Robert Schoen's Information
POSITION TITLE: Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Demography
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Family demography; social theory; fertility.
RESEARCH AREAS:
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Family Processes
Interdisciplinary Perspectives Linking Individual, Family, and Population Health over Time
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| PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE:
1970-1970 Visiting Lecturer, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
1973-1973 Lecturer in Demography, University of California, Berkeley
1971-1973 Research Specialist and Head, Demographic Analysis Section, California State Department of Public Health, Berkeley
1973-1974 Actuary, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, Chicago
1974-1976 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1976-1982 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1982-1989 Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1989-1999 Professor, Department of Population Dynamics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
1999-Present Hoffman Professor of Family Sociology and Demography, Department of Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
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| HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FELLOWSHIPS:
1988- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
2004 Recipient of the Mindel C. Sheps Award in Mathematical Demography/Demographic Methodology from the Population Association of America
2007 Editorial Board, Demography
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Schoen, R.
(1986).
"A Methodological Analysis of Intergroup Marriage."
Sociological Methodology 16:49-78.
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Schoen, R.
(1987).
"The Continuing Retreat from Marriage: Figures from 1983 U.S. Marital Status Life Tables."
Sociology and Social Research 71:108-109.
Schoen, R.
(1988).
Modeling Multigroup Populations.
New York:
Plenum.
Schoen, R.
(1988).
"Practical Uses of Multistate Population Models."
Annual Review of Sociology 14:341-361.
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Schoen, R.
and
J.R. Kluegel
(1988).
"The Widening Gap in Black and White Marriage Rates: The Impact of Population Composition and Differential Marriage Propensities."
American Sociological Review 53:895-907.
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Schoen, R.
and
B. Thomas
(1989).
"Intergroup Marriage in Hawaii, 1969-71 and 1979-81."
Sociological Perspectives 32:365-382.
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Schoen, R.
and
J. Wooldredge
(1989).
"Marriage Choices in North Carolina and Virginia, 1969-71 and 1979-81."
Journal of Marriage and the Family 51:465-481.
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Schoen, R.
,
J. Wooldredge
and
B. Thomas
(1989).
"Ethnic and Educational Effects on Marriage Choice."
Social Science Quarterly 18:617-630.
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Schoen, R.
and
B. Thomas
(1990).
"Religious Intermarriage in Switzerland, 1969-72 and 1979-82."
European Journal of Population 6(4):359-376.
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Kim, Y.J.
,
R. Schoen
and
P.S. Sarma
(1991).
"Momentum and the Growth-Free Segment of a Population."
Demography 28(1):159-173.
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Schoen, R.
and
Y.J. Kim
(1991).
"Movement toward Stability as a Fundamental Principle of Population Dynamics."
Demography 28(3):455-466.
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Schoen, R.
(1992).
"First Unions and the Stability of First Marriages."
Journal of Marriage and the Family 54:281-284.
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Schoen, R.
and
Y.J. Kim
(1992).
"Covariances, Roots, and the Dynamics of Age-Specific Growth."
Population Index 58:4-17.
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Schoen, R.
and
R.M. Weinick
(1993).
"Partner Choice in Marriages and Cohabitations."
Journal of Marriage and the Family 55:408-414.
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Schoen, R.
and
R.M. Weinick
(1993).
"The Slowing Metabolism of Marriage: Figures from 1988 U.S. Marital Status Life Tables."
Demography 30(4):737-746.
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Schoen, R.
and
Y.J. Kim
(1993).
"Two-State Spatial Dynamics in the Absence of Age."
Theoretical Population Biology 44(1):67-79.
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Schoen, R.
and
Y.J. Kim
(1994).
"Cyclically Stable Populations."
Mathematical Population Studies 4:283-295.
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Schoen, R.
(1995).
"The Widening Gap between Black and White Marriage Rates: Context and Implication." In
Tucker, M.B.
and
C.I. Mitchell-Kernan
(Eds.)
, The Decline of Marriage Among African Americans: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Implications.
Russell Sage.
(pp. 103-116)
Kim, Y.J.
and
R. Schoen
(1996).
"Populations with Sinusoidal Birth Trajectories."
Theoretical Population Biology 50(2):105-123.
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Schoen, R.
and
Y.J. Kim
(1996).
"Stabilization, Birth Waves, and the Surge in the Elderly."
Mathematical Population Studies 6(1):35-53, 67.
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Kim, Y.J.
and
R. Schoen
(1997).
"Population Momentum Expresses Population Aging."
Demography 34(3):421-427.
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Schoen, R.
and
Y.J. Kim
(1997).
"Exploring Cyclic Net Reproduction."
Mathematical Population Studies 6:277-290.
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Schoen, R.
,
Y.J. Kim
,
C.A. Nathanson
,
J.M. Fields
and
N.M. Astone
(1997).
"Why Do Americans Want Children?."
Population and Development Review 23(2):333-358.
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Schoen, R.
and
Y.J. Kim
(1998).
"Momentum Under a Gradual Approach to Zero Growth."
Population Studies 52(3):295-299.
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Astone, N.M.
,
C.A. Nathanson
,
R. Schoen
and
Y.J. Kim
(1999).
"Family Demography, Social Theory, and Investment in Social Capital."
Population and Development Review 25(1):1-31.
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Sassler, S.
and
R. Schoen
(1999).
"The Effect of Attitudes and Economic Activity on Marriage."
Journal of Marriage & the Family 61(1):147-159.
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Schoen, R.
,
N.M. Astone
,
Y.J. Kim
,
C.A. Nathanson
and
J.M. Fields
(1999).
