Publications

Molina, Mario D., Nancy Chau, Amanda Rodewald, and Filiz Garip (2023). “How to model the weather-migration link: A machine-learning approach to variable selection in the Mexico-U.S. context.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 49(2): 465-491. [article] [code]

Molina, Mario, Victor Nee, and Hakan Holm (2023). “Cooperation with strangers: Spillover of community norms.” Organization Science, 34(6): 2315-2331. [article] [replication package]

Filiz Garip and Molina, Mario D. (2021). “Network amplification,” chapter 16, pp. 306-320. In Research Handbook on Analytical Sociology, Gianluca Manzo (ed.), Massachusetts, USA: Edward Elgar. [book]

Molina, Mario D., Mauricio Bucca, & Michael Macy (2019). “It’s not just how the game is played, it’s whether you win or lose.” Science Advances, vol. 5, eaau1156. [article] [replication package]

(Press Coverage by The Associated Press, ZME Science, The New Scientist, and the Cornell Chronicle).

Molina, Mario & Filiz Garip (2019). “Machine learning for sociology.” Annual Review of Sociology, vol. 45. [article] [preprint]

Molina, Mario (2013). “Unity between Sensibility and Understanding. The Origin of the Critical Problem.” Revista de Filosofía, vol. LXIX, 195-213. [article]

Working Papers and Under Review

An asterisk (*) denotes equal contribution.

Asad, Asad L.^*, Amy Johnson^*, and Mario D. Molina^*. “In Between: Structural Liminality, Group Threat, and Psychological Wellbeing among Latino U.S. Immigrants.” Revise & Resubmit at the American Sociological Review.

Molina, Mario D. “To Rest on One’s Laurels: Limits of Status Orders for Public Goods.” Revise & Resubmit at the American Journal of Sociology.

Bucca, Mauricio^* and Mario D. Molina^*. “People Reject Unfairness but Normalize Inequality.”

Makovi, Kinga^* and Mario D. Molina^*. “Evaluators as Moral Auditors: How Political Ideology Shapes Merit under Performance Uncertainty.”

Occhiutto, Nicholas and Mario D. Molina. “Brokering Price Bubbles: The Case of the Taxicab Medallion Bubble in New York City.”

Drouhot, Lucas, Mario D. Molina, and Filiz Garip. “Divided in Diversity? Majority-minority Ties and Cultural Difference in Friendship Networks among European Adolescents.”

Work in Progress

Molina, Mario D. and Inna Smirnova. “The Effect of Negative Status Changes on Voluntary Contributions to a Large Q&A Community.”

Pan, Rui, Mario D. Molina, and Minsu Park. “The Price of Recognition: How Status Inequality and Hierarchical Stability Impact Creative Team Breakups.”

Bucca, Mauricio, Roberto Cantillan, Mario D. Molina, and Luca Maria Pesando. “Trickle-Down Names: How Social Class Shapes Naming Patterns.”

Molina, Mario D. “The Influence of High-status Individuals on Group-level Cooperation.”

Molina, Mario D. and Mauricio Bucca. “Are Inequality Concerns Contagious? The Effect of Descriptive Norms on Opportunity Beliefs.”