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Box 90312
Durham, NC 27708-0245
228 Rubenstein Hall, Box 90312
Durham, NC 27708
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(919) 613-7364
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Christina M. Gibson-Davis
Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Professor of Sociology
Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology
Affiliate of the Center for Child and Family Policy
Faculty Research Scholar of DuPRI's Population Research Center
Areas of Expertise
- Welfare
- Well-being
- Demography
- Inequality of Income
- Family Policy
- Marriage
- Work and Family
Education
Ph.D., Northwestern University (2001)
B.A., Bates College (1992)
Christina Gibson-Davis talks about the wealth of 'America's dependents' on this podcast episode:
In The News
Awards and Honors
Bio
Christina M. Gibson-Davis is a professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, with a secondary appointment in sociology. Her research interests center around social and economic differences in family formation patterns. Her current research focuses on the how divergent patterns of family formation affect economic inequality.
Representative Publications
"His" and "Hers": Meeting the Economic Bar to Marriage. Demography (12/2018)
Social Class Divergence in Family Transitions: The Importance of Cohabitation. Journal of Marriage and the Family (10/2018)
Children and the Elderly: Wealth Inequality Among America's Dependents. Demography (06/2018)
The Development of Students' Engagement in School, Community and Democracy British Journal of Political Science (01/2018)
Low-income Childless Young Adults' Marriage and Fertility Frameworks. Journal of Marriage and the Family (08/2017)
Selected Grants
The Role of Wealth in the Transition to Young Adulthood for Minority Youth (Principal Investigator)
Immigration Enforcement and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from North Carolina (Co-Principal Investigator)
The Racial Marriage Gap and Student Achievement: A New Look at an Old Conundrum (Co-Principal Investigator)
The Link between Education, Engagement, and Well-being (Co Investigator)
Family Structure and Inequality in Contemporary America (Principal Investigator)
Meeting the Bar: A Propensity Score Analysis of BSF Impacts by Couples' Economic Status (Principal Investigator)
Duke Center for Geospatial Medicine (Investigator)