Papers from 2020
Multigenerational Social Mobility: A Demographic Approach, Xi Song
The Selective Impact of Changes in Age-at-Marriage Laws on Early Marriage: Policy Challenges and Implications for Women’s Higher-Education Attendance, Ewa Batyra and Luca Maria Pesando
Poverty Transitions, Health, and Socio-Economic Disparities in India, Veena S. Kulkarni, Vani S. Kulkarni, and Raghav Gaiha
Genetic Risks, Adolescent Health and Schooling Attainment, Vikesh Amin, Jere R. Behrman, Jason M. Fletcher, Carlos A. Flores, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, and Hans-Peter Kohler
A Sequence-Analysis Approach to the Study of the Transition to Adulthood in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Maria Sironi, Nicola Barban, Luca Maria Pesando, and Frank F. Furstenberg
Rural Poverty and Disability in LMICs, Raghav Gaiha, Shantanu Mathur, and Vani S. Kulkarni
Age-Period-Cohort Analysis: What Is It Good For?, Herbert L. Smith
The Labor Force Trajectories of Immigrant Women: Intersecting Personal Characteristics and Migration Dynamics, Sandra Florian, Chenoa Flippen, and Emilio A. Parrado
Know Your Epidemic, Know Your Response: COVID-19 in the United States, Alberto Ciancio, Fabrice Kämpfen, Iliana V. Kohler, Daniel Bennett, Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Jill Darling, Arie Kapteyn, Jürgen Maurer, and Hans-Peter Kohler
Changing Gender Gaps in the Timing of Partnership Formation in Sub-Saharan Africa, Ewa Batyra, Hans-Peter Kohler, and Frank F. Furstenberg
Changes in Couples’ Earnings Following Parenthood and Trends in Family Earnings Inequality, Pilar Gonalons-Pons, Christine R. Schwartz, and Kelly Musick
Health Screening for Emerging Disease Burdens Among the Global Poor, Alberto Ciancio, Fabrice Kämpfen, Hans-Peter Kohler, and Iliana V. Kohler
The Effects of Negative Economic Shocks at Birth on Child Health in Sub-Saharan Africa, Fabrice Kämpfen
Mortality Risk Information, Survival Expectations and Sexual Behaviors, Alberto Ciancio, Adeline Delavande, Hans-Peter Kohler, and Iliana V. Kohler
The Causal Effects of Parents' Schooling on Children's Schooling in Urban China, Jere R. Behrman, Yuan Hu, and Junsen Zhang
After-School Tutoring, Household Substitution and Student Achievement: Experimental Evidence from Rural China, Jere R. Behrman, C. Simon Fan, Xiangdong Wei, Hongliang Zhang, and Junsen Zhang
The State of Mental Health Among the Elderly Chinese, Yi Chen and Hanming Fang
The Mature Adults Cohort of the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (MLSFH-MAC), Iliana V. Kohler, Chiwoza Bandawe, Alberto Ciancio, Fabrice Kämpfen, Collin F. Payne, James Mwera, James Mkandawire, and Hans-Peter Kohler
Marital Dissolutions and Changes in Mental Health: Evidence from Rural Malawi, Tyler W. Myroniuk, Hans-Peter Kohler, and Iliana V. Kohler
The Wife's Protector: A Quantitative Theory Linking Contraceptive Technology with the Decline in Marriage, Jeremy Greenwood, Nezih Guner, and Karen A. Kopecky
Mental Health, Schooling Attainment and Polygenic Scores: Are There Significant Gene-Environment Associations?, Vikesh Amin, Jere R. Behrman, Jason M. Fletcher, Carlos A. Flores, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, and Hans-Peter Kohler
Papers from 2019
Does Sorting Matter for Learning Inequality? Evidence from East Africa, Paul Anand, Jere R. Behrman, Hai-Anh H. Dang, and Sam Jones
The Long-Term Consequences of Family Planning in Old Age: Evidence from China's "Later, Longer, Fewer" Campaign, Yi Chen and Hanming Fang
Family Change and Variation Through the Lens of Family Configurations in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Andrés Felipe Castro Torres, Luca Maria Pesando, Hans-Peter Kohler, and Frank F. Furstenberg
Persistence of Non-Communicable Diseases, Affluence and Inequality in India, Veena S. Kulkarni, Vani S. Kulkarni, and Raghav Gaiha
Employment, Aging and Disease in India, Veena S. Kulkarni, Vani S. Kulkarni, and Raghav Gaiha
Trust in Hospitals-Evidence from India, Vani S. Kulkarni, Veena S. Kulkarni, and Raghav Gaiha
Assessing (and Addressing) Reporting Heterogeneity in Visual Analogue Scales (VAS) with an Application to Gender Difference in Quality of Life, Zhiyong Huang and Fabrice Kämpfen
