University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: working paper

Displacement Due to Armed Conflict and Violence in Childhood and Older Adult Health: The Case of the Middle-Income Country of Colombia

McEniry, Mary, Rafael Samper-Ternent, and Carlos Cano GuitierrezWorking paper no. 2018-03 Abstract Large displacement of populations in developing economies due to internal armed conflict and violence is of international concern but there has been relatively little research on the long-term consequences of displacement on older adult health, in particular displacement during childhood. We examine displacement …

‘Gender Revolution,’ Globalization, and Educational Assortative Mating: New Evidence from Japan

Fukuda, Setsuya, and James RaymoWorking paper no. 2018-06 Abstract Weakening or reversal of the negative educational gradient in women’s marriage represents a profound shift in patterns of family formation in many high-income countries. However, efforts to explain this shift in the “economic foundations of marriage” have been limited in both theoretical scope and geographical focus. In …