Social Science Quarterly articles from June 2002

Social Science Quarterly archives from June 2002

The heartland responds to terror: volunteering after the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building *.
June 1, 2002... Objective. We examine volunteering to support the relief effort after the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building. We address two issues: (1) how widespread was volunteering and what forms did it rake, and (2) does Wilson and Musick's (1997a)...

Sociotropes, systematic bias, and political failure: reflections on the Survey of Americans and Economists on the Economy *.
June 1, 2002... Objectives. Economic models of politics typically make two assumptions about voters: first, their motives are egocentric, not sociotropic; second, their beliefs are rational, not subject to systematic bias. Political scientists have presented...

Sports in school: source of amity or antipathy? *.(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... Objectives. Previous research looks at the impact of school sports on participants' delinquency, but not at the impact on delinquency in schools; further, it does not control for school size or for unobserved school-level variables. This...

Family configurations and child-care patterns: families with two or more preschool-age children *.(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... Objectives. This article examines the extent to which mothers must find child-care arrangements for more than one preschool child and, when they do, the strategies they adopt to juggle their work and family roles. Methods. We use national...

Holy ABCs! The impact of religion on attitudes about education policies *.(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... Objective. To examine the impact of religion on attitudes about three controversial education policies: creationism, school prayer, and vouchers. Methods. Using a unique, national survey of school board candidates that I undertook in 1998, I...

Who benefits the most? The unequal allocation of transfers in the Israeli welfare state *.
June 1, 2002... Objective. This article critically examines contradictions within the Israeli welfare system, and asks how welfare transfers affect poverty for different social groups. Methods. Using data from Israel's 1996 Income Survey conducted by the...

Existing diversity and judicial selection: the role of the appointment method in establishing gender diversity in state Supreme Courts *.
June 1, 2002... Objectives. To explore differences in the appointment and election method of selecting state high court justices in promoting gender diversity, and to explore the effect of existing gender diversity within the political institutions on the...

Consequences and costs of closing a publicly funded methadone maintenance clinic *.
June 1, 2002... Objective. Local government officials closed the Central Methadone Clinic (CMT) in Miami, Florida on May 31, 1997. This study examined the economic consequences and related costs of closing this long-established substance abuse treatment...

Are immigrants a drain on the public fisc? State and local impacts in New Jersey *.
June 1, 2002... Objective. Accumulating research suggests that state expenditures on immigrant households modestly exceed revenues returned to state governments, while immigrants pose significant net fiscal burdens on local governments. This article examines...

A "migration of despair": unemployment, the search for work, and migration to farms during the Great Depression *.
June 1, 2002... Objective. This study examines migration to farms during the Great Depression, when many displaced workers moved to farms in nearby rural areas searching for a means of livelihood. Methods. Regression analyses of data from the USDA, Census...

The maid trade: cross-border work in South Texas *.(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... Objective. The primary objective of this article is to investigate the "informal" marketplace for domestic servants (maids) in a border community in South Texas (Laredo). Methods. A questionnaire was administered by a household member...

Why does immigrant trip duration vary across U.S. destinations? *.
June 1, 2002... Objective. This article explores the factors that lead to differences in immigrant trip duration across U.S. destinations. Methods. Using data from the Mexican Migration Project and the 1970, 1980, and 1990 U.S. Censuses, we estimate...

Household members and employment outcomes of recent immigrants: a network approach *.
June 1, 2002... Objective. The objective of this article is to investigate the effect of household members on the employment outcomes of recent immigrants conceptualizing the household as an employment network unit. Methods. I use data from the 1994 and 1996...

Latino phenotypic discrimination revisited: the impact of skin color on occupational status *.
June 1, 2002... Objective. We reexamine the issue of phenotypic discrimination against Mexicans in the U.S. labor market, originally studied by Telles and Murguia (1990) and later by Bohara and Davila (1992). We also seek to explain this topic with respect...

Trust in government: personal ties that bind? *.
June 1, 2002... Objective. This research note compares the views of the federal government held by federal government workers, their family members, their close friends, and state and local government workers to the views held by other U.S. citizens....