Research Interests for Emilio A Parrado

Broadly, my research entails the study of the interaction between social change and population processes with particular emphasis on Latin America. Most of my work falls into three categories: 1) marriage, employment, and fertility behavior, 2) international migration, and 3) the Latino population of the United States. Underlying these diverse areas there is a common interest in issues of inequality, development, and stratification. More recently, I have begun to investigate the relationship between gender, international migration, and HIV risks in Mexico. The specific aims of this project are to: (1) Compare prevalent sexual behaviors among Mexican men and women in Durham, NC and four sending communities in Mexico; (2) Identify and describe the impact of migration on the gender structures of labor, power, and cathexis among the Mexican population; (3) Model the gender and migration related determinants of sexual behaviors, including condom use, use of commercial sex workers, number of partners, sex outside of marriage, and male-male sexual encounters; and (4) Construct a data derived culture and gender specific model of sexual behavior to inform the development of HIV interventions for at risk immigrant groups. Data for the analysis will come from an "ethnosexual" survey of Mexican migrants collected in Durham, North Carolina and four sibling communities in Mexico, supplemented with in depth ethnographic interviews in the U.S. The combination of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies will provide culturally grounded and reliable information on gender, migration, and sexual behavior. I am also expanding my interest in migration to other areas in Latin America. I am currently conducting a study of migration from Paraguay and Peru to Argentina that investigates the role of gender, family strategies, and marco-economic crises in affecting migration decisions.

Keywords:

Latinos, Latin America, Demography, Migration, Social Change

Current projects:

Gender, Migration, and HIV risks among the Mexican population in Mexico and Durham, NC.

International migration from Paraguay and Peru to Argentina.

Areas of Interest:

Demography,
Migration and Immigration,
Development

Recent Publications

1. Lindstrom, David and Emilio A. Parrado (Eds), Migration and the Life-Course, Edited volume (in preparation)
2. Dupre, Matthew E., Alexis T. Franzese, and Emilio A. Parrado, “The Effect of Religious Involvement on the Black/White Mortality Crossover.”, Demography, vol. 43(1): (2006), pp. 141-164
3. Parrado, Emilio A, “Globalization and Labor Market Mobility over the Life Course of Men: The Case of Mexico.”, in Globalization, Uncertainty and Men’s Careers: An International Comparison, edited by Blossfeld, H-P., M. Mills and F. Bernardi (In Press), Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar
4. Parrado, Emilio A, “Labor Force Dynamics and Occupational Attainment across Three Cohorts of Women in Urban Mexico.”, in Globalization, Uncertainty and Women in Society, edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Heather Hofmeister (In Press), Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar
5. Buchmann, Claudia and Emilio A. Parrado, "Educational Achievement of Immigrant-Origin and Native Students: A Comparative Analysis Informed by Institutional Theory.", in The Impact of Comparative Education Research on Institutional Theory, edited by David P. Baker and Alexander W. Wiseman (In Press), Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar