Research on the gender division of family labor largely focuses on housework and childcare
in spousal couples. This article advances scholarship by examining the gender division of …

Standard measures of residential segregation tend to equate spatial with social proximity.
This assumption has been increasingly subject to critique among demographers and …

This article examines the link between wealth inequality and families’ financial investment,
saving, and borrowing for the sake of children. Using the 1998–2016 Survey of Consumer …

Demographic and ecological theories yield mixed evidence as to whether ethnic enclaves
are a benefit or a hindrance to the status attainment of residents and entrepreneurs. This …

This study introduces the concept of micro-segregation as an alternative to ghettoization in
order to understand residential patterns in historical Jewish communities. The process of …

Extensive research has investigated the spatial mismatch hypothesis (SMH), considering
the consequences of disparities between black residential locations and opportunities for …

Since the 1980s, American households have dramatically changed their financial behavior
by increasing their use of consumer financial products and services. During the same period, …

This three-study dissertation examines how financialization of the US economy and population
aging have reshaped the economic lives of American households and the implications …

Demographic and organizational theories yield mixed evidence as to whether ethnic
economies are a benefit or hindrance to the status attainment of residents and entrepreneurs. In …

… In new research Angelina Grigoryeva and Martin Ruef examine the history of segregation
in the aftermath of the Civil War. They find that in the North, as today, segregation was largely …