Workforce concentration, replacement, and service continuity
Draft protocol for hypotheses H4 through H7
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Research on society, difference and the meaning of equality.
Our research standardThe work behind a functioning society is unevenly distributed. What can that tell us?
Eight selected U.S. occupational categories reveal pronounced differences in who does the work. Our first data note examines the pattern, the arithmetic and the limits of the conclusion.
Sex composition of 8 U.S. occupational categories, 2025
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Draft protocol for hypotheses H4 through H7
A reproducible test of composite equality scores
A wider view
Compare labor force participation and life expectancy across countries using a shared reference year.
The questions we follow
Work, care, opportunity and the systems that depend on them.
Disparities, institutional treatment and competing explanations.
Fiscal relationships, representation and geographic opportunity.
How wealth, access and burdens change across birth cohorts.
The distribution of resources and the chance to change your position.
An open research practice
We investigate differences in rights, opportunity, outcomes, contribution and resilience. Each asks a different question. Each deserves a clear method.
Our documents identify their sources, assumptions and limitations. A hypothesis can hold up, fail, or remain unresolved. Revisions stay visible.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPS Table 11.
2025 averages exclude October. These selected categories overlap and must not be summed. Workforce share does not measure service capacity or survival time.