The logic of patronage: relational work in Cambodian INGOs Winner of the ASA 2025 Best Article Award. Ethnographic research shows how NGO managers adapt foreign aid financial practices through relational work, negotiating between donor logics and systems of patronage. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/ser/...

Relative treatment of foreign firms in developing countries Using World Bank Enterprise Survey data, this study finds that foreign firms are not disadvantaged by host governments and in low-income countries they are often treated more favorably than comparable domestic firms doi.org/10.1093/ser/...

New in Socio-Economic Review: Arrangers and orchestrators: the diverging role of the state in Danish and German VET 🇩🇪 Germany's state "orchestrates" firm-based training, while 🇩🇰 Denmark's state "arranges" it through stronger public provision and governance. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/ser/...

New in Socio-Economic Review: Tax havens and income inequality in host countries 📊 Evidence from 152 countries (1972–2020) shows that tax haven status is associated with higher domestic income inequality, with lower-income groups bearing much of the cost. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/ser/...

New in SER: Rising inequality: Is the public response really lacking? Using five waves of ISSP data, this study finds that rising inequality increases perceived inequality, concern about inequality, and support for redistribution—challenging claims of public indifference. doi.org/10.1093/ser/...

New in SER: Rentiership and intellectual monopoly in contemporary capitalism 📈A new framework shows how rentierization and intellectual monopolization shape corporate behavior, inequality, and economic stagnation in the contemporary US economy. doi.org/10.1093/ser/... #Financialization #Rentiership

New in SER: The internal effects of corporate “tech ethics” 📊 Interviews with Big Tech employees show that trust in corporate ethics programs shapes how workers evaluate company crises—and the ethical meaning of their own work. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/ser/... #TechEthics #BigTech #Work #EconomicSociology

New in SER: Upgrading jobs for all: welfare states and life satisfaction in changing labor markets 📊 Across 25 European countries, welfare states reduce life satisfaction gaps between occupational “winners” and “losers” by shaping job quality and workplace design. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/ser/...