Research
My research investigates the nature, determinants, and consequences of social inequality. Within this broader theme, my work focuses on two substantive topics: (1) determinants of partner selection and consequences of mate selection behavior for inequality in future generations and (2) inequalities in health, family formation, and education by race, and socioeconomic status, and immigration status. Please click on the topic area to be taken to the relevant body of work. This is a select list and includes only recent papers that fit the themes mentioned below. For the full list of publications, please see my CV.
Mate selection
2023
Racial/Ethnic Variation in the Relationship Between Educational Assortative Mating and Wives' Income Trajectories (with Patrick A. Denice) in Demography.
Differences in occupational homogamy by race, ethnicity, and national origin: A social mobility strategy for Asian Americans (w/ Yue Qian) in Demographic Research.
The rise of the childless single in South Korea (w/ Yue Qian) in the Journal of Family and Theory Review.
2022
Stability and Outcome of Interracial Cohabitation Before and After Marriage (w/ Rachel Goldberg, Patrick A. Denice) in Demographic Research (Editor’s Choice).
Mate Selection Behavior of GED Recipients (w/ Brandon Wagner). Journal of Family Issues.
2021
Gender and Educational Differentials in Marital Sorting of Hispanic Young Adults (w/ Marta Tienda) in the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences
Multiracial children and Family Instability (w/ Rachel Goldberg) in Journal of Marriage and Family
2020
Racial diversity in the Hispanic Assimilation Process in Journal of Marriage and Family.
Fertility behavior within Interracial Cohabitation (w/ Rachel Goldberg) in Demography
2019
Intermarriage and the Lifecycle Timing of Migration (w/ Marta Tienda) in International Migration Review
Health of Biracial Children in Two-Parent Families in the United States (w/ Nancy Reichman) in Demographic Research.
2018
Fertility Behavior of Interracial Couples (w/ Rachel Goldberg) in Journal of Marriage and Family
2017
Marriage-Market Constraints and Mate-Selection Behavior: Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Differences in Intermarriage (w/ Marta Tienda) in Journal of Marriage and Family
Boundary crossing in first marriage and remarriage (w/ Marta Tienda) in Social Science Research
Works in Progress
Interracial couples and homeownership (Arabella Soave)
Interracial couples and living with extended kin (w/ Jenjira Yahirun).
Inequalities by Race and Socioeconomic Status
2023
Multigenerational living and children’s risk of living in unaffordable housing: differences by ethnicity and parents’ marital status (w/ Sagi Ramaj) in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
Ethno-racial and nativity differences in the likelihood of living in affordable housing in Canada (w/ Sagi Ramaj) in Housing Studies.
2022
Socioeconomic Variation in the Relationship Between Neighbourhoods’ Built Environments and the Spread of COVID-19 in Toronto, Canada (w/ Patrick Denice) in Canadian Studies in Population.
2021
Vaccine and COVID-19 Trajectories (w/ Patrick Denice, Sagi Ramaj) in Socius.
Studying the Social Determinants of COVID-19 in a Data Vacuum (w/ Patrick Denice, Michael Haan, Anna Zajacova) in Canadian Review of Sociology
2020
Mental Health and Economic Concerns from March to May during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada: Insights from an Analysis of Repeated Cross-sectional Surveys in SSM Population Health.
Visualizing the Geographic and Demographic Distribution of COVID-19 (w/ Patrick Denice, Michael Haan, Anna Zajacova) in Socius
2019
Low birth weight and childhood health: the role of maternal education (w/ Melissa Martinson) in Annals of Epidemiology.
2018
The relationship between low birthweight and childhood health: disparities by race, ethnicity, and national origin (w/ Melissa Martinson) in Annals of Epidemiology
Works in progress
Living arrangements of young adults in Canada (w/ Sagi Ramaj).
Rural/Urban differences in living arrangements of young adults in Canada (w/ Sagi Ramaj).