“The impact of fertility decline on economic development remains central to population studies. Recent scholarship emphasizes parental investment in education as a mediator. We further develop the theoretical foundation, and empirical evidence, for the role of child health—specifically how fertility changes promote children’s physical and cognitive development and thereby complement human capital accumulation through educational …
“This study investigated the association between caregiving time and depressive symptoms among Chinese adult children aged 45 and above, and whether early-life relationships with parents moderated the association. We used data from the 2011, 2013, and 2018 waves of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) and the 2014 CHARLS Life History Survey, which included …
Coding, Computing, and Workflow Best Practices — the “Reproducibility” Workshop Tuesday September 6th 2-4pm, Social Sciences 8411 Speakers include Max Besbris, Jennifer Dykema, Michal Engelman, Jason Robey, Eva Vasiljevic, and Leafia Ye, who will give short talks with examples on a range of topics aimed at improving the efficiency and reproducibility of your research. Topics …
Name: Annaliese Grant Title: PhD candidate Hometown: Tucson, Arizona Educational background: Barnard College, BA in Sociology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; minor in Math Can you describe your research interests? Current research projects? I study parent-child relationships and responsibilities among low-income families. I use both qualitative and quantitative methods. In my qualitative work, I …
Congratulations to Sebastian Daza, Amelia Gibbons, Michael King, Julie Kirsch, Amrita Kulka, Isabel Pike, Jessica Polos, Ankit Rastogi, and Nathan Seltzer on the recent/upcoming successful defense of their dissertations! We wish them well on their new endeavors, and our next newsletter will include details of their exciting new positions. Also, we’d like to congratulate CDE …
A virtual version of the Population Association of America’s Annual Meeting will be taking place online Thursday, April 23 through Saturday, April 25. Though fewer scholars will be participating overall, a healthy number of CDE/CDHA faculty and students are still set to present! Their sessions are listed below. All times are ET. To view the …