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Christina M. Gibson-Davis

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Publications of Christina M. Gibson-Davis     :chronological  combined  bibtex listing:

Chapter in Book

  1. Magnuson, K. and Gibson-Davis, C.M., Explaining the Patterns of Child Support among Low-Income Noncustodial Fathers, in Unmarried Couples With Children, edited by P. England and K. Edin (2007), pp. 228-251, Russell Sage
  2. Gibson-Davis, C.M., Expectations and the Economic Bar to Marriage Among Low Income Couples, in Unmarried Couples With Children, edited by P. England and K. Edin (2007), pp. 84-103
  3. C. Gibson-Davis and Duncan, G.J., Qualitative/Quantitative Synergies in a Random Assignment Program, in Discovering Successful Pathways in Childern's Development: New Methods in the Study of Childhood and Family Life, edited by T. Weisner (2005), pp. 283-303, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press

Journal Articles

  1. Gibson-Davis, C.M., The Effect of Family Structure on Maternal and Paternal Parenting, Journal of Marriage and Family (2008)  [abs]
  2. Gibson-Davis, C.M. and Brooks-Gunn, J., The Association between Maternal Relationship Status and Breastfeeding Behaviors, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 69 (2007), pp. 1107-1117 [x]  [abs]
  3. Duncan, G.J. and Gibson-Davis, C.M., Childcare Quality and Child Outcomes: Drawing Policy Lessons from Nonexperimental Data, Evaluation Review, vol. 30 no. 5 (October 1, 2006), pp. 611-630 [611]
  4. Gibson-Davis, C.M. and Brooks-Gunn, J., Couples’ Immigration, and Ethnicity as Determinants of Breastfeeding, American Journal of Public Health, vol. 96 no. 4 (April, 2006), pp. 641-646 [641]  [abs]
  5. Gibson-Davis, C.M. and Foster, E.M., A Cautionary Tale: Using Propensity Scores to Estimate the Impact of Food Stamps on Food Insecurity, Social Service Review, vol. 80 (2006), pp. 93-126  [abs]
  6. C.M. Gibson-Davis and Brooks-Gunn, J., Breastfeeding and the Verbal Ability of Three-Year-Olds in a Multi-City Sample, Pediatrics, vol. 118 (2006), pp. e1444 - e1451 [e1444]  [abs]
  7. Gibson-Davis, C.M., Magnuson, K., Gennetian, L., and Duncan, G.J, Does Employment Protect Women From Domestic Violence, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 67 (2005), pp. 1149-1168  [abs]
  8. Gibson-Davis, C. M., Edin, K. & McLahanan, S., High Hopes but Even Higher Expectations: The Retreat from Marriage Among Low-Income Couples, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 67 (2005), pp. 1301-1312  [abs]
  9. Gibson, C., Privileging the Participant: The Importance of Take-Up Rates In Social Welfare Evaluations, American Journal of Evaluation, vol. 24 (2003), pp. 443-470
  10. Gibson, C. and Weisner, C., Rational and Ecocultural Circumstances of Program Take-Up Among Low-Income Working Parents, Human Organization, vol. 61 no. 2 (2002), pp. 154-166
  11. Huston, A., Bos, J., Granger, R., Duncan, G., Brock, T., McLloyd, V., Crosby, D., Gibson, C., Magnuson, K., Romich, J. and A. Ventura, Work-Based Anti-Poverty Programs for Parents Can Enhance the School Performance and Social Behavior of Children, Child Development, vol. 72 no. 1 (2001), pp. 318-338

Papers Submitted

  1. Gibson-Davis, C.M., Money, Marriage, and Children: Testing the Family Formation and Financial Expectations Theory (2008)  [abs]
  2. C.M. Gibson-Davis, The Associations between Complex Family Structures and Cognitive and Behavioral Outcomes in Middle Childhood (2008)  [abs]
  3. C.M. Gibson-Davis and E.M. Foster, The Effect of WIC on Breastfeeding: (2008)  [abs]
  4. C.M. Gibson-Davis, Going Underground, but Not to Wed: The Association between Fathers’ Informal Employment and Marriage (2008)  [abs]
  5. Foster, E.M., Gibson-Davis, C.M. and Jiang, M., The Effect of WIC on the Health of Newborns (2007)