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2008 

CCPR-009-08

Abstract

Re-Examining the Moving to Opportunity Study and its contribution to changing the distribution of poverty and ethnic concentration

William A. V. Clark (UCLA)

Accepted for Publication in Demograpy.

 

CCPR-008-08

Abstract

Understanding the social context of the Schelling Segregation model

William A. V. Clark (UCLA) and Mark Fossett (Texas A&M)

Published in PNAS. 2008 March 18; 105(11: 4109–4114.

 

CCPR-007-08

Abstract

The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets: American Cities During the Great Depression

Leah Platt Boustan (UCLA), Price V. Fishback (Univ of Arizona) and Shawn Kantor (Merced)

 

CCPR-006-08

Abstract

Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940-1970

Leah Platt Boustan (UCLA)

 

CCPR-005-08

Abstract

Glutathione S-transferase mu, omega, pi, and theta class variants and smoking in Parkinson’s disease

Angelika D. Wahner (UCLA), Charles E. Glatt (Cornell), Jeff M. Bronstein (UCLA) and Beate Ritz (UCLA).

Published in Neurosci Lett. 2007 February 21; 413(3): 274–278.

 

CCPR-004-08

Abstract

International Migration and Educational Assortative Mating in Mexico and the United States

Kate Choi (UCLA) and Robert D. Mare (UCLA)

 

CCPR-003-08

Abstract

Fixed and Random Effects in Panel Data Using Structural Equation Models

Kenneth A. Bollen (Univ. of North Carolina) and Jennie E. Brand (UCLA)

 

CCPR-002-08

Abstract

Reactions to Voluntary Counseling and Testing in Rural Malawi

Rebecca Thornton (Harvard), Agatha Bula (Univ. of North Carolina Project), Kondwani Chavula (Malawi Diffusion Project), Simona Bignami-Van Assche (Harvard) and Susan Cotts Watkins (Univ. of Penn)

 

2007 

CCPR-074-07

Abstract

Quarter Tables Revisited: Earlier Tables, Division of Labor in Table Construction, and Later Implementations in Analog Computers

David D. McFarland (UCLA)

 

CCPR-073-07

Abstract

Understanding Socioeconomic Gradients in Health in the Mexican-origin Population in the United States

Pamela J. Stoddard (UCLA)

 

CCPR-072-07

Abstract

Tables of Quarter-Squares, Sociologic[al] Applications, and Contributions of George W. Jones

David D. McFarland (UCLA)

 

CCPR-071-07

Abstract

Lessons from Empirical Network Analyses on Matters of Life and Death in East Africa

Jere R. Behrman (Univ of Penn), Hans-Peter Kohler (Univ of Penn) and Susan Cotts Watkins (UCLA)

 

CCPR-070-07

Abstract

Test of the "Healthy Migrant Hypothesis": A Longitudinal Analysis of Health Selectivity of Internal Migration in Indonesia

Yao Lu (UCLA)

 

CCPR-069-07

Abstract

(replaces CCPR-016-06)

 

Mothers' Community Participation and Child Health

Jenna Nobles (UCB) and Elizabeth Frankenberg (Duke)

 

CCPR-068-07

Abstract

 

Epistemology and Epidemiology: Diagnosing AIDS in rural Malawi

Susan Cotts Watkins (UCLA), Gigi Santow, Micheal Bracher, Crystal Biruk

 

CCPR-067-07

Abstract

 

Women's Work and Women's Health in Mexico: Understanding the links

Jane R. Rubin-Kurtzman (UCLA), Catalina A. Denman (El Colegio de Senora)

 

CCPR-066-07

Abstract

(replaces CCPR-017-06)

 

Marriage and Socioeconomic Change in Contemporary Indonesia

Jenna Nobles (UCB), Alison Buttenheim (Princeton)

CCPR-065-07

Abstract

 

Adoption and Foster Care by Gay and Lesbian Parents in the United States

Gary Gates (UCLA), M.V. Lee Badgett (UCLA), Jennifer Ehrle Macomber (Urban Instit of Washington) and Kate Chambers (Urban Insit of Washington)

 

CCPR-064-07

Abstract

 

Immigration and Mental Disorders among Asian Americans

David T. Takeuchi, Nolan Zane, Seunghye Hong, David H. Chae, Fang Gong, Gilbert C. Gee (UCLA), Emily Walton, Stanley Sue, and Margarita Alegría

Published in American Journal of Public Health 2007 97(1):84-90.

 

CCPR-063-07

Abstract

 

Sharing an Uncertain Future: Improved Survival and Stress Proliferation among Persons Living with HIV and their Caregivers

Richard G. Wight (UCLA), Carol S. Aneshensel (UCLA), Allen J. LeBlanc (SFSU) and Kristin P. Beals (CSU Fullerton)

 

CCPR-062-07

Abstract

 

Heading South: Mexican Immigrants Confront Poor Access to Care in the U.S.

Steven P. Wallace (UCLA), Carolyn Mendez-Luck (UCLA) and Xochitl Castaneda (U of CA Health Initiative)

 

CCPR-061-07

Abstract

 

Do Physical Neighborhood Characteristics Matter in Predicting Traffic Stress and Health Outcomes?

Yan Song (Univ of North Carolina), Gilbert C. Gee (UCLA), Yingling Fan (Univ of North Carolina), David T. Takeuchi (Univ of Washington)

Published in Science Direct 10 (2007) 164-176.

 

CCPR-060-07

Abstract

 

Demographic Variation in Housing Cost Adjustments With US Family Migration

Suzanne Davies Withers (U of Washington), William A.V. Clark (UCLA) and Tricia Ruiz (U of Washington)

 

CCPR-059-07

Abstract

 

Reinventar politicas para familias reinventadas: entre la realidad brasilena y la utopia

Ana Maria Goldani (UCLA)

Published in CEPAL: 223-238.

 

CCPR-058-07

Abstract

 

Child Bilingualism or Familial Acculturation? 'New' Directions in Measuring Acculturation 

David A. Cort (U. Mass-Amherst)

 

CCPR-057-07

Abstract

 

Explaining Women's Success: Technological Change and the Skill Content of Women's Work  

Sandra E. Black (UCLA) and Alexandra Spitz-Oener (Humboldt)

 

CCPR-056-07

Abstract

 

Brazil: desafios de las politicas para las familias

Ana Maria Goldani (UCLA) and Aida Verdugo Lazo

Published in CEPAL N.42: 265-303.

 

CCPR-055-07

Abstract

 

Growth Mixture Modeling for Sequential Growth Processes

Shige Song (UCLA)

 

CCPR-054-07

Abstract

 

Assimilation, Multiculturalism and the Challenge of Marginalized Groups

William A.V. Clark (UCLA)

 

CCPR-053-07

Abstract

 

Intergenerational Relations and Welfare State Restructuring.  Why Should We Re-think This Relationship in Brazil

Ana Maria Goldani (UCLA)

 

CCPR-052-07

Abstract

 

Perceptions Mediate the Effects of Neighborhood Physical Conditions on Mental Health

Daniel J. Kruger, Thomas M. Reischl and Gilbert C. Gee (UCLA)

Published in American Journal of Community Psychology 2007 40(3-4):261-271.

 

CCPR-051-07

Abstract

 

Assimilation and Gender in Naming

Christina A. Sue (UCLA) and Edward E. Telles (UCLA)

Published in American Journal of Sociology 2007 112(5): 1383-1415.

 

CCPR-050-07

Abstract

 

Older and Wiser? Birth Order and IQ of Young Men

Sandra Black (UCLA), Paul Devereux (UCLA), Kjell G. Salvanes (IZA)

CCPR-049-07

Abstract

 

Perceived Unfair Treatment and the Use of Prescription Medications, Illicit Drugs, and Alcohol Dependence among Filipino Americans

Gilbert C. Gee (UCLA), Jorge Delva and David T. Takeuchi

Published in American Journal of Public Health 2007 97(5):  933-940.

 

CCPR-048-07

Abstract

 

Race and Ethnicity and Latin America's United Nations Millennium Development Goals

Edward E. Telles (UCLA)

Published in Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies 2007 2(2):185-200.

 

CCPR-047-07

Abstract

 

The Association between Self-Reported Discrimination and 12-month DSM-IV Mental Disorders among Asian Americans Nationwide

Gilbert C. Gee (UCLA) , Michael Spencera (U of Michigan), Juan Chena (U of Michigan) and Tiffany Yipb (Fordham) and David T. Takeuchic (U of Washington)
Published in Social Science & Medicine 2007 64(10):1984-1996.

