on my CV but not here, please contact me at the e-mail address at the top of the page.

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Extracurricular

I live in Ithaca NY with my partner Jeff, our son Quinn (age 5), and our two cats, Scylla and Charybdis. Not much more to report, but if you're looking for homebrew recipes or a good freelance financial writer, here are some links:

SlothBrew.

Quinn's Crib.

Jeff Tonole, Writer at Large.

Thanks for stopping by!

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