Robert Mare
Distinguished Research Professor
(1) dynamic analysis of residential mobility and residential segregation; (2) educational assortative mating and marriage markets; (3) the joint analysis of social mobility, fertility, marriage, and other demographic processes; (4) multigenerational processes and social mobility.
Awards
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, 1994-95.
Paul F. Lazarsfeld Memorial Award, American Sociological Association Section on Methodology, 1999.
American Journal of Sociology Roger Gould Prize, 2006-07 (with E. Bruch).
Grants
“California Census Research Data Center.” (Co-PI, with J. Hotz, H. Brady, and D. Card) National Science foundation, 1998-.
“UCLA Population Training Program.” National Inst. of Child Health and Human Development 2001-2006.
“California Center for Population Research.” National Inst. of Child Health and Human Development. 2001-2006.
“UCLA Project on Spatial Aspects of Inequality.” Russell Sage Foundation, 2001-2005. (with A. Pebley, J. Hotz, J. Currie, M. Phillips, N. Sastry)
“Neighborhood Choice and Neighborhood Change: Evaluating Dynamic Models of Residential Segregation.” (with R. Berk and E. Bruch) National Science Foundation, 2004-06.
Selected Publications
Mare, R. D. 1981. "Change and Stability in Educational Stratification." American Sociological Review 46: 72-87.
Gamoran, A., and R. D. Mare. 1989. "Secondary School Tracking and Stratification: Compensation, Reinforcement, or Neutrality?" American Journal of Sociology 94: 1146-1183.
Mare, R. D. 1991. "Five Decades of Educational Assortative Mating." American Sociological Review 56: 15-32.
Mare, R. D. 1995. "Changes in Educational Attainment and School Enrollment." Pp. 155-213 in R. Farley (ed.), State of the Union: America in the 1990s. Volume I: Economic Trends. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Mare, R. D. 1997. "Differential Fertility, Intergenerational Educational Mobility, and Racial Inequality." Social Science Research 26: 263-91.
Musick, K., and R. D. Mare. 2004. “Family Structure, Intergenerational Mobility, and the Reproduction of Poverty: Evidence for Increasing Polarization?” Demography 41: 629-48.
Schwartz, C. R., and R. D. Mare. 2005. "Trends in Educational Assortative Marriage from 1940 to 2003." Demography 42: 621-46.
Mare, R. D., and H.-C. Chang. 2006. “Family Attainment Norms and Educational Stratification in the United States and Taiwan: The Effects of Parents' School Transitions.” Pp. 195-231 in G. Fields, D. B. Grusky, and S. L. Morgan (eds.) Frontiers in Economic and Social Mobility. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
Mare, R. D., and V. Maralani. 2006. “The Intergenerational Effects of Changes in Women’s Educational Attainments.” American Sociological Review.
Bruch, E. E., and R. D. Mare. 2006. "Neighborhood Choice and Neighborhood Change." American Journal of Sociology.
Jackson, M., and R. D. Mare. 2007. "Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Measurements of Neighborhood Experience and Their Effects on Children."Social Science Research 36: 590-610.
Bruch, E. E., and R. D. Mare. 2009. “Segregation Processes.” In P. Bearman and P. Hedström (eds.). Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology. Oxford University Press.
Mare, R. D. 2011. "A Multigenerational View of Inequality." Demography 48: 1-23.
Choi, H. K., and R. D. Mare. 2012. "International Migration and Educational Assortative Mating in Mexco and the United States." Demography 49: 449-76
Bruch, E. E., and R. D. Mare. 2012. "Methodological Issues in the Analysis of Residential Preferences and Residential Mobility." Sociological Methodology 42: 103-54.
Graduate Students
(Completed Ph.D.'s Supervised -- UCLA)
Vanesa Estrada. 2007. Race and the American Dream: Homeownership Transitions in the US, 1968-2003. (NIH Postdoctoral Fellow RAND; Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology, University of California, Riverside)
David Cort. 2007. The Impact of Background Factors and Acculturation Types on the Well-Being of Second Generation Immigrant Children. (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology, University of Massachussetts, Amherst)
Margot I. Jackson. 2007. Short and Long Term Social Determinants and Consequences of Child Health. (Postdoctoral Fellow, Office of Population Research, Princeton University; Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Brown University).
