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Matthew Hall

Personal Webpage:  http://www.personal.psu.edu/msh242/
Department Affiliation:  Sociology
Education: M.A., Sociology & Demography, The Pennsylvania State University, 2007
B.S., Sociology and Demography, Western Washington University, 2004
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POSITION TITLE:  Graduate Student, Sociology

RESEARCH INTERESTS:  Social Demography , Urban Sociology, and Quantitative Methods, specifically immigrant assimilation, residential mobility and suburbanization

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE: 

Research Associate, Mech Research, Bellingham WA; June 2004 to Present


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: 

Teachman, J.D. , L. Tedrow and M. Hall (2005). "The Demographic Future of Divorce and Dissolution." In Fine, M.A. and J.H. Harvey (Eds.) , Handbook of Divorce and Relationship Dissolution. Routledge. (pp. 59-84)

Crowder, K. and M. Hall (2007). "Internal Migration." In Ritzer, G.S. (Ed.) , Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Blackwell. |Abstract|

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. and G. Farkas (2008). "Does Human Capital Raise Earnings for Immigrants in the Low-Skill Labor Market?." Demography 45(3):619-639. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Hall, M. (2009). "Interstate Migration, Spatial Assimilation, and the Incorporation of US Immigrants." Population, Space, and Place 15(1):57-77. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Lee, B.A. and M. Hall (2009). "Residential Mobility." In Carr, D. (Ed.) , Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development, Volume 2: Adulthood. Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA.

Hall, M. and A. Soli (Forthcoming). "The Bumpy Road Ahead for the Hispanic Family." In , Development of Hispanic Children in Immigrant Families: Challenges and Prospects. Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

Hall, M. and B.A. Lee (Forthcoming). "How Diverse are U.S. Suburbs?." Urban Studies. |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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