Michaela Curran
Biographic Data
| ID | 4197387 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michaela Curran |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michaela |
| FAMILY NAME | Curran |
| SIGNATURE | CURRAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Riverside |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3981-9550 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
A test of the predictive validity of relative versus absolute income for self-reported health and well-being in the United States
BACKGROUND: contextualizes one's hierarchical location in the distribution of a time and place. OBJECTIVE: This study investigates specifically whether absolute income or relative income matters more for health and well-being. METHODS: We exploit within-person, within-age, and within-time variation with higher-quality income measures and multiple health and well-being outcomes in the United States. Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the…
Are U.S. Professionals and Managers More Left Than Blue-Collar Workers? An Analysis of the General Social Survey, 1974 to 2018
Social science interest in professionals and managers as a left- and liberal-trending stratum has increased in recent years. Using General Social Survey data over a 44-year period, the authors examine 15 attitudes spanning social, economic, and political identity liberalism. On nearly all attitudes, professionals and managers have trended in a liberal direction, have liberalized more quickly than blue-collar workers, and are either as or more lib…
Micro-mechanisms and Macro-effects: How Structural Change and Institutional Context Affect Income Inequality in Rich Democracies
In this article, the authors develop a taxonomy of the micro-mechanisms by which well-studied macro-level structural changes and institutional contexts distribute income and assess this taxonomy empirically. The authors' taxonomy explicates five distinct micro-mechanisms that operate inside and outside of the labor market to either increase (premiums) or decrease (penalties) income shares. Their analysis of total household income among over 1 mil…
The rules of the game: Healthcare systems and cross-national attitudes about healthcare provision
In recent years, healthcare typologies are increasingly scrutinized. Prevailing healthcare system categorizations draw on comparative–institutional welfare state arrangements that constitute the “rules of the game” for healthcare provision. Challenging these perspectives, health policy perspectives suggest that ongoing policy changes shifted the “rules of the game” in ways that are not adequately captured by traditional comparative–institutional …
Does Cluster Hiring Enhance Faculty Research Output, Collaborations, and Impact? Results from a National Study of U.S. Research Universities
Interdisciplinary Cluster Hiring Initiatives in U.S. Research Universities: More Straw than Bricks
Over the last three decades, interdisciplinary cluster hiring programs have become popular on research university campuses as an approach to fostering interdisciplinary collaboration. These programs have not yet been rigorously evaluated across multiple institutions and multiple thematic fields. The paper reports the results of a survey of 199 cluster hires across 20 research universities, supplemented by interviews with 18 administrators and clu…
Job tasks and the comparative structure of income and employment: Routine task intensity and offshorability for the LIS
Comparative sociologists have long considered occupations to be a key source of inequality. However, data constraints make comparative research on two of the more important contemporary drivers of occupational stratification – globalization and technological change – relatively scarce. This article introduces a new dataset on occupational ‘routine task intensity’ (RTI) and ‘offshorability’ (OFFS) for use with the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS). To…
Income Inequality and Population Health: A Global Gradient
Cross-national empirical research about the link between income inequality and population health produces conflicting conclusions. We address these mixed findings by examining the degree to which the income inequality and health relationship varies with economic development. We estimate fixed-effects models with different measures of income inequality and population health. Results suggest that development moderates the association between inequa…
Immigration and support for redistributive social policy: Does multiculturalism matter
In this article, we examine the impact of multicultural immigration policy on the degree to which immigration reduces support for redistributive social policy among natives. Arguments linking immigration to support for redistributive social policy are hotly contested. Some suggest that immigration reduces support for social policy, while others suggest that it increases such support. To make matters worse, the empirical evidence is equally mixed.…
Immigration and support for redistributive social policy: Does multiculturalism matter
In this article, we examine the impact of multicultural immigration policy on the degree to which immigration reduces support for redistributive social policy among natives. Arguments linking immigration to support for redistributive social policy are hotly contested. Some suggest that immigration reduces support for social policy, while others suggest that it increases such support. To make matters worse, the empirical evidence is equally mixed.…
Income Inequality and Population Health: A Global Gradient
Cross-national empirical research about the link between income inequality and population health produces conflicting conclusions. We address these mixed findings by examining the degree to which the income inequality and health relationship varies with economic development. We estimate fixed-effects models with different measures of income inequality and population health. Results suggest that development moderates the association between inequa…
Job tasks and the comparative structure of income and employment: Routine task intensity and offshorability for the LIS
Comparative sociologists have long considered occupations to be a key source of inequality. However, data constraints make comparative research on two of the more important contemporary drivers of occupational stratification – globalization and technological change – relatively scarce. This article introduces a new dataset on occupational ‘routine task intensity’ (RTI) and ‘offshorability’ (OFFS) for use with the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS). To…
A test of the predictive validity of relative versus absolute income for self-reported health and well-being in the United States
BACKGROUND: contextualizes one's hierarchical location in the distribution of a time and place. OBJECTIVE: This study investigates specifically whether absolute income or relative income matters more for health and well-being. METHODS: We exploit within-person, within-age, and within-time variation with higher-quality income measures and multiple health and well-being outcomes in the United States. Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the…
