Why Status Matters for Inequality

By Cecilia L. Ridgeway. 2014

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What signals matter for social startups? It depends: The influence of gender role congruity on social impact accelerator selection decisions (2019, background): “…(e.g., Eagly, 1987; Eagly and Diekman, 2005; Eagly and Wood, 2011; Eddleston et al., 2016; Gupta et al., 2009; Powell and Eddleston, 2013; Ridgeway, 2001, 2014; Ridgeway and Correll, 2004; Alsos et al., 2006; Carter et al., 2007; Marlow and Patton, 2005; Orser et al., 2006; Fauchart and…”
Managers’ Political Beliefs and Gender Inequality among Subordinates: Does His Ideology Matter More Than Hers? (2018, unknown): “Further, scholars have emphasized that men tend to have more status than women in many firms (e.g., Ridgeway, 2013), particularly in male-dominated professions (e.g., Ely, 1995).”
What is a True Gamer? The Male Gamer Stereotype and the Marginalization of Women in Video Game Culture (2017, background): “…parameters within the gaming community exist—for example because male players invest more time and as a result achieve a higher level of skill and performance—higher status is prescribed to males even if their playing behavior does not objectively differ from females (Ridgeway, 2013).”
Fair Resource Allocation Among Children and Adolescents: The Role of Group and Developmental Processes (2017, background): “Understanding how people develop the ability to allocate resources is important and urgent because social inequalities have widened and deepened over the past several decades (40).”
Bias in Online Freelance Marketplaces: Evidence from TaskRabbit and Fiverr (2017, background): “Status differentiation is thus considered a major source of social inequality that affects virtually all aspects of individuals’ lives [51].”
The Structure of Deference: Modeling Occupational Status Using Affect Control Theory (2018, background): “It fuels symbolic assessments of class location (Bourdieu 1984; Chan and Goldthorpe 2007) and provides an independent base of power above and beyond control of resources (Ridgeway 2014).”