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Michael White

210 Maxcy Hall
401-863-1083 phone
401-863-3213 fax
Michael_White@brown.edu

Fall 2009 Office Hours:
Wednesday 2:00-4:00pm

Ph.D. University of Chicago

Brown University Research Profile Page

Areas of Interest:
Demography, Immigration, Social Policy, Africa

Curriculum Vitae

I arrived at Brown University in 1989. Most of my research investigates issues that stand at the intersection of sociology and public policy. I wear the hat of a demographer, so I naturally lean toward population studies and the use of censuses and surveys. I am presently involved in a wide range of research projects in a variety of geographic settings. Current research on the United States includes studies of immigrant adaptation in schooling, family and labor force. I am also working on new methods for analyzing residential segregation that can reflect the increasing ethnic diversity of contemporary America urban areas. In developing societies I study the determinants of migration, urbanization, and their demographic and environmental consequences. In China and Vietnam, I examine the link between migration patterns and economic restructuring. Currently, I am very actively involved in field research in Ghana, where I coordinate an interdisciplinary project that brings demographers and biologists together to look at demographic change, health issues, and water quality along the coast. For the last several years I have taught Sociology 13, American Heritage: Democracy, Inequality, and Public Policy. I also teach graduate courses in migration, sociological research methods, and other subjects. A list of publications and working papers appear elsewhere on this website. I have been a staff member of the Urban Institute and a fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, both in Washington DC.

Additional information about Dr. White is available at his personal page on the website of the Population Studies and Training Center (PSTC).

Publications:

"Urbanization, Population Growth and Environmental Quality," (with coauthors) Prepared for the symposium, "Complex Interactions between Human Population and the Environment: Integrating Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Ecological Perspectives." Ecological Society of America. August 2004
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"The Segregation of Asian-Origin Groups in the United States and Canada" (with E. Fong and Q. Cai) Social Science Research , forthcoming.

"Implications of Economic Reform and Spatial Mobility on Fertility in Vietnam" (with Y. Djamba and D.N. Anh). Population Research and Policy Review , 20(2001):207-228.
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"Judging not only by Color: Ethnicity, Nativity, and Neighborhood Attainment" (with S. Sassler) Social Science Quarterly , 81(December 2000) 998-1013.
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"War, Famine, and Female Migration in Ethiopia, 1960-89" (with B. Berhanu). Economic Development and Cultural Change , 49 (October 2000): 91-113.
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"Segregation, Demographic Effects" Entry prepared for the International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences , forthcoming.

"Generation Status, Social Capital and the Routes out of High School." (with J. Glick) Sociological Forum , 15 (2000): 671-691.
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"Migration, Urbanization, and Social Adjustment" Pp. 19-24 in C. Rosan, B.A. Ruble, and J.S. Tulchin (eds.) Urbanization, Population, Environment and Security Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center, 2000

"Abandoned Children and their Transition to Adulthood in Nineteenth Century Italy" (with W. Sigle and D. Kertzer) Journal of Family History , 25 (July 2000):326-340.
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"Child Mortality and the Quality of Care among Abandoned Children in Nineteenth-Century Italy" (with D. Kertzer and W. Sigle) Population Studies , 53 (November 1999): 303-315.

"The Impact of Immigration on Residential Segregation." With J.E. Glick. Pp. 345-372 in F.D. Bean and S. Bell-Rose (eds.) Immigration and Opportunity (NY: Russell Sage 1999)

"Growing up as an Abandoned Child in Nineteenth-Century Italy," with D. Kertzer and H. Koball. History of the Family , 2(1997):211-228.

"The Effect of Immigration on the Internal Migration of the Native-Born Population, 1981-90," with Z. Liang. Population Research and Policy Review , 17(April 1998): 141-166.
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"Migration, Fertility, and State Policy in Hubei Province, China" with A. Goldstein and S. Goldstein. Demography , 34 (November 1997):481-491.
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"Language Usage, Social Capital, and School Completion among Immigrants and Native-Born Ethnic Groups," with G. Kaufman. Social Science Quarterly , 78(June 1997):385-398.
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"Market Transition, Government Policies, and Interprovincial Migration in China 1980-88," with Z. Liang. Economic Development and Cultural Change , 45 (January 1997): 321-339.

"The Dimensions of Segregation Revisited," with D. Massey and V.C. Phua. Sociological Methods and Research 25 (November 1996): 172-206.
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"Internal Migration in China 1950-1988" with Z. Liang. Demography , 33 (August 1996): 375-384.
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"Ethnicity Gender and Social Mobility in 1910" with S. Sassler. Social Science History , 21 (Fall 1997): 321-357.
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"Housing Segregation: Policy for an Increasingly Diverse Society." with Eileen Shy. In N. Denton and S. Tolnay (eds.) American Diversity Albany, NY: SUNY Press, forthcoming.

"Urbanization and Population Dynamics: City as Villain, Savior or Bystander?" In J. Tulchin and B. Ruble (eds.) Preparing for the Urban Future: Global Pressures and Local Forces (Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 1996).

Papers:

"Mapping Social Distance: Ethnic Residential Segregation in a Multiethnic Metro" (Jennifer E. Glick and Ann Kim). Preliminary PAA Draft, 15 April, 2003
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"The Impact of Immigration on Residential Segregation, Revisited" (with C. Bueker and J. Glick). Paper presented to the American Sociological Association, August 2002.
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"Between Family, Job, and School: Generation Status and Differences in the Routes out of School" (with S. Giorguli and J.E. Glick). Paper presented to the Population Association of America, May 2002.

"Microsegregation: Analyzing Residential Patterns with Multi-level Data" (with J.E. Glick). Paper presented to the American Sociological Association, August 2001

"Racial and Ethnic Variation in Family Formation: The Mediating Effect of Education" (with J.E. Glick, S.D. Ruf, and F.K. Goldscheider). Paper presented to the Population Association of America, April 2001.

"Parental Aspirations and Post-secondary School Participation in Immigrant and Native Youth in the United States." Paper presented to the American Sociological Association, August 2000.

"Environmental Hazards, Migration, and Race" (with L. Hunter).
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"Urbanization and the Fertility Transition in Ghana" (with E. Tagoe, K. Stiff, K. Adazu, D. Smith)
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