Publications
Research Articles
Wu, H., and Pesando, L. M. (2024). "Educational Boundaries Explain Strength and Variation in Global Fertility Convergence" Nature - Scientific Reports, 14: 1-9.
Pesando, L. M., and Stranges, M. (2024). "Parental Separation Penalties Among University Students in Italy," Genus, 80(20).
Robles, A., Pesando, L. M., Abufhele, A., Bucca, M., and Urbina, D. (2024). "Marrying Across Borders in Latin America: Visualizing Intermarriage Flows," Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 10:1-5.
Hastings, O., and Pesando, L. M. (2024). "What's a Parent to Do? Measuring Cultural Logics of Parenting with Text Analysis," Social Science Research, 124: 103074.
Pesando, L. M., and Abufhele, A. (2024). "Declining Quantity and Quality of Births in Chile Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic," Population and Development Review, 50(S1): 75-99.
Pesando, L. M., De Cao, E., La Mattina, G., and Ciancio, A. (2024). "Status (In)Consistency in Education and Violent Parenting Practices Towards Children," Social Science & Medicine, 351, 116954.
Batyra, E., and Pesando, L. M. (2024). "Increases in Child Marriage Among the Poorest in Mali: "Reverse Policies" or Data Quality Issues?," Population Studies, 78(1): 93-111.
Reed, M. N., Li, L., Pesando, L. M., Harris, L., Furstenberg, F., and Teitler, J. (2023). " Communication with Kin in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic," Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 9: 1-15.
Covered in Emory News and Attached Podcast, The Atlantic, CCF.
Pesando, L. M., Dorélien, A., St-Denis, X., and Santos-Lozada, A. (2023). "Demography as a Field: Where We Came From and Where We Are Headed?," Canadian Studies in Population, 50(4).
Winner of 2024 Best Article Canadian Studies in Population Award.
Pesando, L. M. and Qiyomiddin, K. (2023). "Mobile Phones and Infant Health at Birth," PLOS One, 18(9): e0288089.
Covered in Rabble Canada, McGill Newsroom, MyScience, MedicalPress.
Batyra, E., Pesando, L. M., Castro, A. F., Furstenberg, F. F., and Kohler, H.-P. (2023). "Union Formation, Within-Couple Dynamics, and Child Well-Being: A Global Macrolevel Perspective," Population, Space and Place, 29(5), e2661.
Abufhele, A., Pesando, L. M., and Castro, A. F. (2022). "Parental Educational Similarity and Inequality Implications for Infant Health in Chile: Evidence from Administrative Records, 1990-2015," Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 82, 100736.
Köksal, S., Pesando, L. M., Rotondi, V., and Şanlitürk, E. (2022). "Harnessing the Potential of Google Searches for Understanding Dynamics of Intimate Partner Violence Before and After the COVID-19 Outbreak," European Journal of Population, 38, 517-545.
Covered in Knowledge UniBocconi, NSNews, MPIDR, 27Ora, Corriere.it.
Pesando, L. M. (2022). "Safer if Connected? Mobile Technology and Intimate Partner Violence," Demography, 59(2): 653-684.
Covered in McGill Newsroom, n-IUSSP, The Agenda (Dubai Eye 103.8).
Varriale, C., Pesando, L. M., Kashyap, R., and Rotondi, V. (2022). "Mobile Phones and Attitudes Towards Women’s Participation in Politics: Evidence from Africa" - Sociology of Development, 8(1): 1-37. Free access here.
Covered in CBC Montréal, McGill Newsroom, Knowledge UniBocconi.
Pesando, L. M. (2022). "A Four-Country Study on the Relationship Between Parental Educational Homogamy and Children's Health from Infancy to Adolescence." Population Research and Policy Review, 41: 251-284.
Castro, A. F., Pesando, L. M., Kohler, H. P, and Furstenberg, F. F. (2022). "Family Change and Variation Through the Lens of Family Configurations in Low- and Middle-Income Countries," Population, Space and Place, 28(4): e2531.
Pesando, L. M., Barban, N., Sironi, M., and Furstenberg, F. F. (2021). "A Sequence-Analysis Approach to the Study of the Transition to Adulthood in Low- and Middle-Income Countries." Population and Development Review, 47(3): 719-747.
