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

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 69 (2007): 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 30.5 (October 1, 2006): 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 96.4 (April, 2006): 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 80 (2006): 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 118 (2006): 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 67 (2005): 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 67 (2005): 1301-1312.  [abs]
  9. Gibson, C.. "Privileging the Participant: The Importance of Take-Up Rates In Social Welfare Evaluations." American Journal of Evaluation 24 (2003): 443-470.
  10. Gibson, C. and Weisner, C.. "Rational and Ecocultural Circumstances of Program Take-Up Among Low-Income Working Parents." Human Organization 61.2 (2002): 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 72.1 (2001): 318-338.

Chapters in Books

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

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).