Juliet Schor
Boston College, Sociology, Faculty Member
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This study contributes to interdisciplinary research on the social and environmental determinants of population health, with a focus on the interaction between working hours and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentration. The authors... more
This study contributes to interdisciplinary research on the social and environmental determinants of population health, with a focus on the interaction between working hours and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentration. The authors estimate longitudinal models of the relationship between US state-level average life expectancy and both average working hours and PM2.5 concentration for the 2005-2014 period. Results obtained from two-way fixed effects models indicate that average life expectancy is negatively associated with both average working hours and fine particulate matter concentration. Findings also indicate clear moderating relationships: the negative association between life expectancy and working hours is amplified as PM2.5 concentration increases, and the negative relationship between life expectancy and fine particulate matter concentration is amplified when average working hours increase. The results of this study underscore the need for additional research on the multiplicative impacts of socioeconomic factors and environmental factors in the modeling of population health.
Research Interests: Air Quality, Sociology of Work, Environmental Health, Population Health, Air pollution, and 11 moreAir Pollution and Health Effects, Public Health, Mortality, Employment, Environmental Pollution, Biological Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Life Expectancy, CHEMICAL SCIENCES, Particulate Matter, and Environmental
Research Interests: Sociology, Environmental Sociology, Geography, Archaeology, Anthropology, and 10 moreDevelopment Studies, Climate Change, Environmental Studies, Climate change policy, Sustainable Development, Climate Change Adaptation And Mitigation Strategies, Global Environmental Change, Environmental Sustainability, Multidisciplinary, and Global Warming
The “sharing economy” has become highly contentious. This chapter takes a broad view, addressing key issues in ongoing debates: terminology, participation, experiences, regulation, discrimination, and inequality. High cultural capital... more
The “sharing economy” has become highly contentious. This chapter takes a broad view, addressing key issues in ongoing debates: terminology, participation, experiences, regulation, discrimination, and inequality. High cultural capital (HCC) participants, who are the majority, see themselves creating a virtuous moral alternative to the conventional market. However, their activities increasingly take place on large for-profit platforms that are resulting in a series of undesirable outcomes. These include pervasive racial and class discrimination, and the generation of inequality. The two largest platforms (Airbnb and Uber) have had adverse effects on urban housing and transportation, which have been the subject of recent regulatory efforts. Ultimately, the dynamism of the sharing economy, and the lack of fixed institutions, norms, and participants, means consumer researchers should be asking critical questions about the sector, its claims of common good, and its impact on social life.
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Humans are on the precipice of dangerous climate change. In this lecture, I discuss the importance of inequality in climate solutions and the ways in which the framing of climate change has impeded action to mitigate emissions. I critique... more
Humans are on the precipice of dangerous climate change. In this lecture, I discuss the importance of inequality in climate solutions and the ways in which the framing of climate change has impeded action to mitigate emissions. I critique the standard formulation of a tradeoff between well-being and environmental protection. I argue for the need to reframe climate action as a positive good and discuss the impact of the Great Recession on climate discourse in the United States. I review recent history on de-coupling and argue for new approaches to climate policy, such as cap-and-dividend and the use of productivity growth to reduce hours of work and by extension emissions.
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This study investigates the relationship between U.S. state-level CO2 emissions and two measures of income inequality: the income share of the top ten percent and the Gini coefficient. Each of the inequality measures, which focus on... more
This study investigates the relationship between U.S. state-level CO2 emissions and two measures of income inequality: the income share of the top ten percent and the Gini coefficient. Each of the inequality measures, which focus on unique characteristics of income distributions, is used to evaluate the arguments of different analytical approaches. Results of the longitudinal analysis for the 1997 to 2012 period indicate that state-level emissions are positively associated with the income share of the top ten percent, while the effect of the Gini coefficient on emissions is non-significant. The statistically significant relationship between CO2 emissions and the concentration of income among the top ten percent is consistent with analytical approaches that focus on political economy dynamics and Veblen effects, which highlight the potential political and economic power and emulative influence of the wealthy. The null effect of the Gini coefficient is generally inconsistent with the marginal propensity to emit approach, which posits that when incomes become more equally distributed, the poor will increase their consumption of energy and other carbon-intensive products as they move into the middle class.
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... The dependent variable, STRKRS, is number of strikers minus strikers involved in strikes over union recognition all divided by total trade union members. w* is the cost of job loss measure, as defined in the text, measured in hundreds... more
... The dependent variable, STRKRS, is number of strikers minus strikers involved in strikes over union recognition all divided by total trade union members. w* is the cost of job loss measure, as defined in the text, measured in hundreds of dollars. ...
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Page 109. Time Crunch among American Parents Juliet B. Schor In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the topic of working hours was thrust into the public spotlight. The consensus viewthat hours of work were a" solved... more
Page 109. Time Crunch among American Parents Juliet B. Schor In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the topic of working hours was thrust into the public spotlight. The consensus viewthat hours of work were a" solved problem"unraveled. ...