Batyra, E., and L. M. Pesando. (2021). "Trends in Child Marriage and New Evidence on the Selective Impact of Changes in Age-at-Marriage Laws on Early Marriage." SSM - Population Health, 14, 100811.
Covered in Toronto Star.
Pesando, L. M. (2021). "Educational Assortative Mating in Sub-Saharan Africa: Compositional Changes and Implications for Household Wealth Inequality." Demography, 58(2): 571-602.
Pesando, L. M., Rotondi, V., Stranges, M., Kashyap, R., and Billari, F. C. (2021). "The Internetization of International Migration." Population and Development Review, 47(1): 79-111.
Covered in McGill University, EurekAlert, ScienceDaily, Le Journal de Montréal, LabRoots, The Times Hub, Techno-Science.net, L'actualité, Haptic, Phys.org, The Agenda (Dubai Eye 103.8).
Furstenberg, F. F., Harris, L., Pesando, L. M., and Reed, M. N. (2020). "Kinship Practices Among Alternative Family Forms in Western Industrialized Societies." Journal of Marriage and Family, 82(5): 1403-1430.
All coauthors contributed equally to this work.
Rotondi, V., Kashyap, R., Pesando, L. M., Spinelli, S., and F. C. Billari (2020). "Leveraging Mobile Phones to Attain Sustainable Development." Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences, 117(24): 13413-13420.
Covered in Nature, Science ORF.at, IFLS, Phys.org, India Education Diary, University of Oxford, Repubblica, Bocconi University, McGill University, Times of India, ScienMag, Yahoo Finance, n-IUSSP, IICA, EurekAlert, Radio Canada Internacional, The Asian Chronicle, Global South Development Magazine, La Presse, L'Actualité .
Pesando, L. M., Wolf, S., Behrman, J. R., and E. Tsinigo (2020). "Are Private Kindergartens Really Better? Examining Preschool Choice, Parental Resources, and Children's School-Readiness in Ghana." Comparative Education Review, 64(1): 107-136.
Payne, C. F., Pesando, L. M., and H. P. Kohler (2019). "Up, Down and Reciprocal: The Dynamics of Private Intergenerational Transfers, Family Structure and Health in a sub-Saharan African Low-Income Context." Population and Development Review, 45(1): 41-80.
Pesando, L. M. and the GFC team (2019). "Global Family Change: Persistent Diversity with Development." Population and Development Review, 45(1): 133-168.
Covered in Penn Today, Neodemos, n-IUSSP.
Pesando, L. M. and A. Abufhele (2019). "Household Determinants of Teen Marriage: Sister Effects Across Four Low- and Middle-Income Countries." Studies in Family Planning, 50(2): 113-136.
Pesando, L. M. (2019). "Rethinking and Revising Goode's Contribution to Global Family Change." Marriage & Family Review, 55(7): 619-630.
Pesando, L. M. (2019). "Childlessness and Upward Intergenerational Support: Cross-National Evidence from 11 European Countries." Ageing & Society, 39(6): 1219-1254.
Pesando, L. M. (2018). "Does Financial Literacy Increase Students' Perceived Value of Schooling?" Education Economics, 26(5): 488-515.
Contributed Peer-Reviewed Volumes and Reports
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Women's Empowerment, Population Dynamics, and Socioeconomic Development. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press
Sanliturk, E., Köksal, S., Pesando, L. M., and Rotondi, V. (2024). "IPV-Related Information-Seeking in Italy: Lessons From Online Surveys," Chapter 5 in Domestic Violence and Abuse as a Shadow Pandemic: An International and Interdisciplinary View, Edited by F. Seemungal, Routledge.
Pesando, L. M., Billari, F. C., Favero, C., and F. Saita. (2021). “Financial and Demographic Education Effectiveness in Academic and Vocational High Schools: A Randomised Experiment.” In: Financial Education and Risk Literacy, edited by R. Viale, U. Filotto, B. Alemanni, and S. Mousavi, Behavioural Financial Regulation and Policy (BEFAIRLY) Series. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Pesando, L. M. (2020). Polygyny and Women’s Status: Myths and Evidence. In: Leal Filho W., Azul A., Brandli L., Lange Salvia A., Wall T. (eds) Gender Equality. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham.
Pesando L. M. and V. Rotondi (2020). Mobile Technology and Gender Equality. In: Leal Filho W., Azul A., Brandli L., Lange Salvia A., Wall T. (eds) Gender Equality. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham.