Research in Progress

Papers Under Review

"Gender-Based Stereotypes Towards Scientists: A Survey Experiment" (with Valentina Rotondi).

"Lost Connections: The Economic and Social Impacts of Early-Life Mental Health" (with Samreen Malik, Benedikt Mihm, and Antje von Sucholodetz) - draft.

"No Evidence that Anti-Domestic Violence Laws Reduce Child Abuse in sub-Saharan Africa" (with Hanbo Wu) - draft.

"Cell Phones, Fertility Preferences, and the Calculus of Conscious Choice in Low- and Middle-Income Countries" (with Lyman Stone) - draft. 

"Cartel Drug War and Family Dynamics in Mexico" (with Alfonso Carballo and María Fernanda Sobrino Macias) - draft.

"A Practical Implementation Science Framework for Education" (with Scott Allen, Rene Kizilcec, Lisa Bardach, Jamie Jirout, Dana McCoy, and Allyson P. Mackey).

"Educational Heterogeneity and Social-Class Differentiation in Global Family Change" (with Joan García and Iñaki Permanyer) - draft.

"School Expansion and Inter-Caste Marriage in India" (with Nitin Kumar Bharti and Neha Bailwal).

In Progress

"Parental Investments and Son Preference in a Diverse High-Inequality Gulf Country" (with Sabino Kornrich).

"ICTs and Inter-Ethnic Marriage in sub-Saharan Africa" (with Benjamin Laughlin and Mandip Subedi).

"Trickle-Down Names: How Social Class Shapes Naming Patterns" (with Roberto Cantillan, Mauricio Bucca, and Mario Molina).

"Passing Down Tradition: The Changing Landscape of Intergenerational Family Norms in Urban India" (with Orsola Torrisi, Koyel Sarkar, and Sabino Kornrich).

"School Segregation and Learning Inequality: A Global Perspective" (with Rob J. Gruijters and Felix N. Schlemmer).

"The Diffusion of Authoritarian Parenting in Africa" (with Alberto Ciancio, Elisabetta De Cao, and Giulia La Mattina).

"150 Years of Mate Selection Through the Times of India's Matrimonial Columns" (with Aasli A. Nur,  Aliakbar Akbaritabar, Nitin Bharti, and Koyel Sarkar).

"High Migration yet Low Intermarriage: Tracing Demographic Profiles of Latin America's Cross-Border Unions" (with Adriana Robles, Alejandra Abufhele, Daniela R. Urbina, and Mauricio Bucca).

"Coming of Age in Senegal: Young Adults' Narratives of Delayed Family Formation" (with Anette E. Fasang).

"Caregiving and Family Relationships in Ghana: What Can We Learn from Text-as-Data?" (with Aymane Omari, Richard Appiah, Elisabetta Aurino, and Sharon Wolf).

"We Need to Understand Economic Inequality From the Child's Perspective" (with Eddie Brummelman, Richard Ahl, Elisabetta Aurino, Sahba Besharati, Ben Domingue, Catherine Lebel, Julia Leonard, Katherine McAuliffe, Dana McCoy, Samuel Urlacher, David Yeager, and Jason Yip).

"The Role of Cousinhood in the US Kinship System" (with Megan N. Reed, Lauren E. Harris, Julien Teitler, and Frank F. Furstenberg).

"Educational Pairing and its Legacies: Intergenerational Transmission of Assortative Mating in Malawi" (with Johanna Oh).

"The (Unintended) Consequences of Changing Legality of Polygyny in Africa: A Case Study of Benin, Kenya, and Nigeria (with Hanbo Wu, Ewa Batyra, and Orsola Torrisi).