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OXFORD 'NIVERSITY PRESS Great Clarendon Street• Oxford 0x2 6dp Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research• scholarship• and education by... more
OXFORD 'NIVERSITY PRESS Great Clarendon Street• Oxford 0x2 6dp Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research• scholarship• and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York ...
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Abstract The Joyless Economy seeks to explain the paradox of rising consumption and pervasive dissatifaction, and is thus often cited as a critique of consumer society. Yet it is rather ambivalent as critique. A less ambivalent critique... more
Abstract The Joyless Economy seeks to explain the paradox of rising consumption and pervasive dissatifaction, and is thus often cited as a critique of consumer society. Yet it is rather ambivalent as critique. A less ambivalent critique would be predicated on the ...
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In this groundbreaking pamphlet, Juliet Schor, author of The Overworked American, examines how Americans can begin making the shift away from a resource-destructive society to one that values the environment, community, and quality of... more
In this groundbreaking pamphlet, Juliet Schor, author of The Overworked American, examines how Americans can begin making the shift away from a resource-destructive society to one that values the environment, community, and quality of life above business ...
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Abstract The relationships between work, free time and leisure are explored within the changes in the US labour market over the last 30 years. It is found that of those in permanent full time work, working hours have increased because the... more
Abstract The relationships between work, free time and leisure are explored within the changes in the US labour market over the last 30 years. It is found that of those in permanent full time work, working hours have increased because the society has become enmeshed ...
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OXFORD 'NIVERSITY PRESS Great Clarendon Street• Oxford 0x2 6dp Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research• scholarship• and education by... more
OXFORD 'NIVERSITY PRESS Great Clarendon Street• Oxford 0x2 6dp Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research• scholarship• and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York ...
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In December, many people in Washington, DC paused to absorb the meaning in the lighting of the National Christmas Tree, at the White House Ellipse. At that event, President George W. Bush reflected that the “love and gifts” of Christmas... more
In December, many people in Washington, DC paused to absorb the meaning in the lighting of the National Christmas Tree, at the White House Ellipse. At that event, President George W. Bush reflected that the “love and gifts” of Christmas were “signs and symbols of even a ...
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KNAW Narcis. Back to search results. Publication Beyond work and spend (1997). Pagina-navigatie: Main. ...
Información del libro La excesiva jornada laboral en Estados Unidos: la inesperada disminución del tiempo de ocio.
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... I will cherish our collaboration always. Finally, I would like to thank my friends and family. ... This aspect of our spending is not newcompetitive acquisition has long been an American institution. ... But in recent decades, the... more
... I will cherish our collaboration always. Finally, I would like to thank my friends and family. ... This aspect of our spending is not newcompetitive acquisition has long been an American institution. ... But in recent decades, the culture of spending has changed and intensified. ...
... Time & Society http://tas.sagepub.com/content/7/1/119 The online version of this article can be found at: DOI: 10.1177/0961463X98007001007 1998 7: 119 Time Society Juliet Schor Time, Labour and Consumption: Guest... more
... Time & Society http://tas.sagepub.com/content/7/1/119 The online version of this article can be found at: DOI: 10.1177/0961463X98007001007 1998 7: 119 Time Society Juliet Schor Time, Labour and Consumption: Guest Editor's Introduction Published by: ...
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Juliet Schor is Professor in Sociology at Boston College. She is author of The Overspent American, The Overworked American, Born to Buy and a new collection, forthcoming in 2009, Consumerism and Its Discontents. She is co-editor of The... more
Juliet Schor is Professor in Sociology at Boston College. She is author of The Overspent American, The Overworked American, Born to Buy and a new collection, forthcoming in 2009, Consumerism and Its Discontents. She is co-editor of The Consumer Society ...
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The authors investigate the relationship between U.S. state-level residential carbon emissions and income inequality for the 1990–2012 period. Results of the analysis indicate a positive association between emissions and income... more
The authors investigate the relationship between U.S. state-level residential carbon emissions and income inequality for the 1990–2012 period. Results of the analysis indicate a positive association between emissions and income inequality—measured as the Theil index—and these findings hold across a variety of model estimation techniques and net of the effects of other established human drivers of emissions. The authors conclude by underscoring the need for more research on the effects of income inequality on carbon emissions and other related environmental outcomes.
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This symposium brings together the theory and practice of public sociology. The introduction sets out the meanings of public sociology, emphasizing its plurality and its relation to multiple publics. From there, it frames public sociology... more
This symposium brings together the theory and practice of public sociology. The introduction sets out the meanings of public sociology, emphasizing its plurality and its relation to multiple publics. From there, it frames public sociology in relation to policy, professional, and critical sociologies. This constellation of the division of sociological labor varies over time and between countries. We argue for a normative model of antagonistic interdependence , which holds all four types in equilibrium. The core of the symposium contains six autobiographical case studies of the practice of public sociology, all from Boston College. In different ways, each case study responds to the issues raised in the introduction. The conclusion to the symposium is a manifesto for public sociologies, setting out the implications of the case studies for sociology's relation to society.