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Julia Andrea Behrman

  • 439 Citations
20092021

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Sociologist Julia Behrman’s research explores the relationship between inequality in educational opportunity and demographic processes, with emphasis on fertility and family formation. Much of her work is motivated by a central question: How does family background shape educational opportunities, and in turn, how does education shape fertility, family formation, and the intergenerational transmission of inequality? Her work takes an international comparative perspective that focuses on contexts in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia undergoing rapid economic, social, and demographic change. More recent work has explored the interplay between international migration and family change among migrants from high-fertility African and Asian countries to lower-fertility European countries.

 

Education/Academic qualification

Sociology, PhD, New York University

… → 2017

Sociology, MA, New York University

… → 2014

Anthropology & Development, MSc, The London School of Economics and Political Science

… → 2008

Sociology, BA, Williams College

… → 2006

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Grants

Collaborative Research: International Migration and Fertility: Towards a Multidimensional Understanding

Behrman, J. A.

National Science Foundation

8/1/19 → 8/31/21

Project: Research project

    • Research Output

    Mother’s Relative Educational Status and Early Childhood Height-for-Age z Scores: A Decomposition of Change Over Time

    Behrman, J. A., Feb 1 2020, In : Population Research and Policy Review. 39, 1, p. 147-173 27 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • Contextual Declines in Educational Hypergamy and Intimate Partner Violence

    Behrman, J. A., Mar 1 2019, In : Social Forces. 97, 3, p. 1257-1282 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

    • 2 Scopus citations

    Global Family Change: Persistent Diversity with Development

    GFC team, Mar 2019, In : Population and Development Review. 45, 1, p. 133-168 36 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    Open Access
    3 Scopus citations

    Polygynous Unions and Intimate Partner Violence in Nigeria: An Examination of the Role of Selection

    Behrman, J. A., Jan 1 2019, In : Journal of Marriage and Family.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • Do shocks affect men's and women's assets differently? Evidence from Bangladesh and Uganda

    Quisumbing, A. R., Kumar, N. & Behrman, J. A., Jan 2018, In : Development Policy Review. 36, 1, p. 3-34 32 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • 9 Scopus citations