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Alex Brewer

@alex-brewer.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Southern California

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Laura K. Nelson @lauraknelson.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Another really fantastic write-up of our research, with @annamueller.bsky.social and @alex-brewer.bsky.social "Not only do women do more of [low-promotability service work], research has found, they do it better than their male counterparts, and when men do take on service tasks, it’s strategic."
hrreporter.com
'It's a double-whammy': Study shows downsides of women focused on 'low-promotability' service work
'It doesn't get measured and counted’: academic explains how HR can narrow gender pay gap by rethinking mentoring, feedback, promotions
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 12/12/2024
Health care accounts for more than 17 per cent of the U.S. economy, or around $4.5 trillion dollars, but the revenues of just two companies—CVS/Aetna and UnitedHealth—account for nearly one in every seven dollars the nation spends on health care.
newyorker.com
The Gilded Age of Medicine Is Here
Health insurers and hospitals increasingly treat patients less as humans in need of care than consumers who generate profit.
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