"Do Fertility Intentions Affect Fertility Behavior?."
Journal of Marriage & the Family 61(3):790-799.
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Astone, N.M.
,
R. Schoen
,
M. Ensminger
and
K. Rothert
(2000).
"School Reentry in Early Adulthood: The Case of Inner-City African Americans."
Sociology of Education 73(3):133-154.
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Gallo, J.J.
,
R. Schoen
and
R. Jones
(2000).
"Cognitive Impairment and Syndromal Depression in Estimates of Active Life Expectancy: The 13-Year Follow-Up of the Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area Sample."
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 101(4):265-273.
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Kim, Y.J.
and
R. Schoen
(2000).
"On the Quantum and Tempo of Fertility: Limits to the Bongaarts-Feeney Adjustment."
Population and Development Review 26:554-59.
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Schoen, R.
and
Y.J. Kim
(2000).
"A Dynamic Multistate Model of Robustness and Frailty."
Mathematical Population Studies 8:293-304.
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Schoen, R.
,
N.M. Astone
,
C.A. Nathanson
,
Y.J. Kim
and
N. Murray
(2000).
"The Impact of Fertility Intentions on Behavior: The Case of Sterilization."
Social Biology 47(1/2):61-76.
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Schoen, R.
(2001).
"Toward a General Model for Populations with Changing Rates."
Demographic Research 4:163-184.
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Schoen, R.
and
N.J. Standish
(2001).
"The Retrenchment of Marriage: Results from Marital Status Life Tables for the United States, 1995."
Population and Development Review 27(3):553-563.
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Schoen, R.
(2002).
"On the Impact of Spatial Momentum."
Demographic Research 6:49-66.
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Schoen, R.
(2002).
"Union Disruption in the United States."
International Journal of Sociology 32(4):36-50.
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Schoen, R.
,
N.M. Astone
,
K. Rothert
,
N.J. Standish
and
Y.J. Kim
(2002).
"Women's Employment, Marital Happiness, and Divorce."
Social Forces 81(2):643-662.
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Schoen, R.
(2003).
"Dynamic Populations With Uniform Natural Increase Across States."
Mathematical Population Studies 10(3):195-210.
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Schoen, R.
(2003).
"Mathematical Models in Demography and Actuarial Mathematics." In
Filar, J.A.
and
J.B. Krawczyk
(Eds.)
, Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems.
Oxford:
EOLSS Publishers.
Schoen, R.
and
P.A. Tufis
(2003).
"Precursors of Nonmarital Fertility in the United States."
Journal of Marriage and Family 65(4):1030-1040.
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Schoen, R.
and
S.H. Jonsson
(2003).
"A Diminishing Population Whose Every Cohort More Than Replaces Itself."
Demographic Research 9(6).
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Schoen, R.
and
S.H. Jonsson
(2003).
"Estimating Multistate Transition Rates from Population Distributions."
Demographic Research 9:1-24.
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Schoen, R.
and
S.H. Jonsson
(2003).
"Modeling Momentum in Gradual Demographic Transitions."
Demography 40(4):621-635.
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Schoen, R.
(2004).
"Timing Effects and the Interpretation of Period Fertility."
Demography 41(4):801-819.
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Canudas-Romo, V.
and
R. Schoen
(2005).
"Age-Specific Contributions to Changes in the Period and Cohort Life Expectancy."
Demographic Research 13:63-82.
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Schoen, R.
(2005).
"Intrinsically Dynamic Population Models."
Demographic Research 12:51-76.
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Schoen, R.
and
V. Canudas-Romo
(2005).
"Timing Effects on First Marriage: Twentieth-Century Experience in England and Wales and the USA."
Population Studies 59(2):135-146.
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Schoen, R.
(2006).
"Insights from Parity Status Life Tables for the 20th Century U.S.."
Social Science Research 35(1):29-39.
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Schoen, R.
and
V. Canudas-Romo
(2006).
"Multistate Cohort Models with Proportional Transfer Rates."
Demography 43(3):553-568.
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Schoen, R.
and
V. Canudas-Romo
(2006).
"Timing Effects on Divorce: 20th Century Experience in the United States."
Journal of Marriage and Family 68(3):749-758.
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Schoen, R.
and
Y.A. Cheng
(2006).
"Partner Choice and the Differential Retreat from Marriage."
Journal of Marriage and Family 68(1):1-10.
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Schoen, R.
,
S. Rogers
and
P.R. Amato
(2006).
"Wives' Employment and Spouses' Marital Happiness: Assessing the Direction of Influence Using Longitudinal Couple Data."
Journal of Family Issues 27(4):506-528.
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Schoen, R.
(2007).
Dynamic Population Models.
Dordrecht:
Springer.
Schoen, R.
,
N.S. Landale
and
K. Daniels
(2007).
"Family Transitions in Young Adulthood."
Demography 44(4):807-820.
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Amato, P.R.
,
N.S. Landale
,
T. Habasevich
,
A. Booth
,
D.J. Eggebeen
,
R. Schoen
and
S.M. McHale
(2008).
"Precursors of Young Women's Family Formation Pathways."
Journal of Marriage and Family 70(5):1271-1286.
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Schoen, R.
,
N.S. Landale
,
K. Daniels
and
Y.A. Cheng
(2009).
"Social Background Differences in Early Family Behavior."
Journal of Marriage and Family 71(2):384-395.
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Landale, N.S.
,
R. Schoen
and
K. Daniels
(Forthcoming).
"Early Family Formation among White, Black, and Mexican American Women."
Journal of Family Issues.
NIHMSID: NIHMS72353??
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