My research explores questions about equity and diversity in the workplace using qualitative methods supplemented by experiments and quantitative analysis. Across projects, I focus on practices that address gender inequality in labor markets and organizations.

Publications

Adler, Laura. 2022. “Gender Equity against ‘Economic Realities’: How a Conflict between Two Movements Reshaped the Cultural Understanding of Pay.” Mobilization 27(4): 389-407.

Laura Adler. 2021. “Framing Disruption: How a Capture Frame Legitimized the Deregulation of Boston’s Ride-for-Hire Industry.”  Socio-Economic Review 19(4):1421-1450.

Laura Adler. 2021. “Choosing Bad Jobs: The Use of Nonstandard Work as a Commitment Device.” Work and Occupations 48(2):207-242.

Mario Small and Laura Adler. 2019. “The Role of Space in the Formation of Social Ties.” Annual Review of Sociology 45:111-132.

Michèle Lamont, Laura Adler, Bo Yun Park, and Xin Xiang. 2017. “Bridging Cultural Sociology and Cognitive Psychology in Three Contemporary Research Programs.” Nature Human Behaviour 1:866–72.

Other Writing

McBride, Justin and Laura Adler. 2022. “Debunking Lien Myths: Empirical Evidence for an Essential Tool in the Fight against Wage Theft.” Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations 77(1):1-25.

Adler, Laura. 2022. Review of You’re Paid What You’re Worth and Other Myths of the Modern Economy by Jake Rosenfeld. Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics Blog.

Adler, Laura. 2021. “Living on the Job.” Review of Worked Over: How Round-the-Clock Work is Killing the American Dream by Jamie McCallum. New Labor Forum 30(3):111-113.

Adler, Laura. 2021. “The ‘Long-Covid’ of Higher Education.” Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics Newsletter.

Adler, Laura. 2020. “Women and Gender in Socio-Economics.” Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics Newsletter.

Adler, Laura. 2019. “After the Walkout: Google’s HR Department Responds to #MeToo.” The New Republic.

Adler, Laura, Zach Genduso, and Victoria Lee. 2019. “Finding A Better Contractor: How Municipalities Can Help Prevent Wage Theft Through the Contracting Process.” White paper. The Wage Justice Center.