2009 Working Papers Archive

QUALITY DISCLOSURE AND CERTIFICATION: THEORY AND PRACTICE
David Dranove, Ginger Zhe Jin

The Proximate Determinants of Educational Homogamy
Christine Schwartz, Robert Mare

Exposure to a Comprehensive School Intervention Increases Vegetable Consumption
May C. Wang, Suzanne Rauzon, Natalie Studer, Anna C. Martin, Launa Craig, Caitlin Merlo, Kelly Fung, Deniz Kursunoglu, Muyun Shannguan, Patricia Crawford

Do Teenagers Respond to HIV Risk Information? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya
Pascaline Dupas

The (Hidden) Costs of Political Instability: Evidence from Kenya’s 2007 Election Crisis
Pascaline Dupas, Jonathan Robinson

Gender Neutral? Contextualizing the Sexual Risk and Disclosure Behaviors of HIV-Positive Latino Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women (MSMW) in Los Angeles
Tara McKay, Matt Mutchler, Jaime Gutierrez

Identifying Organizational Faultlines with Latent Class Cluster Analysis
Barbara Lawrence, Michael Zyphur

Careers, Social Context and Interdisciplinary Thinking
Barbara Lawrence

Cross-Discipline Perceptions of the Undergraduate Research Experience
Chris Craney, Tara McKay, April Mazzeo, Janet Morris, Cheryl Prigodich, Robert de Groot

NEIGHBORHOODS: A TACIT SOCIAL STRUCTURE CONNECTING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS
Barbara Lawrence, Michael Zyphur

Modeling Multi-System Biological Risk in Young Adults: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study (CARDIA)
Teresa Seeman, Tara Gruenewald, Joseph Schwartz, Steve Sidney, Kiang Liu, Bruce McEwen, Arun Karlamangla

Mid-life Work Experiences and First Retirement
James Raymo, John Warren, Megan Sweeney, Robert M. Hauser, Jeong-Hwa Ho

Later-life Employment Preferences and Outcomes: The Role of Mid-life Work Experiences
James Raymo, John Warren, Megan Sweeney, Robert M. Hauser, Jeong-Hwa Ho

Does Schooling Prevent Teens Smoking and Drinking?
Robert Jensen, Adriana Lleras-Muney

Polygyny and the spread of HIV in Sub Saharan Africa: A case of benign concurrency
Georges Reniers, Susan Watkins

The Transition to Adulthood in Cambodia
Patrick Heuveline, Floriane Demont, Bunnak Poch

Family Environment, Nutrition and Child Adiposity
May-Choo Wang, Charlotte Pratt, Sallie Yoshida, Marcia Schmidt, Stephen Daniels, George B. Schreiber, Mark Hudes, Patricia Crawford

Alcohol Use, Drinking Venue Utilization, and Child Physical Abuse: Results from a Pilot Study
Bridget Freisthler

Paying for Progress: Conditional Grants and the Desegregation of Southern Schools
Elizabeth Cascio, Nora Gordon, Ethan Lewis, Sarah Reber

Urban Neighborhoods and Depressive Symptoms in Late Middle Age
Richard G. Wight, Michelle Ko, Carol S. Aneshensel

The Diffusion of the Legitimate and The Diffusion of Legitimacy
Gabriel Rossman

Best Practices for Asking Questions about Sexual Orientation on Surveys
CCPR-2009-032
Gary Gates, M.V. Lee Badgett

Neighborhoods: A Tacit Social Structure Connecting Individuals and Organizations
Barbara Lawrence

Identifying Organizational Faultlines with Latent Class Cluster Analysis
Barbara Lawrence, Michael Zyphur

Population, Environment and Development
Thomas Gillespie

Our Place: Perceived Neighborhood Size and Names in Los Angeles
Anne Pebley, Narayan Sastry

Intergenerational Transmission of Social Inequality in Children’s Cognitive Skills
Anne Pebley, Narayan Sastry

New Approaches to Demographic Data Collection
Donald J. Treiman, Yao Lu, Yaqiang Qi

Heterogeneous Effects of Higher Education on Civic Participation: A Research Note
CCPR-2009-021
Jennie E. Brand

Marshallian Localization Economies: Where Do They Come From and To Whom Do They Flow?
W. Mark Brown, David Rigby

Take Me “Home”: Determinants of Return Migration Among Germany’s Elderly Immigrants
Jenjira Yahirun

The Impact of College Education on Fertility: Evidence for Heterogeneous Effects
CCPR-2009-017
Jennie E. Brand, Dwight Davis

Distinguishing Between the Effects of Residential Mobility and Neighborhood Change on Children’s Well-Being: A Research Note
Margot Jackson, Robert Mare

Dynamic Estimation of the Incentive Schemes and Signalling Costs of Grade Inflation
Matthew Baird

The Impact of Adequate Prenatal Care in a Developing Country: testing the WHO recommendations
Gissele Gajate Garrido

Assistance to the Family and the College Achievement of Young Adults
De’Sha S. Wolf, Andrew J. Fuligni

Research Designs for the Study of Mixed-Income Housing
Xavier de Souza Briggs, Greg Duncan, Katherine Edin, Mark Joseph, Robert Mare, John Mollenkopf, Mary Pattillo, Lincoln Quillian, Robert Sampson, Claudia Solari, Laura Tach, Sudhir Venkatesh

The Impact of Sexual Orientation Anti-discrimination Policies on the Wages of Lesbians and Gay Men
Gary Gates

Mathematics Instruction in Kindergarten and First Grade in the United States at the Start of the 21st Century
CCPR-2009-009
Anna E. Bargagliotti, Cassandra M. Guarino, William Mason

Census 2010 LGBT Basics
Gary Gates

Poverty in the Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Community
CCPR-2009-007
Randy Albelda, M.V. Lee Badgett, Alyssa Schneebaum, Gary Gates

The OECD Anti-Bribery Convention: Changing the Currents of Trade
Anna D’Souza

Migracion, trabajo y salud en momentos de crisis economica: ¿Transicion en las estrategias de la salud en Hermosillo y Los Angeles?
Jane Rubin-Kurtzman, Catalina Denman

Race, Ethnic, and Nativity Differences in the Demographic Significance of Cohabitation in Women’s Lives
Kate Choi, Judith Seltzer

Finding Osama Bin Laden: An Application of Biogeographic Theories and Satellite Imagery
Thomas Gillespie, John A. Agnew, Erika Mariano, Scott Mossler, Nolan Jones, Matt Braughton, Jose Gonzalez

Assessment of Natural Hazard Damage and Reconstruction: A Case Study from Band Aceh, Indonesia
Thomas Gillespie, Elizabeth Frankenberg, Matt Braughton, Abigail M. Cooke, Tiffany Armenta, Duncan Thomas

Are Black Students Punished for “Acting White”?: Race, Academic Achievement, and Friendship Choices
Jennifer Flashman