Faculty Affiliate Becky Pettit, Associate Professor of Sociology, brings the perspectives of demography and economic sociology to the study of social, gender and racial inequalities. Her current projects include a study of the consequences of the rise in the American prison population for the labor market experiences of low-skill men and a study of the role of state policies in institutionalizing gender inequalities in the labor market.
 

Major Research Projects:

• Institutionalizing Inequality: Gender, Work and Family in Comparative Perspective

Sample Publications:

• Western, B.; Pettit, B., (Forthcoming). "Mass Imprisonment, Punishment and Inequality in America"  Russell Sage Foundation, New York.
• Bushway, S.; Pettit, B.; Stoll, M. A.; Weiman, D. F.; Lyons, C.  "Status and the Stigma of Incarceration: The Labor Market Effects of Incarceration by Race, Class, and Criminal Involvement, In Barriers to reentry? :The labor market for released prisoners in post-industrial America",Russell Sage Foundation, New York (2007).
• Pettit, Becky, and Jennifer Hook.  "The Structure of Women’s Employment in Comparative Perspective", Social Forces (2005).  84:779-801. 2005.
• Western, Bruce and Becky Pettit. "Black-White Wage Inequality, Employment Rates, and Incarceration", American Journal of Sociology (2005), 111:553-578. Winner 2006 James F. Short Jr. Paper Award.
• Pettit, Becky.  "Moving and Children’s Social Connections: Neighborhood Context and the Consequences of Moving Low-income Families". Sociological Forum (2004), 19:285-311.

Contact Information:

Becky Pettit
Email: bpettit@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://www.soc.washington.edu/people/faculty_detail.asp?UID=bpettit
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