Rubia R Valente
Biographic Data
| ID | 643441 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rubia R Valente |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rubia R |
| FAMILY NAME | Valente |
| SIGNATURE | VALENTE R R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Baruch College |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3179-6040 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Religiosity and Life Satisfaction Across Latin America
Although a myriad of cross-national studies featuring European countries, Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, the United States, and many other nations around the world support the contention that religiosity is associated with life satisfaction (both positively and negatively), comparatively little is known about this association in Latin America, a continent known for its strong Catholic identification, an emerging evangelical influence, and a multitude …
Do Unpredictable and Unstable Work Hours Reduce Subjective Wellbeing
We empirically explore how key dimensions of work hours and schedules (i.e., volatility, short advance notice, and irregular shift times) affect workers’ self-reported subjective wellbeing (SWB). Our analysis controls for the number of weekly hours, occupation, demographics, family income, and health. We use data from the 2016 U.S. General Social Survey, containing the Work Orientations IV module of the International Social Survey Program. The fi…
How Prevalent are Colortocracies in Latin America: An Examination of Cross-National Heterogeneity in the Effects of Skin Tone and Self-Identified Race on Occupational Status and Material Wealth
Recent scholarship has significantly advanced social scientific understanding of the socioeconomic consequences of skin tone and ethnoracial identity in several Latin American countries. We update and extend this literature by conceptualizing colortocracies as countries that exhibit a preference for Whiteness as evidenced by lighter-skinned individuals enjoying higher levels of socioeconomic status than their darker-skinned counterparts. Specific…
Subjective well-being and urbanization in Egypt
World Values Survey data is used to test the association between urbanization, operationalized as population size, and subjective well-being, operationalized as life satisfaction, in the case of Egypt. Regression results show that the smallest settlements have the highest positive effect on subjective well-being compared to the large urban centers. These results are persistent even after controlling for an extensive set of socio-demographic varia…
Religiosity and Misanthropy across the Racial and Ethnic Divide
The systematic study of misanthropy, the lack of trust in humanity, has proliferated over the last 30 years. One prominent line of research details racial and ethnic disparities in levels of misanthropy, but pays little attention to the role of religiosity, while another focuses attention on religiosity and its impact on levels of misanthropy, with only scant attention to the role of race and ethnicity. Little attempt has been made to synthesize …
Misanthropolis: Do cities promote misanthropy
Effects of Perceived Discrimination on the School Satisfaction of Brazilian High School Graduates
This paper analyzes the consequences of peer victimization for the satisfaction with schooling ("happiness") of college-bound high school graduates in Brazil. Several types of victimization are explored including discrimination due to race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, and disability. We compare the satisfaction with their schooling of students planning to head to college straight from high sc…
Urban unhappiness is common
Religiosity and Trust: Evidence from the United States
Background Trust is one of the key driving forces behind human action and an important factor in shaping human interaction. Trust can improve economic growth, political and civic involvement, democratic stability, and subjective well-being. Yet, trust has been in decline for the last 60 years in the U.S. Purpose This article tests the effect of several indicators of religiosity, including an index for both social and individual religiosity, on tr…
An Intensifying Urban–Rural Schism in U.S. Women’s Preference for Governmental Solutions to Social Problems
During the Reagan Revolution, a significant gender gap emerged, accompanied by an urban–rural schism in party preference by gender, one manifestation of the nation’s widening urban–rural divide. Using the General Social Survey (GSS) data from 1972 to 2018, we explore this urban–rural schism in party preference by running several ordinary least squares models and specifications. Controlling for individuals’ traits, we find that differences in the …
The perennial dissatisfaction of urban upbringing
No urban malaise for Millennials
Urban malaise or unhappiness with city life is common in developed countries. City dwellers, particularly those in the largest metropolitan areas, are reported to be the least satisfied with their lives. Using the US General Social Survey (1972–2016), this paper explores the latest happiness trends. The results confirm earlier findings of urban malaise: Americans in general are happiest in smaller cities and rural areas. However, the advantage of…
