Research
Children Without a State: A Global Human Rights Challenge
The first book to address children's statelessness and lack of legal status as a human rights issue. Children are among the most vulnerable citizens of the world, with a special need for the protecti
Association between Income and the Hippocampus
Facets of the post-natal environment including the type and complexity of environmental stimuli, the quality of parenting behaviors, and the amount and type of stress experienced by a child affects br
Recognizing Domestic Workers, Regulating Domestic Work: Conceptual, Measurement, and Regulatory Challenges
This article examines the conceptual, measurement, and regulatory challenges of promoting decent work for domestic workers.
The Declining Significance of Race: Revisited & Revised
I published The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks and Changing American Institutions thirty-two years ago, in 1978.
Poverty and Program Participation among Immigrant Children
Researchers have long known that poverty in childhood is linked with a range of negative adult socioeconomic outcomes, from lower educational achievement and behavioral problems to lower earnings in t
Being Poor, Black, and American: The Impact of Political, Economic, and Cultural Forces
Understanding the Emergence and Persistence of Concentrated Urban Poverty
Book abstract: This collection assembles some of the country’s foremost social scientists in one volume.
Social Conscience and Politics in the United States of America: Reflections
This article argues that the United States of America is quite different from other OECD countries in its religiosity (America is much more religious) and also in its public safety nets, which are con
Paternal Incarceration and Support for Children in Fragile Families
High U.S. incarceration rates have motivated recent research on the negative effects of imprisonment on later employment, earnings, and family relationships.
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