Alec Rhodes
- Assistant Professor of Sociology
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Education
PhD Ohio State University Sociology 2023
Research Interests
Inequality, poverty, mobility; economic sociology; credit, wealth, debt; work and labor markets; social policy; family demography; health and illness; quantitative methodology
PhD Ohio State University Sociology 2023
Research Interests
Inequality, poverty, mobility; economic sociology; credit, wealth, debt; work and labor markets; social policy; family demography; health and illness; quantitative methodology
Teaching Interests
Economic sociology; social stratification; quantitative methodology
Grants
2024 Social Security Administration and Retirement and Disability Research Center
Selected Publications
Alec P. Rhodes and Tom VanHeuvelen. Forthcoming. "The Right to Work and Economic Dynamism in U.S. Counties, 1946-2019." American Sociological Review
Alec P. Rhodes, Davon Norris, Jason Houle, Rachel E. Dwyer, Sarah K. Bruch, and Lawrence M. Berger. Forthcoming. "Unsecured Credit and the Social Safety Net in U.S. States." American Sociological Review
Alec P. Rhodes. 2025. “The Wealth Returns to a Unionized Career.” Social Forces, Advance Article, https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soaf129
Alec P. Rhodes, Rachel E. Dwyer, and Jason Houle. 2025. "Debt Collection Pressure and Mental Health: Evidence from a Cohort of U.S. Young Adults." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 66(1):38-56. https://doi.org/10.1177/00221465241268477
Lora Phillips and Alec P. Rhodes. 2025. "Racial-Ethnic Poverty Gaps in Later Life: A Role for Late Career Employment Quality?" Social Problems 72(4):1632-1650. https://doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spae040
Lawrence M. Berger, Meta Brown, J. Michael Collins, Rachel E. Dwyer, Jason Houle, Stephanie Moulton, Davon Norris, and Alec P. Rhodes. 2024. "Inequality in High-Cost Borrowing and Unemployment Insurance Generosity in U.S. States during the COVID-19 Pandemic." Nature Human Behaviour 8, 1676-1688. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01922-8
Alec P. Rhodes, Stephanie Moulton, Cäzilia Loibl, Donald Haurin, and Joshua Joseph. 2024. "Mortgage Borrowing and Chronic Disease Outcomes in Older Age: Evidence from Biomarker Data in the Health and Retirement Study." Journals of Gerontology Social Sciences 79(7). https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbae066
Stephanie Moulton, Alec P. Rhodes, Donald Haurin, and Cäzilia Loibl. 2022. "Managing the Onset of a New Disease in Older Age: Housing Wealth, Mortgage Borrowing, and Medication Adherence." Social Science & Medicine 314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115437
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