Davon Norris
Biographic Data
| ID | 3610952 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Davon Norris |
| GIVEN NAMES | Davon |
| FAMILY NAME | Norris |
| SIGNATURE | NORRIS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Ohio State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3590-6473 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Unsecured Credit and the Social Safety Net in U.S. States
Low-income households in the United States draw on public and private resources to manage economic risk. Cross-national scholars describe a “credit–welfare state tradeoff” where credit markets become particularly important when state benefits are less supportive. The United States is frequently highlighted in this regard, with its often-inadequate market-first safety net. Both credit markets and the safety net are, however, highly unequal and seg…
A Racialized Engine of Anxiety? Race, Reactivity, and the Uneven Tax of Credit Scores
Research demonstrates that evaluations made via scores often induce anxiety and alter the behaviors of those being evaluated. Research further suggests that this so-called reactivity is not experienced equally. Yet, scholars do not fully understand what explains this variation. For whom does being scored induce reactivity and why ? Drawing on insights from W.E.B. Du Bois and Frantz Fanon, I argue that the experience of being scored differs across…
The wages of investor power: Shareholder exploitation in Europe
Exploitation, or the ability of property owners to gain at worker’s expense, is a classic sociological explanation for inequality. However, it is a difficult process to identify and empirically show with most data sources. Using data on European corporations from 1995 to 2020, we ask if shareholder gains come at the expense of employee earnings in a process we call “shareholder exploitation.” Panel estimation results confirm a robust antagonistic…
Inequality in high-cost borrowing and unemployment insurance generosity in US states during the Covid-19 pandemic
The illusion of transparency: The Political Double Standard in City Credit Ratings
Ratings proliferate in social life though underlying biases in how ratings are constructed are obscured. Rating criteria-formal a priori standards about the relevant factors for an evaluation-hold promise for creating transparency, eliminating biases and generating meritocratic evaluations through standardization and uncertainty reduction. Yet, little is known about whether criteria in fact eliminate biases or introduce new complexities. Using or…
Embedding Racism: City Government Credit Ratings and the Institutionalization of Race in Markets
How does racism and racial inequality manifest in contemporary markets? Leveraging insights from the sociology of race and economic sociology, I highlight how ratings and scores operate as key mechanisms institutionalizing racism in markets according to an epistemology of racial ignorance. While ratings and scores give a veneer of individualized objectivity, their actual inputs reflect decades of racial disadvantage. The use of such racialized in…
White Men Can’t Jump, but Does It Even Matter? Exit Discrimination in the NBA
Diffuse status characteristics, such as race and gender, affect individuals’ professional opportunities and outcomes. Scholars suggest two possible explanations for these status disparities. First, uncertainty in measuring workers’ performances forces employers to rely on status as a heuristic or proxy for quality. Second, a history of racism and sexism in the United States creates a deeper cultural devaluation of low-status individuals that perm…
Is Good Credit Good? State Credit Ratings and Economic Insecurity, 1996–2012 1
Obtaining a good credit rating is an important financial goal for governments since good credit yields lower interest rates and signals fiscal responsibility. But what does a government’s quest for better credit mean for the wellbeing of its residents? Although good credit gives governments access to cheaper borrowing to invest in socially beneficial services and infrastructure, working to obtain good credit may lead governments to act in ways th…
Part-time by Gender, Not Choice: The Gender Gap in Involuntary Part-time Work
Gender inequality in the labor market is a key focus of stratification research. Increasingly, variation in hours worked separates men and women's employment experiences. Though women often voluntarily work part-time at higher rates than men, involuntary part-time work is both analytically distinct from voluntary part-time work and leaves workers economically precarious. To date, researchers have not systematically investigated gender disparities…
Embedding Racism: City Government Credit Ratings and the Institutionalization of Race in Markets
How does racism and racial inequality manifest in contemporary markets? Leveraging insights from the sociology of race and economic sociology, I highlight how ratings and scores operate as key mechanisms institutionalizing racism in markets according to an epistemology of racial ignorance. While ratings and scores give a veneer of individualized objectivity, their actual inputs reflect decades of racial disadvantage. The use of such racialized in…
Part-time by Gender, Not Choice: The Gender Gap in Involuntary Part-time Work
Gender inequality in the labor market is a key focus of stratification research. Increasingly, variation in hours worked separates men and women's employment experiences. Though women often voluntarily work part-time at higher rates than men, involuntary part-time work is both analytically distinct from voluntary part-time work and leaves workers economically precarious. To date, researchers have not systematically investigated gender disparities…
