Research Themes
Family Demography
Understanding the roles of families and households in acquiring and distributing
resources, and in regulating the interactions of individuals within and across
generations, is fundamental to the study of demographic processes. CSDE researchers
in several disciplines are playing leading roles in the development
of theoretical models of the family and in qualitative and quantitative investigations
of family behavior. New work in this area emphasizes evolutionary and economic
approaches to gender roles and exchange in families; the impact of economic
development on family relations; the interactions between public policies,
labor market opportunities, and family processes; and parental, sibling, and
peer effects on child development and the transition to adulthood.
- Family processes and distribution: cooperation, gender roles, and investments in children
- Families, markets, and the state:
- Children, adolescents, and the transition to adulthood:
- Family change in context:
- Adulthood and aging:
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