Home page Department of Sociology Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Additional title: Senior Researcher Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC-Spain) Alberto Palloni is conducting research in two areas. The first, is the formal modelling of adult health, disability and mortality effects of adverse early conditions (embryonic, in utero and shortly after birth). He develops macro …
Home page School of Social Work Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Professor Robert’s research focuses on how social and economic aspects of people’s lives affect their health and well-being over the life course. Many of her publications focus on how neighborhood context affects health and contributes to socioeconomic and racial health disparities. Her focus is …
Home page Department of Economics Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography My research looks at how social preferences impact economic outcomes in developing countries and how they can be harnessed to improve outcomes. Exposure to risk and limits placed on collective action by lack of trust both keep people poor and decrease health and economic well-being. …
Home page Personal Website Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography My research interests fall at the intersection of family demography, stratification, and gender. Much of my work examines the causes and consequences of assortative mating to gain insight into the links between family change and inequality in the United States. Another line of research examines the …
Home page Department of Economics More information Curriculum Vitae Biography I have spent the last 10 years working on models of demographic change, human capital acquisition and inequality. I have developed models of fertility choice that are capable of rationalizing the demographic transition as well as the baby boom and the baby bust. My training …
Home page Department of Public Affairs Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Timothy M. (Tim) Smeeding is the Lee Rainwater Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Public Affairs and Economics. He was director of the Institute for Research on Poverty from 2008–2014. He was named the John Kenneth Galbraith Fellow, American Academy of Political and Social Science, in 2017, …
Home page Department of Economics Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Most of my research has been devoted towards understanding the determinants of wages and wage inequality. This includes changes over time in the wage distribution, wage dynamics across the lifecycle, and pre-labor market investment in human capital (education). This research agenda overlaps substantially with the …
Home page School of Social Work Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Tova Walsh’s research focuses on understanding and improving health and wellbeing in multi-stressed families, with an emphasis on pregnancy and early parenting in contexts of risk. She examines the parenting support needs of underserved groups including new fathers and military-connected parents, and collaborates to …
Home page Department of Public Affairs Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography As a health economist, my research focuses on understanding how individuals make health-related decisions, the implications of their decision-making process for policy-makers, and health effects of various public policies. As an affiliate of the Center for Demography and Ecology (CDE), I have worked on …
Home page Department of Public Affairs Additional information Google Scholar profile Biography Barbara Wolfe (Bobbi) is the Richard A. Easterlin Professor of Economics, Population Health Sciences, and Public Affairs and Faculty Affiliate at the Institute for Research on Poverty. Her research focuses broadly on poverty and health issues. Wolfe’s current projects examine whether housing voucher …