Inequality in high-cost borrowing and unemployment insurance generosity in US states during the Covid-19 pandemic
Is Good Credit Good? State Credit Ratings and Economic Insecurity, 1996–2012 1
Obtaining a good credit rating is an important financial goal for governments since good credit yields lower interest rates and signals fiscal responsibility. But what does a government’s quest for better credit mean for the wellbeing of its residents? Although good credit gives governments access to cheaper borrowing to invest in socially beneficial services and infrastructure, working to obtain good credit may lead governments to act in ways th…
The illusion of transparency: The Political Double Standard in City Credit Ratings
Ratings proliferate in social life though underlying biases in how ratings are constructed are obscured. Rating criteria-formal a priori standards about the relevant factors for an evaluation-hold promise for creating transparency, eliminating biases and generating meritocratic evaluations through standardization and uncertainty reduction. Yet, little is known about whether criteria in fact eliminate biases or introduce new complexities. Using or…
Is Good Credit Good? State Credit Ratings and Economic Insecurity, 1996–2012 1
Obtaining a good credit rating is an important financial goal for governments since good credit yields lower interest rates and signals fiscal responsibility. But what does a government’s quest for better credit mean for the wellbeing of its residents? Although good credit gives governments access to cheaper borrowing to invest in socially beneficial services and infrastructure, working to obtain good credit may lead governments to act in ways th…
Part-time by Gender, Not Choice: The Gender Gap in Involuntary Part-time Work
Gender inequality in the labor market is a key focus of stratification research. Increasingly, variation in hours worked separates men and women's employment experiences. Though women often voluntarily work part-time at higher rates than men, involuntary part-time work is both analytically distinct from voluntary part-time work and leaves workers economically precarious. To date, researchers have not systematically investigated gender disparities…
White Men Can’t Jump, but Does It Even Matter? Exit Discrimination in the NBA
Diffuse status characteristics, such as race and gender, affect individuals’ professional opportunities and outcomes. Scholars suggest two possible explanations for these status disparities. First, uncertainty in measuring workers’ performances forces employers to rely on status as a heuristic or proxy for quality. Second, a history of racism and sexism in the United States creates a deeper cultural devaluation of low-status individuals that perm…
The illusion of transparency: The Political Double Standard in City Credit Ratings
Ratings proliferate in social life though underlying biases in how ratings are constructed are obscured. Rating criteria-formal a priori standards about the relevant factors for an evaluation-hold promise for creating transparency, eliminating biases and generating meritocratic evaluations through standardization and uncertainty reduction. Yet, little is known about whether criteria in fact eliminate biases or introduce new complexities. Using or…
Embedding Racism: City Government Credit Ratings and the Institutionalization of Race in Markets
How does racism and racial inequality manifest in contemporary markets? Leveraging insights from the sociology of race and economic sociology, I highlight how ratings and scores operate as key mechanisms institutionalizing racism in markets according to an epistemology of racial ignorance. While ratings and scores give a veneer of individualized objectivity, their actual inputs reflect decades of racial disadvantage. The use of such racialized in…
Inequality in high-cost borrowing and unemployment insurance generosity in US states during the Covid-19 pandemic
A Racialized Engine of Anxiety? Race, Reactivity, and the Uneven Tax of Credit Scores
Research demonstrates that evaluations made via scores often induce anxiety and alter the behaviors of those being evaluated. Research further suggests that this so-called reactivity is not experienced equally. Yet, scholars do not fully understand what explains this variation. For whom does being scored induce reactivity and why ? Drawing on insights from W.E.B. Du Bois and Frantz Fanon, I argue that the experience of being scored differs across…
The wages of investor power: Shareholder exploitation in Europe
Exploitation, or the ability of property owners to gain at worker’s expense, is a classic sociological explanation for inequality. However, it is a difficult process to identify and empirically show with most data sources. Using data on European corporations from 1995 to 2020, we ask if shareholder gains come at the expense of employee earnings in a process we call “shareholder exploitation.” Panel estimation results confirm a robust antagonistic…
Unsecured Credit and the Social Safety Net in U.S. States
Low-income households in the United States draw on public and private resources to manage economic risk. Cross-national scholars describe a “credit–welfare state tradeoff” where credit markets become particularly important when state benefits are less supportive. The United States is frequently highlighted in this regard, with its often-inadequate market-first safety net. Both credit markets and the safety net are, however, highly unequal and seg…
Economics (8 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Demographic economics (4 works) · Inequality (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)