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Deb Graefe

Department Affiliation:  Population Research Institute
Education: PhD, Sociology and Demography, The Pennsylvania State University, 2000
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POSITION TITLE:  Research Associate

RESEARCH AREAS:

Demographic Perspectives on Inequality and Opportunity
Interdisciplinary Perspectives Linking Individual, Family, and Population Health over Time

GRANTS: 

Welfare Reform and Migration: Moving to Benefits, Moving from Restrictions? (2003-2007)

Welfare Reform and Migration of Poor Families (2003-2007)


PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE: 

2002-Present Research Associate, Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: 

Graefe, D.R. and D.T. Lichter (1999). "Life Course Transitions of American Children: Parental Cohabitation, Marriage, and Single Motherhood." Demography 36(2):205-217. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Lichter, D.T. and D.R. Graefe (2001). "Finding a Mate? The Marital and Cohabitation Histories of Unwed Mothers." In Wu, L.L. and B. Wolfe (Eds.) , Out of Wedlock: Causes and Consequences of Nonmarital Fertility. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation.

Lichter, D.T. , D.R. Graefe and J.B. Brown (2003). "Is Marriage a Panacea? Union Formation among Economically Disadvantaged Unwed Mothers." Social Problems 50(1):60-86. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Short, P.F. and D.R. Graefe (2003). "Battery-Powered Health Insurance? Stability in Coverage of the Uninsured." Health Affairs 22(6):244-255. |Full Text| |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Short, P.F. , D.R. Graefe and C. Schoen (2003). "Churn, Churn, Churn: How Instability of Health Insurance Shapes America's Uninsured Problem." Task Force on the Future of Health Insurance Issue Brief November(688):1-16. |Full Text| |Abstract|

De Jong, G.F. , D.R. Graefe and T. St. Pierre (2005). "Welfare Reform and Interstate Migration of Poor Families." Demography 42(3):469-496. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

De Jong, G.F. , D.R. Graefe , S.K. Irving and T. St. Pierre (2006). "Measuring State TANF Policy Variations and Change after Reform." Social Science Quarterly 87(4):755-781. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Graefe, D.R. , G.F. De Jong and D.C. May (2006). "Work Disability and Migration in the Early Years of Welfare Reform." Population Research and Policy Review 25(4):353-368. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Graefe, D.R. , G.F. De Jong and S.K. Irving (2006). "The Whole is the Sum of Its Parts: Theory, Technique, and Measurement Science Applied to TANF Rules." Social Science Quarterly 87(4):818-827. |Journal Home Page|

Graefe, D.R. and D.T. Lichter (2007). "When Unwed Mothers Marry: The Marital and Cohabiting Partners of Mid-Life Women." Journal of Family Issues 28(5):595-622. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Lichter, D.T. and D.R. Graefe (2007). "Men and Marriage Promotion: Who Marries Unwed Mothers?." Social Service Review 81(3):397-421. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

De Jong, G.F. and D.R. Graefe (2008). "Family Life Course Transitions and the Economic Consequences of Internal Migration." Population, Space and Place 14(4):267-282. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Graefe, D.R. and D.T. Lichter (2008). "Marriage Patterns among Unwed Mothers: Before and After PRWORA." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 27(3):479-497. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Graefe, D.R. , G.F. De Jong , M. Hall , S. Sturgeon and J. VanEerden (2008). "Immigrants' TANF Eligibility, 1996-2003: What Explains the New Across-State Inequalities?." International Migration Review 42(1):89-133. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Hall, M. , D.R. Graefe and G.F. De Jong (Forthcoming). "Economic Self-Sufficiency of Immigrant Women after TANF Participation: Welfare Eligibility as a Natural Experiment." Social Science Research. |Journal Home Page|

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