Non-communicable Diseases and Depression: Evidence from South Africa, Manoj K. Pandey, Vani S. Kulkarni, and Raghav Gaiha
Family Change in Global Perspective: How and Why Family Systems Change, Frank F. Furstenberg
Research Factsheet: Domestic Workers in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, Pilar Gonalons-Pons
Papers from 2018
A Pilot Study of Uncertainty in Income Tax Forecasts, Andrew Joung, Benjamin Lockwood, and Alex Rees-Jones
Aging, Disability and Disease in India, Veena S. Kulkarni, Vani S. Kulkarni, and Raghav Gaiha
Growing Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases in India, Pratima Yadav, Vani S. Kulkarni, and Raghav Gaiha
Intergenerational Effects of Maternal Exposure to Drought in Utero on Newborn Size: Evidence from a Retrospective Cohort Study in Malawi, Thokozani Hanjahanja-Phiri
American Kinship Reconsidered, Frank F. Furstenberg
Aging, Depression, Non-Communicable Diseases and Disabilities in South Africa, Manoj K. Pandey, Vani S. Kulkarni, and Raghav Gaiha
Negotiating a Better Future: How Interpersonal Skills Facilitate Inter-generational Investment, Nava Ashraf, Natalie Bau, Corinne Low, and Kathleen McGinn
Household Determinants of Teen Marriage and Childbearing: Sister Effects Across Four Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Luca Maria Pesando and Alejandra Abufhele
Global Family Change: Persistent Diversity with Development, Luca Maria Pesando, Andrés F. Castro, Liliana Andriano, Julia A. Behrman, Francesco Billari, Christiaan Monden, Frank Furstenberg, and Hans-Peter Kohler
Papers from 2017
The Impact of Extended Reproductive Time Horizons: Evidence from Israel's Expansion of Access to IVF, Naomi Gershoni and Corinne Low
Betting the House: How Assets Influence Marriage Selection, Marital Stability, and Child Investments, Jeanne Lafortune and Corinne Low
Wealth Disparities for Early Childhood Anthropometrics and Skills: Evidence from Chilean Longitudinal Data, Jere R. Behrman, Dante Contreras, Isidora Palma, and Esteban Puentes
Recent Changes in US Mortality: Continued Deterioration Relative to Peers, Yana Vierboom and Samuel Preston
Up, Down and Reciprocal: The Dynamics of Intergenerational Transfers, Family Structure and Health in a Low-Income Context, Collin F. Payne, Luca Maria Pesando, and Hans-Peter Kohler
The Contribution of Differences in Adiposity to Educational Disparities in Mortality in the United States, Yana Vierboom
Health and Mortality Patterns Among Migrants in France, Myriam Khlat and Michel Guillot
The Role of Marriage in Fighting HIV: A Quantitative Illustration for Malawi, Jeremy Greenwood, Philipp Kircher, Cezar Santos, and Michéle Tertilt
Family Economics Writ Large, Jeremy Greenwood, Nezih Guner, and Guillaume Vandenbroucke
Submissions from 2016
Essays on aging-related disease in the U.S. population, Ezra Fishman
School violence in China: A multi-level analysis of student victimization in rural middle schools, Jennifer Adams and Emily C. Hannum
Cognitive Health among Older Adults: Evidence from Rural Sub-Saharan Africa, Collin F. Payne, Iliana V. Kohler, Chiwoza Bandawe, Kathy A. Lawler, and Hans-Peter Kohler
Limited Common Origins of Multiple Adult Health-Related Behaviors: Evidence from U.S. Twins, Nikkil Sudharsanan, Jere R. Behrman, and Hans-Peter Kohler
Effects of Birth Control Policies on Women’s Age at First Birth in China, Menghan Zhao and Hans-Peter Kohler
Submissions from 2015
Three essays on the social, economic, and demographic causes and consequences of low fertility, Thomas Markley Anderson
Religion and son preference in India and Bangladesh: Three essays on comparing Hindus and Muslims on son preference and sex differentials in child health, Abhijit Visaria
Health and aging in low-resource contexts: Three essays on healthy life expectancy in the developing world, Collin Frederick Payne
Interrelations between religiosity, mental health, and children, Stephen Cranney
Social and demographic consequences of health insurance, Heeju Sohn
Three essays on the impact of behavioral risk factors on health and mortality in the United States, Christopher J Tencza
Social and demographic determinants of low fertility in Brazil, Helena Cruz Castanheira
The demography of modern social transformations, Arun S Hendi
