Raymo, James, Setsuya Fukuda, and Miho Iwasawa Working paper no. 2012-01 Abstract Contrary to standard theoretical predictions, there is some evidence of a negative educational gradient in divorce in Japan. In this paper, we used marital history data from a cross-sectional survey to confirm that educational attainment is inversely related to divorce and to show …
Raymo, James, Andrew Halpern-Manners, and John Warren Working paper no. 2013-05 Abstract Our understanding of career influences on mortality is limited by reliance on relatively old data, use of surveys that contain only partial employment histories, and lack of consensus about how to best summarize detailed life history data. In this article, we address these …
Shirahase, Sawako, and James M. Raymo Working paper no. 2014-01 Abstract Single mothers’ relatively high levels of poverty are well documented, but the role that intergenerational coresidence may play in mitigating this disadvantage is not well understood. In this paper, we use multiple rounds of a large national survey between 1986-2007 (n = 67,252) to …
Raymo, James M., Kelly Musick, and Miho Iwasawa Working paper no. 2014-05 Abstract We examine educational differences in the intendedness of first births in Japan using data from a nationally representative survey of married women (N = 2,406). We begin by describing plausible scenarios for a negative, null, and positive educational gradient in unintended first …
Raymo, James M., Timothy Smeeding, Kathryn Edwards, and Hillary Caruthers Working paper no. 2014-06 Abstract We examine relationships between living arrangements and the economic well-being of unpartnered mothers relative to partnered mothers in five countries—Australia, Germany, Korea, the U.K. and the U.S. Using harmonized data from the Cross-National Equivalent File (CNEF), we demonstrate marked cross-national …
Raymo, James, Isabel Pike, and Jersey Liang Working paper no. 2017-03 Abstract Existing research on the living arrangements of older Americans is limited in that it pays little attention to geographic proximity to children (proximate residence) and uses data from cross-sectional or short panel surveys. We address these limitations by using data from the Health and …
Fukuda, Setsuya, and James Raymo Working 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. …