Published
"The Demography of Words: The global decline in non-numeric fertility preferences, 1993 - 2011." (with Margaret Frye) Population Studies. 2017. This paper examines the decline in non-numeric responses to questions about fertility preferences among women in the developing world. Using 19 years of data from 32 countries, we find that non-numeric fertility preferences decline most substantially in the early stages of a country's fertility transition.
"Anticipatory Child Fostering and Household Economic Security in Malawi.'' Demographic Research. 30:1157-1188.
Using longitudinal data from Malawi, this paper explores the economic impacts of fostering a child while taking into account households' prior anticipation of fostering responsibilities.
"What can we learn from studies based on small sample sizes? Comment on Regan, Lakhanpal, and Anguiano (2012).'' (with David Johnson) Psychological Reports. 113(1):221-224.
This comment presents results from a simulation using data from the Marital Instability Over the Life Course Study to underscore the problems of drawing conclusions from non-experimental studies with small sample sizes.
"Anticipatory Child Fostering and Household Economic Security in Malawi.'' Demographic Research. 30:1157-1188.
Using longitudinal data from Malawi, this paper explores the economic impacts of fostering a child while taking into account households' prior anticipation of fostering responsibilities.
"What can we learn from studies based on small sample sizes? Comment on Regan, Lakhanpal, and Anguiano (2012).'' (with David Johnson) Psychological Reports. 113(1):221-224.
This comment presents results from a simulation using data from the Marital Instability Over the Life Course Study to underscore the problems of drawing conclusions from non-experimental studies with small sample sizes.