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Research Interests
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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Collaborative Research: International Migration and Fertility: Towards a Multidimensional Understanding
8/1/19 → 8/31/21
Project: Research project
Research Output
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Correction to: Gender Discrimination and Excess Female Under-5 Mortality in India: A New Perspective Using Mixed-Sex Twins (Demography, (2020), 10.1007/s13524-020-00909-0)
Kashyap, R. & Behrman, J., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Demography.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Gender and Wealth in Demographic Research: A Research Brief on a New Method and Application
Shiffer-Sebba, D. & Behrman, J., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Population Research and Policy Review.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Gender Discrimination and Excess Female Under-5 Mortality in India: A New Perspective Using Mixed-Sex Twins
Kashyap, R. & Behrman, J., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Demography.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Learning Inequality in Francophone Africa: School Quality and the Educational Achievement of Rich and Poor Children
Gruijters, R. J. & Behrman, J. A., Jul 1 2020, In: Sociology of Education. 93, 3, p. 256-276 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 › peer-review
1 Scopus citations