Micro-mechanisms and Macro-effects: How Structural Change and Institutional Context Affect Income Inequality in Rich Democracies
In this article, the authors develop a taxonomy of the micro-mechanisms by which well-studied macro-level structural changes and institutional contexts distribute income and assess this taxonomy empirically. The authors' taxonomy explicates five distinct micro-mechanisms that operate inside and outside of the labor market to either increase (premiums) or decrease (penalties) income shares. Their analysis of total household income among over 1 mil…
The rules of the game: Healthcare systems and cross-national attitudes about healthcare provision
In recent years, healthcare typologies are increasingly scrutinized. Prevailing healthcare system categorizations draw on comparative–institutional welfare state arrangements that constitute the “rules of the game” for healthcare provision. Challenging these perspectives, health policy perspectives suggest that ongoing policy changes shifted the “rules of the game” in ways that are not adequately captured by traditional comparative–institutional …
Interdisciplinary Cluster Hiring Initiatives in U.S. Research Universities: More Straw than Bricks
Over the last three decades, interdisciplinary cluster hiring programs have become popular on research university campuses as an approach to fostering interdisciplinary collaboration. These programs have not yet been rigorously evaluated across multiple institutions and multiple thematic fields. The paper reports the results of a survey of 199 cluster hires across 20 research universities, supplemented by interviews with 18 administrators and clu…
Are U.S. Professionals and Managers More Left Than Blue-Collar Workers? An Analysis of the General Social Survey, 1974 to 2018
Social science interest in professionals and managers as a left- and liberal-trending stratum has increased in recent years. Using General Social Survey data over a 44-year period, the authors examine 15 attitudes spanning social, economic, and political identity liberalism. On nearly all attitudes, professionals and managers have trended in a liberal direction, have liberalized more quickly than blue-collar workers, and are either as or more lib…
Immigration and support for redistributive social policy: Does multiculturalism matter
In this article, we examine the impact of multicultural immigration policy on the degree to which immigration reduces support for redistributive social policy among natives. Arguments linking immigration to support for redistributive social policy are hotly contested. Some suggest that immigration reduces support for social policy, while others suggest that it increases such support. To make matters worse, the empirical evidence is equally mixed.…
Job tasks and the comparative structure of income and employment: Routine task intensity and offshorability for the LIS
Comparative sociologists have long considered occupations to be a key source of inequality. However, data constraints make comparative research on two of the more important contemporary drivers of occupational stratification – globalization and technological change – relatively scarce. This article introduces a new dataset on occupational ‘routine task intensity’ (RTI) and ‘offshorability’ (OFFS) for use with the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS). To…
Income Inequality and Population Health: A Global Gradient
Cross-national empirical research about the link between income inequality and population health produces conflicting conclusions. We address these mixed findings by examining the degree to which the income inequality and health relationship varies with economic development. We estimate fixed-effects models with different measures of income inequality and population health. Results suggest that development moderates the association between inequa…
Interdisciplinary Cluster Hiring Initiatives in U.S. Research Universities: More Straw than Bricks
Over the last three decades, interdisciplinary cluster hiring programs have become popular on research university campuses as an approach to fostering interdisciplinary collaboration. These programs have not yet been rigorously evaluated across multiple institutions and multiple thematic fields. The paper reports the results of a survey of 199 cluster hires across 20 research universities, supplemented by interviews with 18 administrators and clu…
Does Cluster Hiring Enhance Faculty Research Output, Collaborations, and Impact? Results from a National Study of U.S. Research Universities
The rules of the game: Healthcare systems and cross-national attitudes about healthcare provision
In recent years, healthcare typologies are increasingly scrutinized. Prevailing healthcare system categorizations draw on comparative–institutional welfare state arrangements that constitute the “rules of the game” for healthcare provision. Challenging these perspectives, health policy perspectives suggest that ongoing policy changes shifted the “rules of the game” in ways that are not adequately captured by traditional comparative–institutional …
Are U.S. Professionals and Managers More Left Than Blue-Collar Workers? An Analysis of the General Social Survey, 1974 to 2018
Social science interest in professionals and managers as a left- and liberal-trending stratum has increased in recent years. Using General Social Survey data over a 44-year period, the authors examine 15 attitudes spanning social, economic, and political identity liberalism. On nearly all attitudes, professionals and managers have trended in a liberal direction, have liberalized more quickly than blue-collar workers, and are either as or more lib…
Micro-mechanisms and Macro-effects: How Structural Change and Institutional Context Affect Income Inequality in Rich Democracies
In this article, the authors develop a taxonomy of the micro-mechanisms by which well-studied macro-level structural changes and institutional contexts distribute income and assess this taxonomy empirically. The authors' taxonomy explicates five distinct micro-mechanisms that operate inside and outside of the labor market to either increase (premiums) or decrease (penalties) income shares. Their analysis of total household income among over 1 mil…
A test of the predictive validity of relative versus absolute income for self-reported health and well-being in the United States
BACKGROUND: contextualizes one's hierarchical location in the distribution of a time and place. OBJECTIVE: This study investigates specifically whether absolute income or relative income matters more for health and well-being. METHODS: We exploit within-person, within-age, and within-time variation with higher-quality income measures and multiple health and well-being outcomes in the United States. Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the…
Demographic economics (7 works) · Economics (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Inequality (4 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (4 works) · Economic inequality (3 works) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works)