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Some Surviving, Others Thriving: Inequality in Loss and Coping During the Pandemic

Catherine C. Thomas, Michael C. Schwalbe, Macario Garcia, Geoffrey L. Cohen, Hazel Rose Markus
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences September 2024, 10 (4) 60-83; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2024.10.4.03
Catherine C. Thomas
aAssistant professor of psychology and organizational studies at the University of Michigan, United States
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Michael C. Schwalbe
bPostdoctoral scholar in the Department of Psychology and the Center on Poverty and Inequality at Stanford University, United States
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Macario Garcia
cAssistant professor of anthropology at Kennesaw State University, United States
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Geoffrey L. Cohen
dProfessor of psychology and the James G. March Professor of Organizational Studies in Education and Business at Stanford University, United States
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Hazel Rose Markus
eThe Davis-Brack Professor in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University and faculty director of Stanford SPARQ, United States
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    • THOSE WITHOUT COLLEGE DEGREES: FEELING DISREGARDED, OVERLOOKED AND UNDERVALUED
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