Vida Maralani. 2006. Intergenerational Aspects of Educational Inequality. (Robert Wood Johnson Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania; Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Yale University)
Christine R. Schwartz. 2006. Union Formation and Dissolution, Educational Assortative Mating, and Inequality in the United States. (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Elizabeth E. Bruch. 2006. Ethnic and Economic Factors in Segregation Processes. (Robert Wood Johnson Postdoctoral Fellow and Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology, University of Michigan)
Vincent Kang Fu. 2003. Regional and Ethnic Variation in Intermarriage and Social Boundaries. (Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Utah)
Nelson Lim. 2000. Employers' Attitudes, Social Division of Labor, and Human Resource Practices in Hiring Low-Skilled Labor (Associate Social Scientist, RAND, Santa Monica)
(Completed Ph.D.'s Supervised -- University of Wisconsin)
Meichu Chen. 2000. Marital Quality and Well-Being. (Visiting Assistant Professor, Tung-hai University, Taiwan; Research Associate, Population Research Center, University of Texas)
Wendy Y. Carter. 1997. The Effects of Changing Family Structures on Educational Outcomes of Black and White American Cohorts: 1908-1969. (Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Arizona State University, Phoenix)
Hsiu-Jen Yeh. 1995. Trends in Status Homogamy in the United States for Married and Cohabiting Couples: 1960-1990. (Associate Professor, Department of Social Welfare, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan)
Kurt J. Bauman. 1995. Family Background and Racial Differences in Educational Attainment: Explaining the Black Net Educational Advantage. (Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census)
Hanam Phang. 1995. A Dynamic Study of Women's Labor Market Transitions over the Early Life Course: Cohort Trends, Racial Differentials, and Determinants. (Research Associate, Korean Labor Institute)
Peter Tiemeyer. 1993. Racial Differences in the Transition to Stable Employment Among Young Men. (Information Technology Department, RR Donnelly)
Meei-Shenn Tzeng. 1993. Labor Market Experiences and Socioeconomic Effects on Marital Dissolution. (Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, McGill University)
Cherng-Tay James Hsueh. 1992. Sibling Resemblance in Educational Attainment : An Investigation of the Effects of Family Background. (Professor, Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University.)
Yu Xie. 1989. The Process of Becoming a Scientist. (Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan)
Arthur Sakamoto. 1988. Occupational Effects on Earnings and Poverty Among Prime-Age Men. (Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Texas)
Previous Courses by Term
Applied Event History Analysis
Social Stratification, Mobility, and Inequality
Social Stratification, Mobility, and Inequality
Social Stratification
Applied Event History Analysis
Social Stratification
Quantitative Research on Social Stratification and Social Mobility
Social Stratification
Quantitative Research on Social Stratification and Social Mobility
Social Stratification
Applied Event History Analysis
Social Stratification
Demography
Quantitative Research on Social Stratification and Social Mobility
Social Stratification
Quantitative Research on Social Stratification and Social Mobility
Social Stratification
Applied Event History Analysis
Quantitative Research on Social Stratification and Social Mobility
Quantitative Research on Social Stratification and Social Mobility
Special Topics in Sociology
Social Stratification
Applied Event History Analysis
Quantitative Research on Social Stratification and Social Mobility
Demography
Theory and Research in Sociology
Quantitative Research on Social Stratification and Social Mobility
Theory and Research in Sociology
Theory and Research in Sociology
Theory and Research in Sociology
Working Group in Sociology
Analysis of Data with Qualitative and Limited Dependent Variables
Quantitative Research on Social Stratification and Social Mobility
Quantitative Research on Social Stratification and Social Mobility
Working Group in Sociology
Working Group in Sociology
Social Stratification
Intermediate Statistical Methods III
Special Topics in Sociology
Special Topics in Sociology
Special Topics in Sociology
Intermediate Statistical Methods III
Quantitative Research on Social Stratification and Social Mobility
Introduction to Demographic Methods
Intermediate Statistical Methods III
Analysis of Data with Qualitative and Limited Dependent Variables
Previous Courses by Course
Applied Event History Analysis
2015 Winter Quarter
2013 Winter Quarter
Social Stratification, Mobility, and Inequality
2014 Spring Quarter
Social Stratification, Mobility, and Inequality
2014 Winter Quarter
Social Stratification
2013 Winter Quarter
2012 Spring Quarter
2012 Winter Quarter
2011 Spring Quarter
2011 Winter Quarter
2010 Winter Quarter
2008 Fall Quarter
2007 Winter Quarter
2001 Spring Quarter
Quantitative Research on Social Stratification and Social Mobility
2012 Spring Quarter
2010 Spring Quarter
2008 Spring Quarter
2006 Spring Quarter
2002 Spring Quarter
Quantitative Research on Social Stratification and Social Mobility
2012 Winter Quarter
2010 Winter Quarter
2008 Winter Quarter
2006 Winter Quarter
2002 Winter Quarter
2000 Winter Quarter
Applied Event History Analysis
2011 Spring Quarter
2008 Fall Quarter
2007 Winter Quarter
Demography
2011 Winter Quarter
2006 Spring Quarter
Special Topics in Sociology
2007 Fall Quarter
2001 Spring Quarter
Theory and Research in Sociology
2006 Winter Quarter
2005 Winter Quarter
Theory and Research in Sociology
2005 Fall Quarter
2004 Fall Quarter
Working Group in Sociology
Analysis of Data with Qualitative and Limited Dependent Variables
2002 Fall Quarter
1999 Winter Quarter
Intermediate Statistical Methods III
2001 Spring Quarter
2000 Spring Quarter
1999 Spring Quarter
Special Topics in Sociology
2001 Winter Quarter
Special Topics in Sociology
2000 Fall Quarter
Introduction to Demographic Methods