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Research on Children and Families
Demographic concerns play an increasingly prominent role in policy debates at every level, and individuals and families make the decisions that affect major demographic processes. The program's work in U.S. demographics focuses on the relevant behavior of individuals and families and their responses to economic incentives and societal constraints. Major themes have been the changing household and family structures, family formation and dissolution, adolescent childbearing, maternal and child well-being, poverty and income disparities, neighborhood and community influences, and the demography of labor markets.
View Publications | View Projects Current projects in this area:
Adequacy and Efficiency of Preschool Education in California - Supplement
Lynn Karoly
David and Lucile Packard Foundation, WK Kellogg Foundation
Aging and Well Being in Mexico and Latin America
Emma Aguila and Arie Kapteyn
American Association of Retired Persons
Assessment of the Elderly Population in the State of Yucatan
Emma Aguila
State of the Yucatan
Biomarkers of Stress and Health for Los Angeles Children (LAFANS Wave 2)
Glenn Melnick and Narayan Sastry
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Birthweight Effects in Infancy and Early Childhood
Brian Finch and Ashlesha Datar
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Design and Evaluation of a Social Security Program for the Oldest Old in Yucatan
Arie Kapteyn and Emma Aguila
National Institute on Aging
Development and Dissemination of Shadow Prices for Use in Cost-Benefit Studies of Social Programs
Lynn Karoly
MacArthur Foundation
Development and Maintenance of Low-Income Newlywed Marriages
Benjamin Karney
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
(The) Displaced New Orleans Residents Pilot Study - DNORPS (Katrina)
Narayan Sastry and Michael Rendall
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Feasibility Study for Professional Parenting Analysis
Rebecca Kilburn
My Way Foundation
Friendship Networks and Alcohol Use in Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Michael Pollard
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Health Outcomes, Human Resources for Health and Indonesia's Health Care System
John Strauss
Survey Meter, Australian Agency for International Development
IFLS4 - Dynamics of Family Well-Being in a Low Income Setting
Glenn Melnick and John Strauss
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
IFLS4 - The Fourth Indonesian Family Life Survey of Aging
John Strauss
National Institute on Aging
Immigration, Emigration, and Age-by-Country Structure of Mexican Cohort Lifetimes
Michael Rendall
National Institute on Aging
Immigrant Selection on Health Behaviors and Chronic Diseases as an Explanation for the Hispanic Health Advantage: Evidence from Older Mexicans in the United States and Mexico
Emma Aguila
UCLA, National Institute on Aging
MRRC Year 11: Marriage and Savings Over the Lifecycle
Julie Zissimopoulos
University Of Michigan, Social Security Administration
Neighborhood and Family Effects on Disparities in Chronic Disease and its Precursors
Bonnie Ghosh Dastidar and Narayan Sastry
UCLA, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Neighborhood and Family Effects on Stress and Health (LAFANS Wave 2)
Narayan Sastry
National Institute of Health
New Immigrant Survey (Years 8 - 11)
James Smith
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
PRC Seed Grant: Evolution of the Composition of Return Migrants: U.S.-Mexico
Emma Aguila
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
PRC Seed Grant: Probabilistic Expectations about HIV in Rural Malawi
Adeline Delavande
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
RAND Mini-Medical School for Social Scientists (2006, 2007)
Dana Goldman
National Institute on Aging
RAND Mini-Medical School for Social Scientists (Year 2008-2013)
Darius Lakdawalla
National Institute on Aging
RAND Population Research Center
Arie Kapteyn and Michael Rendall
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
RAND Postdoctoral Training Program in Population Studies, Years 16-20
Michael Rendall
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Resettlement and Well-Being of New Orleans Residents After Hurricane Katrina
Michael Rendall
University of Michigan, National Institute on Aging
(The) Returns to Military Service Among Disadvantaged Youth
Paco Martorell
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Survey of New Orleans Residents Displaced by Hurricane Katrina
Michael Rendall and Narayan Sastry
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
US-born Children in the US-Mexico Migration System
Michael Rendall
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Where They Learn: A Look at Los Angeles County Early Education Settings
Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo
UCLA, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Prior L&P Projects in Research on Children and Families
Adequacy and Efficiency of Preschool Education in California
Lynn A. Karoly
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Advanced Reproductive Technology and Infant Health
Marianne Bitler
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
ASPE Technical Assistance
Jacob Klerman
DHHS, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
Biomarkers of Stress and Health for Los Angeles Children
Narayan Sastry
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Cognitive Structure and Change in Marital Satisfaction
Benjamin Karney
National Institute of Mental Health
Combining Survey and Population Data on Birth and Families
Michael Rendall
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Delayed Childbearing and Childlessness: Choice or Chance?
David Loughran, Darius Lakdawalla and Julie Zissimopoulos
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Determinants of the Food Stamp Caseload (II)
Jacob Klerman
United States Department of Agriculture
Do Women Respond to Expansions in Reproductive Health Care?
Elizabeth Frankenberg
U.S. Agency for International Development
Employed Former Recipients Use of Income Support Programs
Jacob Klerman, Joseph Hotz and Amy Cox
Welfare Policy Research Project, University of California, State of California
Follow-on Analysis/ Dissemination on the Economic Benefits of Investing in Early Childhood Education in California
Lynn Karoly
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Health Access for Children of Immigrants
Narayan Sastry
Health Resources and Services Administration
Healthy Marriage Precursors: Relationship Development Among Low-Income Youth and Young Adults
Benjamin Karney
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
(The) Impacts of Smoking Bans on Health
Marianne Bitler
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Intergenerational Financial Transfers
Michael Hurd, Julie Zissimopoulos and James Smith
National Institute on Aging
Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (Wave 2)
Anne Pebley and Narayan Sastry
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Master Contract: Policy Assessment/Research on Welfare Reform Outcomes & Low-Income Population Matters
Jacob Klerman
Department of Health and Human Services
Master Contract: ”Quick Turnaround Short-Term R&D Studies“
Lynn Karoly
Social Security Administration
Models of Birthweight and Low Birthweight
Narayan Sastry
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Multi-Disciplinary Facility for Measurement and Experimentation in the Social Sciences
Arie Kapteyn and Arthur van Soest
Ministry of Education, The Netherlands
Neighborhood Effects on Children's Well-Being
Narayan Sastry and Anne Pebley
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Neighborhood Effects on Children's Well-Being: Minority Supplement
Narayan Sastry and Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Neighborhood and Family Effects on Stress and Health
Narayan Sastry
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
(The) New Immigrant Survey
James Smith
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Science Foundation
Planning for a Post-Katrina Survey
Narayan Sastry
RAND.
Postdoctoral Training Program in Population Studies Years 16-20
Julie S. DaVanzo
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Post-Hurricane Population Dynamics
Narayan Sastry
RAND
RAND Population Research Center
Arie Kapteyn
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Self-Employment in Older Ages
Lynn Karoly, Julie Zissimopoulos and Nicole Maestas
National Institute on Aging
Survey of TANF Administrators on Rules Regarding Cohabitation
Robert Reville
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Understanding the Fertility-Economy Link for Teenagers
Jeremy Arkes and Jacob Klerman
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Where They Learn: A Look at Los Angeles County Early Education Settings
Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Who Pays the Price of an Economic Crisis?
Duncan Thomas, James Smith and John Strauss
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
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