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Robert T. Michael, Ph.D.
Economic Demography
Robert T. Michael
has coauthored several books on adult sexual behavior in the United
States, was a force behind efforts to reexamine how poverty is measured
in America, and has written widely on the effects of poverty and family economics
on children.
In a current project, Michael
is studying how families influence their children's cognitive development,
to show that both the level of their resources and the level of their
commitment to nuturing their children have a big impact. Using data
on family behavior over three generations, he shows that the pattern
of parental behavior experienced as a child carries over into adulthood
and affects the grandchildren. He expects to compare the role of family
influence on children's development in Britian and the United States.
Michael has been with the University of Chicago
since 1980 and has twice served as Dean of the Harris School (1988-94
and 1998-2002). He chaired the National Academy of Sciences/National
Research Council (NAS/NRC) Panels on Poverty and Family Assistance
and Pay Equity in the United States. He is the former CEO of NORC and former
director of the West Coast office of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
He has led several data collection efforts, including the 1986 Children
of the National Longitudinal Study of Youth (NLSY), the 1991 Children of
the National Child Development Study in Britian, the National Health and
Social Life Survey (the national sex survey), and the 1997 NLSY survey. He
taught economics at Stanford University and the University of California,
Los Angeles, prior to coming to the University of Chicago. |
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