Performance of Students Admitted through Affirmative Action in Brazil
Following the implementation of the Lei das Cotas (Affirmative Action Law) in Brazil, there has been debate as to whether students who were admitted through affirmative action perform at the same level as students admitted through traditional methods. This article examines the results of the Exame Nacional de Desempenho dos Estudantes (ENADE) from 2009 to 2012 to determine whether there is a relationship between students’ performance at the unive…
Vamos Para Rua! Taking to the Streets Protest in Brazil
The unprecedented protests that unfolded in June 2013 in Brazil, surprised even the most observant Brazilian scholars. A local conflict over the increase of public transportation fare took an unexpected turn and ignited a massive nationwide mobilization. These protests have perplexed many because Brazil was not experiencing the context of economic or political instabilities that are common to other countries around the world, where massive protes…
The vicious circle: Effects of race and class on university entrance in Brazil
Brazil has high levels of socio-economic inequality and an inequitable distribution of access to higher education. How much of this inequality is associated with race or class is an important question in light of the current debate over affirmative action and the suitability of race and social targeted policies. There are those who claim that racial disparities in the educational system are a result of students' social status and not a result of …
Dissatisfaction with city life? Latin America revisited
Effects of Perceived Discrimination on the School Satisfaction of Brazilian High School Graduates
This paper analyzes the consequences of peer victimization for the satisfaction with schooling (“happiness”) of college-bound high school graduates in Brazil. Several types of victimization are explored including discrimination due to race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, and disability. We compare the satisfaction with their schooling of students planning to head to college straight from high sc…
The impact of race and social economic status on university admission at the University of São Paulo
This paper explores the relationship between race, class, and access to higher education by analyzing the characteristics of students admitted to the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil from 2004 to 2008. Employing novel data, the logistic regression results indicate that those accepted at USP are more likely to be white, from affluent families, to have studied in private high schools, to have enrolled in prep courses, and to have a mother wh…
From Inception to Present
This article provides the first historical analysis of the role of women in the Congregação Cristã no Brasil , the oldest pentecostal church in Brazil and the largest in the state of São Paulo. Drawing on qualitative data, this study also explores the diverse views of church members and their attitudes in regard to the current status of women in the church. Although not long ago women were allowed to preach in the church and to hold ministerial p…
Countering Inequality: Brazil's Movimento Sem-Terra
Data from a national survey of formerly landless peasants residing in federal land‐reform settlements in Brazil (Pesquisa Nacional de Educação na Reforma Agrária—) confirm that the Landless Rural Workers Movement (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem‐Terra—) has been far more successful than other settlement movements in assuring a better quality of life for its members. This superior performance is attributed to an organizational structure tha…
No urban malaise for Millennials
Urban malaise or unhappiness with city life is common in developed countries. City dwellers, particularly those in the largest metropolitan areas, are reported to be the least satisfied with their lives. Using the US General Social Survey (1972–2016), this paper explores the latest happiness trends. The results confirm earlier findings of urban malaise: Americans in general are happiest in smaller cities and rural areas. However, the advantage of…
Religiosity and Trust: Evidence from the United States
Background Trust is one of the key driving forces behind human action and an important factor in shaping human interaction. Trust can improve economic growth, political and civic involvement, democratic stability, and subjective well-being. Yet, trust has been in decline for the last 60 years in the U.S. Purpose This article tests the effect of several indicators of religiosity, including an index for both social and individual religiosity, on tr…
The perennial dissatisfaction of urban upbringing
The vicious circle: Effects of race and class on university entrance in Brazil
Brazil has high levels of socio-economic inequality and an inequitable distribution of access to higher education. How much of this inequality is associated with race or class is an important question in light of the current debate over affirmative action and the suitability of race and social targeted policies. There are those who claim that racial disparities in the educational system are a result of students' social status and not a result of …