 

CCPR-046-07

Abstract

 

Differential of Insomnia Symptoms between Migrants and Non-migrants in China

Peifeng Hu (UCLA), William M. Mason (UCLA), Shige Song (UCLA), Donald J. Treiman (UCLA) and Wei Wang (CMU)

 

CCPR-045-07

Abstract

 

Hungry for Respect: Discrimination among Adults Using Emergency Food Services

Gilbert C. Gee (UCLA), Kathryn J. Lively (Dartmouth), Larissa Larsen (Univ of Michigan) Jennifer Keith (Philadelphia Health Management Corporation), Jana Stone (California Department of Health Services) and Kara MacLeod (UCB)

Published in Journal of Health Disparities Research & Practice 2007 2(1): 1-20.

 

CCPR-044-07

Abstract

 

Small Family, Smart Family? Family Size and the IQ Scores of Young Men

Sandra Black (UCLA), Paul Devereux (UCLA), Kjell G. Salvanes (IZA)

 

CCPR-043-07

Abstract

 

Does Famine Have a Long-Term Effect on Cohort Mortality?  Evidence from the 1959-1961 Great Leap Forward Famine in China

Shige Song (UCLA)

 

CCPR-042-07

Abstract

 

Feelings of Usefulness to Others, Disability, and Mortality in Older Adults: The MacArthur Study of Successful Aging

Tara L. Gruenewald (UCLA), Arun S. Karlamangla (UCLA), Gail. A. Greendale (UCLA), Burton H. Singer (Princeton Univ.) and Teresa E. Seeman (UCLA)

Published in Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences 2007 62B(1):P28-P37.

 

CCPR-041-07

Abstract

 

Combinations of Biomarkers Predictive of Later Life Mortality

Tara L. Gruenewald (UCLA), Teresa E. Seeman (UCLA), Carol D. Ryff (Univ. of Wisconsin), Arun S. Karlamangla (UCLA) and Burton H. Singer (Princeton Univ.)

Published in PNAS 2006 103(38):14158-14163.

 

CCPR-040-07

Abstract

 

Contemporary Art: A 'Global' and Local Perspective via New York's Chelsea District

David Halle (UCLA) and Elisabeth Tiso (UCLA)

 

CCPR-039-07

Abstract

 

The Baby Boom and World War II: A Macroeconomic Analysis

Matthias Doepke (UCLA), Moshe Hazan (Hebrew University) and Yishay D. Maoz (University of Haifa)

 

CCPR-038-07

Abstract

 

General Pediatricians' Views on Allocating More Time in Primary Care Practice to Children with Special Health Care: Results from a National Survey

Tumaini R. Coker (UCLA), G. Caleb Alexander (University of Chicago), Lawrence P. Casalino (University of Chicago) and John Lantos (University of Chicago)

 

CCPR-037-07

Abstract

 

Trajectories of Alcohol Consumption among Older Japanese Followed from 1987-1999

Gilbert C. Gee (UCLA), Jersey Liang, Joan Bennett, Neal Krause, Erika Kobayashi, Taro Fukaya and Yuko Sugihara.

Published in Research on Aging 2007 29(4): 323-347.

 

CCPR-036-07

Abstract

 

WIC Program Participation and Early Childhood Overweight

Gail Harrison (UCLA), Abdelmonem Afifi (UCLA), Eloise Jenks (Public Health Foundation), Samar McGregor (Public Health Foundation) and Maria Koleilat (UCLA)

 

CCPR-035-07

Abstract

 

Who Benefits Most From College? Evidence for Negative Selection in Heterogeneous Economic Returns to Higher Education

Jennie E. Brand (UCLA) and Yu Xie (University of Michigan)

 

CCPR-034-07

Abstract

 

Effects of Layoffs and Plant Closings on Depression Among Older Workers

Jennie E. Brand (UCLA), Becca R. Ley (Yale), and William T. Gallo (Yale)

 

CCPR-033-07

Abstract

 

A Nationwide Study of Discrimination and Chronic Health Conditions
Among Asian Americans

Gilbert C. Gee (UCLA), Micheal S. Spencer, Juan Chen and David Takeuchi

Published in American Journal of Public Health 2007 97(7):1275-1282.