Assessing the impacts of smoking and obesity on mortality and morbidity in the United States, Bochen Cao
Family determinants of early childhood well-being: Three studies from Chile, Daniela Marshall
Child labour and academic achievement: Evidence from Gansu Province in China, Huajing He
Parenting, Education, and Social Mobility in Rural China: Cultivating dragons and phoenixes, Peggy Kong
Maternal bargaining power, parental compensation and non-cognitive skills in rural China, Jessica Leight and Elaine Liu
The Impact of Early Childhood Rainfall Shocks on the Evolution of Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills, Jessica Leight, Paul Glewwe, and Albert Park
Sibling Rivalry: Ability and Intrahousehold Allocation in Gansu Province, China, Jessica Leight
Centralized Deployment and Teacher Incentive: Evidence from Reforms in Rural China, Li Han
Professional Learning Communities and the Diffusion of Pedagogical Innovation in the Chinese Education System, Tanja Sargent
Africans in the American Labor Market, Irma T. Elo Professor, Elizabeth Frankenberg, Duncan Thomas, and Romeo Gansey
It’s Not Just about the Money: Gender and Youth Migration from Rural China, Yilin Chiang, Emily C. Hannum, and Grace Kao
Lifetime risk of dementia in the United States, Ezra Fishman
Submissions from 2014
Social determinants and international comparisons of health and mortality, Andrew Currier Stokes
Reproductive health disparities in Latin America, Emily Vala-Haynes
Linkages among fertility, migration, and aging in India, Apoorva Jadhav
Social networks, social support, and mental health in cross-national comparative perspective, Ning Hsieh
Changes in HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes and behaviors in Malawi, Theresa M Fedor
Measuring racial self-identification over the life course in Brazil, 1940-2013, Vitor Miranda
Home environment and educational transitions on the path to college in rural northwest China, Tanja Sargent, Peggy Kong, and Yuping Zhang
Natural Symptoms? The Intersection of Social, Biological, and Genetic Determinants of Depression in Later Life, Jason Schnittker
Educational expectations, school experiences and academic achievements: A longitudinal examination, Yuping Zhang
Review of Maternal Effects on Early Childhood Stunting, Thokozani Phiri
Saving Brains: Literature review of reproductive, neonatal, child and maternal health and nutrition Interventions to mitigate basic risk factors to promote child development, Carol Levin and Elizabeth Brouwer
Does Mother’s Schooling Matter Most in Rural Bangladesh? Re-contextualizing an Old Debate in a New Era of School Reform, Julia Andrea Behrman
The Effect of Increased Primary Schooling on Adult Women's HIV Status in Malawi and Uganda: Universal Primary Education as a Natural Experiment, Julia Andrea Behrman
Learning and Earning: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in India, Pushkar Maitra and Subha Mani
Early-Childhood Growth Faltering, Post-Infancy Recovery and Educational Outcomes in Late Childhood: Evidence from Vietnam, Jere R. Behrman and Le Thuc Duc
Gender targeting of unconditional income transfers and child nutritional status: Experimental evidence from the Bolivian Amazon, Eduardo Undurraga, Ariela Zycherman, Julie Yiu, Jere R. Behrman, William R. Leonard, and Ricardo A. Godoy
Wealth Gradients in Early Childhood Cognitive Development in Five Latin American Countries, Norbert Schady, Jere R. Behrman, Maria Caridad Araujo, Rodrigo Azuero, Raquel Bernal, David Bravo, Florencia Lopez-Boo, Karen Macours, Daniela Marshall, Christina Paxson, and Renos Vakis
Linguistic Capital, Information Access and Economic Opportunity among Rural Young Adults in Western China*, Emily C. Hannum and Huayu Sebastian Cherng
Impact of the NREGS on Schooling and Intellectual Human Capital, Subha Mani, Jere R. Behrman, Shaikh Galab, and Prudhvikar Reddy
Height and Calories in Early Childhood, Andrew S. Griffen
Submissions from 2013
Essays on family structure and marriage in Sub-Saharan Africa, Sophia Y Chae
Comparative studies of health and mortality, Jessica Y Ho
The economic lives of black immigrants: An analysis of wages, homeownership, and locational attainment in the United States, Rebbeca Tesfai
Three essays on health inequalities, Ameed Saabneh