Urban unhappiness is common
Dissatisfaction with city life? Latin America revisited
Countering Inequality: Brazil's Movimento Sem-Terra
Data from a national survey of formerly landless peasants residing in federal land‐reform settlements in Brazil (Pesquisa Nacional de Educação na Reforma Agrária—) confirm that the Landless Rural Workers Movement (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem‐Terra—) has been far more successful than other settlement movements in assuring a better quality of life for its members. This superior performance is attributed to an organizational structure tha…
Misanthropolis: Do cities promote misanthropy
The impact of race and social economic status on university admission at the University of São Paulo
This paper explores the relationship between race, class, and access to higher education by analyzing the characteristics of students admitted to the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil from 2004 to 2008. Employing novel data, the logistic regression results indicate that those accepted at USP are more likely to be white, from affluent families, to have studied in private high schools, to have enrolled in prep courses, and to have a mother wh…
Subjective well-being and urbanization in Egypt
World Values Survey data is used to test the association between urbanization, operationalized as population size, and subjective well-being, operationalized as life satisfaction, in the case of Egypt. Regression results show that the smallest settlements have the highest positive effect on subjective well-being compared to the large urban centers. These results are persistent even after controlling for an extensive set of socio-demographic varia…
From Inception to Present
This article provides the first historical analysis of the role of women in the Congregação Cristã no Brasil , the oldest pentecostal church in Brazil and the largest in the state of São Paulo. Drawing on qualitative data, this study also explores the diverse views of church members and their attitudes in regard to the current status of women in the church. Although not long ago women were allowed to preach in the church and to hold ministerial p…
Countering Inequality: Brazil's Movimento Sem-Terra
Data from a national survey of formerly landless peasants residing in federal land‐reform settlements in Brazil (Pesquisa Nacional de Educação na Reforma Agrária—) confirm that the Landless Rural Workers Movement (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem‐Terra—) has been far more successful than other settlement movements in assuring a better quality of life for its members. This superior performance is attributed to an organizational structure tha…
The vicious circle: Effects of race and class on university entrance in Brazil
Brazil has high levels of socio-economic inequality and an inequitable distribution of access to higher education. How much of this inequality is associated with race or class is an important question in light of the current debate over affirmative action and the suitability of race and social targeted policies. There are those who claim that racial disparities in the educational system are a result of students' social status and not a result of …
Dissatisfaction with city life? Latin America revisited
Effects of Perceived Discrimination on the School Satisfaction of Brazilian High School Graduates
This paper analyzes the consequences of peer victimization for the satisfaction with schooling (“happiness”) of college-bound high school graduates in Brazil. Several types of victimization are explored including discrimination due to race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, and disability. We compare the satisfaction with their schooling of students planning to head to college straight from high sc…
The impact of race and social economic status on university admission at the University of São Paulo
This paper explores the relationship between race, class, and access to higher education by analyzing the characteristics of students admitted to the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil from 2004 to 2008. Employing novel data, the logistic regression results indicate that those accepted at USP are more likely to be white, from affluent families, to have studied in private high schools, to have enrolled in prep courses, and to have a mother wh…
Performance of Students Admitted through Affirmative Action in Brazil
Following the implementation of the Lei das Cotas (Affirmative Action Law) in Brazil, there has been debate as to whether students who were admitted through affirmative action perform at the same level as students admitted through traditional methods. This article examines the results of the Exame Nacional de Desempenho dos Estudantes (ENADE) from 2009 to 2012 to determine whether there is a relationship between students’ performance at the unive…
Vamos Para Rua! Taking to the Streets Protest in Brazil
The unprecedented protests that unfolded in June 2013 in Brazil, surprised even the most observant Brazilian scholars. A local conflict over the increase of public transportation fare took an unexpected turn and ignited a massive nationwide mobilization. These protests have perplexed many because Brazil was not experiencing the context of economic or political instabilities that are common to other countries around the world, where massive protes…