 

CCPR-032-07

Abstract

 

Was PostWar Suburbanization "White Flight"?  Evidence from the Black Migration

Leah Platt Boustan (UCLA)

 

CCPR-031-07

Abstract

Age, Cohort and Perceived Age Discrimination: Using the Life Course to Assess Self-reported Age Discrimination

Gilbert C. Gee (UCLA), Eliza K. Pavalko (Indiana University) and J. Scott Long (Indiana University)

Published in Social Forces 2007 86(1): 265-290.

 

CCPR-030-07

Abstract

Assessment and Prediction of Natural Hazards from Satellite Imagery

Thomas Gillespie (UCLA), Jasmine Chu (UCLA), Elizabeth Frankenberg (UCLA) and Duncan Thomas (UCLA).

 

CCPR-029-07

Abstract

Hispanic paradox in biological risk profiles.

Eileen Crimmins (USC), Jung Ki Kim (USC), Dawn Alley (University of Pennsylvania), Arun Karlamangla (UCLA), and Teresa Seeman (UCLA).

Published in Amer J Public Health 2007 97(7):1305-1310.

 

CCPR-028-07

Abstract

 

Unwanted Fertility, Contraceptive Technology and Crime: Exploiting a Natural Experiment in Access to The Pill

Juan Pantano (UCLA)

 

CCPR-027-07

Abstract

 

Development-Induced Displacement and Children's Human Capital

Alison M. Buttenheim (UCLA), Jed Friedman (The World Bank), and Harold Alderman (The World Bank)

 

CCPR-026-07

Abstract

 

What Explains Race and Ethnic Variation in Cohabitation, Marriage, Divorce, and Nonmarital Fertility?

R. Kelly Raley (University of Texas) and Megan M. Sweeney (UCLA)

 

CCPR-025-07

Abstract

 

Ties of Dependence: AIDS and Transactional Sex in Rural Malawi

Ann Swindler (UC Berkeley) and Susan Cotts Watkins (UCLA)

 

CCPR-024-07

Abstract

(replaces: CCPR-022-06)

Child Health in a Post-Flood Period in Bangladesh

Alison M. Buttenheim (UCLA)

 

CCPR-023-07

Abstract

The Measurement of Same-Sex Unmarried Partner Couples in the 2000 U.S. Census

Dan Black (Syracuse Univeristy), Gary Gates (UCLA), Seth Sanders (University of Maryland), Lowell Taylor (Carnegie Mellon University)

 

CCPR-022-07

Abstract

Hygienic Latrine Use and Child Wasting in Urban Bangladesh

Alison M. Buttenheim (UCLA)

 

CCPR-021-07

Abstract

Parental Investments and Child Endowments: Do Parents Compensate or Reinforce Endowment Differences among Siblings?

Amy Hsin (UCLA)

 

CCPR-020-07

Abstract

An Assessment of Available Data and Data Needs for Studying Intra- and Inter-Generational Family Relationships and Behavior

Suzanne Bianchi (University of Maryland), V. Jeffery Evans (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development), V. Joseph Hotz (Duke, UCLA, and NBER),

Kathleen McGarry (Dartmouth, UCLA, and NBER) and Judith A. Seltzer (UCLA)

 

CCPR-019-07

Abstract

An Analysis of Core Networks among First-Generation Immigrants

Chinyere Osuji (UCLA)

 

CCPR-018-07

Abstract

Does Son Preference Influence Children's Growth in Height? A Comparative Study of Chinese and Filipino Children

Shige Song (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) and Sarah Burgard (Univ. of Michigan)

 

CCPR-017-07

Abstract

How Did the Statewide Assessment and Accountibility Policies of the 1990s Affect Instructional Quality in Elementary Schools?

Meredith Phillips and Jennifer Flashman (UCLA)

 

CCPR-016-07

Abstract

Education Differences in Intended and Unintended Fertility

Kelly Musick (Univ. of Southern California), Paula England (Stanford Univ.), Sarah Edgington (UCLA) and Nicole Kangas (Stanford Univ.)

