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Why Did People Move During the Great Recession?: The Role of Economics in Migration Decisions.

The Russell Sage Foundation journal of the social sciences : RSF

Levy BL, Mouw T, Daniel Perez A.
PMID: 28547003
RSF. 2017 Apr;3(3):100-125. doi: 10.7758/rsf.2017.3.3.05. Epub 2017 May 10.

Labor migration offers an important mechanism to reallocate workers when there are regional differences in employment conditions. Whereas conventional wisdom suggests migration rates should increase during recessions as workers move out of areas that are hit hardest, initial evidence...

Increased energy intake and a shift towards high-fat, non-staple high-carbohydrate foods amongst China's older adults, 1991-2009.

The journal of aging research & clinical practice

Pan K, Smith LP, Batis C, Popkin BM, Kenan WR.
PMID: 25657984
J Aging Res Clin Pract. 2014;3(2):107-115.

OBJECTIVE: We examined trends from 1991-2009 in total energy intake and food group intake, and examine whether shifts varied by age or generation.DESIGN: Longitudinal time series (1991, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2009).SETTING: Nine provinces in China.PARTICIPANTS: Older Chinese...

Bi-national Social Networks and Assimilation: A Test of the Importance of Transnationalism.

Social problems

Mouw T, Chavez S, Edelblute H, Verdery A.
PMID: 25750462
Soc Probl. 2014 Aug 01;61(3):329-359. doi: 10.1525/sp.2014.12192.

While the concept of transnationalism has gained widespread popularity among scholars as a way to describe immigrants' long-term maintenance of cross-border ties to their origin communities, critics have argued that the overall proportion of immigrants who engage in transnational...

Network Structure and Biased Variance Estimation in Respondent Driven Sampling.

PloS one

Verdery AM, Mouw T, Bauldry S, Mucha PJ.
PMID: 26679927
PLoS One. 2015 Dec 17;10(12):e0145296. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145296. eCollection 2015.

This paper explores bias in the estimation of sampling variance in Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS). Prior methodological work on RDS has focused on its problematic assumptions and the biases and inefficiencies of its estimators of the population mean. Nonetheless,...

How Much In-Kind Support Do Low-Income Nonresident Fathers Provide? A Mixed-Method Analysis.

Journal of marriage and the family

Kane JB, Nelson T, Edin K.
PMID: 26052162
J Marriage Fam. 2015 Jun 01;77(3):591-611. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12188.

Past child support research has largely focused on cash payments made through the courts (formal support) or given directly to the mother (informal support), almost to the exclusion of a third type: non-cash goods (in-kind support). Drawing on repeated,...

Perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms among US Latinos: the modifying role of educational attainment.

Ethnicity & health

Ward JB, Feinstein L, Vines AI, Robinson WR, Haan MN, Aiello AE.
PMID: 28399649
Ethn Health. 2019 Apr;24(3):271-286. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2017.1315378. Epub 2017 Apr 12.

OBJECTIVE: Despite growing evidence that discrimination may contribute to poor mental health, few studies have assessed this association among US Latinos. Furthermore, the interaction between discrimination and educational attainment in shaping Latino mental health is virtually unexplored. This study...

Foiled Aspirations: The Influence of Unauthorized Status on the Educational Expectations of Latino Immigrant Youth.

Population research and policy review

Perreira K, Spees L.
PMID: 26451064
Popul Res Policy Rev. 2015 Oct;34(5):641-664. doi: 10.1007/s11113-015-9356-y. Epub 2015 Mar 07.

Latino immigrant adolescents have the highest high school dropout rates of any race-ethnic or nativity group in the United States. One potential reason for high dropout rates among Latino immigrant youth is that many are unauthorized entrants. These unauthorized...

Residential Mobility in Early Childhood: Household and Neighborhood Characteristics of Movers and Non-Movers.

Demographic research

Lawrence E, Root ED, Mollborn S.
PMID: 26819568
Demogr Res. 2015 Oct;33:939-950. doi: 10.4054/demres.2015.33.32.

BACKGROUND: Understanding residential mobility in early childhood is important for contextualizing influences on child health and well-being.OBJECTIVE: This study describes individual, household, and neighborhood characteristics associated with residential mobility for children aged 0-5.METHODS: We examined longitudinal data from the...

Migration, remittances and smallholder decision-making: implications for land use and livelihood change in Central America.

Land use policy

Davis J, Lopez-Carr D.
PMID: 24273366
Land use policy. 2014 Jan;38. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.09.001.

No abstract available.

Current Trends in the study of Gender Norms and Health Behaviors.

Current opinion in psychology

Fleming PJ, Agnew-Brune C.
PMID: 26075291
Curr Opin Psychol. 2015 Oct 01;5:72-77. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2015.05.001.

Gender norms are recognized as one of the major social determinants of health and gender norms can have implications for an individual's health behaviors. This paper reviews the recent advances in research on the role of gender norms on...

Schools, Schooling, and Children's Support of Their Aging Parents.

Ageing and society

Brauner-Otto SR.
PMID: 20161526
Ageing Soc. 2009 Oct 01;29(7):1015-1039. doi: 10.1017/S0144686X09008575.

Intergenerational transfers play an important role in individuals' lives across the life course. In this paper I pull together theories on intergenerational transfers and social change to inform our understanding of how changes in the educational context influence children's...

Marriage and Health in the Transition to Adulthood: Evidence for African Americans in Add Health.

Journal of family issues

Harris KM, Lee H, Deleone FY.
PMID: 21833154
J Fam Issues. 2010 Aug;31(8):1106-1143. doi: 10.1177/0192513X10365823.

This paper examines the relationship between early marriage (before age 26), cohabitation, and health for African Americans and whites during the transition to adulthood using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). We examine three categories of...

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