No urban malaise for Millennials
Urban malaise or unhappiness with city life is common in developed countries. City dwellers, particularly those in the largest metropolitan areas, are reported to be the least satisfied with their lives. Using the US General Social Survey (1972–2016), this paper explores the latest happiness trends. The results confirm earlier findings of urban malaise: Americans in general are happiest in smaller cities and rural areas. However, the advantage of…
An Intensifying Urban–Rural Schism in U.S. Women’s Preference for Governmental Solutions to Social Problems
During the Reagan Revolution, a significant gender gap emerged, accompanied by an urban–rural schism in party preference by gender, one manifestation of the nation’s widening urban–rural divide. Using the General Social Survey (GSS) data from 1972 to 2018, we explore this urban–rural schism in party preference by running several ordinary least squares models and specifications. Controlling for individuals’ traits, we find that differences in the …
The perennial dissatisfaction of urban upbringing
Urban unhappiness is common
Religiosity and Trust: Evidence from the United States
Background Trust is one of the key driving forces behind human action and an important factor in shaping human interaction. Trust can improve economic growth, political and civic involvement, democratic stability, and subjective well-being. Yet, trust has been in decline for the last 60 years in the U.S. Purpose This article tests the effect of several indicators of religiosity, including an index for both social and individual religiosity, on tr…
Misanthropolis: Do cities promote misanthropy
Effects of Perceived Discrimination on the School Satisfaction of Brazilian High School Graduates
This paper analyzes the consequences of peer victimization for the satisfaction with schooling ("happiness") of college-bound high school graduates in Brazil. Several types of victimization are explored including discrimination due to race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, and disability. We compare the satisfaction with their schooling of students planning to head to college straight from high sc…
Religiosity and Misanthropy across the Racial and Ethnic Divide
The systematic study of misanthropy, the lack of trust in humanity, has proliferated over the last 30 years. One prominent line of research details racial and ethnic disparities in levels of misanthropy, but pays little attention to the role of religiosity, while another focuses attention on religiosity and its impact on levels of misanthropy, with only scant attention to the role of race and ethnicity. Little attempt has been made to synthesize …
Subjective well-being and urbanization in Egypt
World Values Survey data is used to test the association between urbanization, operationalized as population size, and subjective well-being, operationalized as life satisfaction, in the case of Egypt. Regression results show that the smallest settlements have the highest positive effect on subjective well-being compared to the large urban centers. These results are persistent even after controlling for an extensive set of socio-demographic varia…
Religiosity and Life Satisfaction Across Latin America
Although a myriad of cross-national studies featuring European countries, Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, the United States, and many other nations around the world support the contention that religiosity is associated with life satisfaction (both positively and negatively), comparatively little is known about this association in Latin America, a continent known for its strong Catholic identification, an emerging evangelical influence, and a multitude …
Do Unpredictable and Unstable Work Hours Reduce Subjective Wellbeing
We empirically explore how key dimensions of work hours and schedules (i.e., volatility, short advance notice, and irregular shift times) affect workers’ self-reported subjective wellbeing (SWB). Our analysis controls for the number of weekly hours, occupation, demographics, family income, and health. We use data from the 2016 U.S. General Social Survey, containing the Work Orientations IV module of the International Social Survey Program. The fi…
How Prevalent are Colortocracies in Latin America: An Examination of Cross-National Heterogeneity in the Effects of Skin Tone and Self-Identified Race on Occupational Status and Material Wealth
Recent scholarship has significantly advanced social scientific understanding of the socioeconomic consequences of skin tone and ethnoracial identity in several Latin American countries. We update and extend this literature by conceptualizing colortocracies as countries that exhibit a preference for Whiteness as evidenced by lighter-skinned individuals enjoying higher levels of socioeconomic status than their darker-skinned counterparts. Specific…
Sociology (15 works) · Political science (13 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Economics (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works)