A majority of parents rarely, if ever, discuss race/ethnicity, gender, class or other categories of social identity with their kids, according to a new, nationally representative survey of more ...

The social advantage of miscalibrated individuals: The relationship between social class and overconfidence and its implications for class-based inequality.. Journal of Personality and Social ...

Differences in family social class by race and ethnicity are also very large by elementary school. Family social class explain up to 80 percent of racial and ethnic achievement gaps in U.S ...

Can class differences come about endogenously, i.e. independent of birth and education? Researchers pursued this issue in a game theoretical study. They were able to show that the basic human need ...

Disabled young people from a low social class background fare much worse in the labour market. Of the disabled young people who were unemployed at age 25, a disproportionate number came from a low ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link The reason why some people will pay $14,000 for a handbag just might come down to the difference between wealth and status. "Wealth is often ...

Class-based health inequalities are persistent in society and are, in part, driven by differences in health behaviors. Policy attempts to improve health behaviors in disadvantaged communities have ...