 

CCPR-015-07

Abstract

 

Testing Efficient Risk Sharing with Heterogeneous Risk Preferences

Maurizio Mazzocco (UCLA) and Shiv Saini (Univ. of Wisconsin)

 

CCPR-014-07

Abstract

Stability and Change in Ethnic Labeling among Adolescents from Asian and Latin American Immigrant Families

Andrew J. Fuligni (UCLA), Melissa Witkow (Eastern Michigan University), Lisa Kiang (Wake Forest University) and Oscar Baldelomar (UCLA)

Published in J. Child Development.

 

CCPR-013-07

Abstract

Ethnic Socialization, Discrimination, and the Academic Adjustment of Adolescents

Virginia W. Huynh and Andrew J. Fuligni (UCLA)

 

CCPR-012-07

Abstract

The Role of Heritage Language Development in the Adjustment of Adolescents from Immigrant Backgrounds

Janet S. Oh (California State University, Northridge) and Andrew J. Fuligni (UCLA)

CCPR-011-07

Abstract

Health Over the Life Course
John Strauss (University of Southern California) and Duncan Thomas (UCLA)

CCPR-010-07

Abstract

Household Surveys
Duncan Thomas (UCLA)

CCPR-009-07

Abstract

Women's Work and Women's Health in Mexico: Understanding the links

Jane R. Rubin-Kurtzman (UCLA) and Catalina A. Denman (El Colegio de Sonora)

CCPR-008-07

Abstract

Longitudinal Analysis of Annual Income Dynamics in California

Paul Ong, R. Varisa Patraporn and Douglas Houston (UCLA)

 

CCPR-007-07

Abstract

The Time of Early-Life Health Disadvantage

Margot I. Jackson (UCLA)

 

CCPR-006-07

Abstract

Family Wealth Distribution in California

Paul Ong, R. Varisa Patraporn and Douglas Houston (UCLA)

 

CCPR-005-07

Abstract

Occupational Choice and the Spirit of Capitalism

Matthias Doepke (UCLA) and Fabrizio Zilibotti (Univ. of Zurich)

 

CCPR-004-07

Abstract

Chinese Immigrants Political Attitudes Ethnic-Centered Political Engagement

Paul Ong and Joanna Lee (UCLA)

 

CCPR-003-07

Abstract

S.F. Chinese Immigrant Voters Persistency in Voter Registration

Paul Ong and Mike Manville (UCLA)

 

CCPR-002-07

Abstract

Naturalization of S.F. Chinese Immigrants: The Surge in the 1990s

Paul Ong and Joanna Lee (UCLA)

 

CCPR-001-07

Abstract

The Effect of Labor Migration and Remittances on Children's Education Among Blacks in South Africa

Yao Lu and Donald J. Treiman (UCLA)

 

2006 

CCPR-070-06

 Abstract

Causal Effect of Health on Labor Market Outcomes: Experimental Evidence

Duncan Thomas (UCLA), Elizabeth Frankenberg (UCLA), Jed Friedman (World Bank), Jean-Pierre Habicht (Cornell Univ.), Mohammed Hakimi (Univ. of Gadjah Mada), Nicholas Ingwersen (UCLA), Jaswadi (Univ. of Gadjah Mada), Nathan Jones (Centers for Disease Control), Christopher McKelvey (Univ. of Maryland), Gretel Pelto (Cornell Univ.), Bondan Sikoki (RAND and SurveyMETER), Teresa Seeman (UCLA), James P. Smith (RAND), Cecep Sumantri (SurveyMETER), Wayan Suriastini (SurveyMETER), Siswanto Wilopo (Univ. of Gadjah Mada)

 

CCPR-069-06

 Abstract

Characteristics and Predictors of Coresidential Stability among Couples

Gary Gates (UCLA)

 

CCPR-068-06

 Abstract

Recent Changes in Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Women and Men

Eileen Crimmins (USC), Jung Ki Kim (USC), Dawn Alley (University of Pennsylvania), Arun Karlamangla (UCLA), and Teresa Seeman (UCLA).

Published in J Women's Health 2006; 15(6):734-46.

 

CCPR-067-06

 Abstract

Changes in the Process of College Choice among Men and Women: The Role of Two-Year Colleges

Jennifer Flashman (UCLA)

 

CCPR-066-06

 Abstract