Quentin Riser

My research examines the ways in which birth, child, family characteristics, and public policies influence children’s cognitive and social-emotional development as well as family well-being. I am also interested in applications of quantitative research methods and study design in developmental and family sciences, and I leverage secondary, administrative, and other data sources in my work. My work aims to inform the development and implementation of evidence-based policy and interventions at local, national, and international levels.

CDE Research Area Affiliations:

Families & Family Change; Inequality, Poverty, Wealth, & Mobility

Selected Publications:

Haapanen, Mari, Quentin H. Riser, Judith Bartfeld, Lawrence M. Berger, Mia Hakovirta, Daniel R. Meyer, and Anneli Miettinen. “Sharing care and sharing costs? Child support and child-related expense-sharing post-separation in Finland and Wisconsin, US.” Children and Youth Services Review 162 (2024): 107676.

Berger, Lawrence, Maria Cancian, Marcia J. Carlson, Daniel R. Meyer, Quentin Riser, and Nora Cate Schaeffer. “Defining the ‘Resource Unit’for Poverty Measurement in Complex Contemporary Households: It’s Complicated.” Population Research and Policy Review 43, no. 2 (2024): 18.

Riser, Quentin H., Heather L. Rouse, and Ji Young Choi. “Measuring social-emotional development in schoolchildren: A national-level analysis of ECLS-B cohort data.” Journal of School Psychology 103 (2024): 101270.

Haapanen, Mari, Trisha Chanda, Anneli Miettinen, Quentin H. Riser, Judith Bartfeld, and Mia Hakovirta. “Shared Care and Mothers’ Post-separation Economic Wellbeing in Finland and Wisconsin, US: Does Child Support and Sharing Child’s Costs Matter?.” Journal of Family and Economic Issues (2024): 1-14.

Kong, Jooyoung, Quentin Riser, Maria Cancian, and Daniel R. Meyer. “The long‐term effects of formal child support.” Journal of Marriage and Family (2024).