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

NBER Working Papers

  1. Ananat, E., Francis, D., Gassman-Pines, A, and Gibson-Davis, C, Children left behind: The effects of statewide job loss on student achievement no. 17104 (2013)  [abs] [job loss]
  2. Ananat, EO; Gassman-Pines, A; Francis, D; Gibson-Davis, CM, Children Left Behind: The Effects of Statewide Job Loss on Student Achievement (June, 2011)

Articles and Chapters

  1. Jones, EJ; Miller, P; Gibson-Davis, CM; Hanson, JL; Votruba-Drzal, E, Family wealth and adolescent physical health., Health psychology review, vol. 19 no. 2 (June, 2025), pp. 315-343 [doi]  [abs]
  2. Gennetian, LA; Gibson-Davis, C; Darity, WA, A framework and policy case for black reparations to support child well-being in the USA., Nature human behaviour (April, 2025) [doi]  [abs]
  3. Gibson-Davis, C; Keister, LA; Gennetian, LA, Net worth poverty and child Well-being: Black-White differences., Children and youth services review, vol. 169 (February, 2025), pp. 108047 [doi]  [abs]
  4. Keister, LA; Gibson-Davis, CM; Gennetian, L; Gibson, N, Net worth poverty and food insecurity, American Journal of Agricultural Economics (January, 2025) [doi]  [abs]
  5. Rackin, HM; Gibson-Davis, CM, Youth's political identity and fertility desires, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 86 no. 4 (August, 2024), pp. 1132-1148 [doi]  [abs]
  6. Zang, E; Gibson-Davis, C; Li, H, Beyond parental wealth: Grandparental wealth and the transition to adulthood, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, vol. 89 (February, 2024) [doi]  [abs]
  7. Nur, AA; Leibbrand, C; Curran, SR; Votruba-Drzal, E; Gibson-Davis, C, Managing and Minimizing Online Survey Questionnaire Fraud: Lessons from the Triple C Project., International journal of social research methodology, vol. 27 no. 5 (January, 2024), pp. 613-619, Informa UK Limited [doi]  [abs]
  8. Boen, CE; Keister, LA; Gibson-Davis, CM; Luck, A, The Buffering Effect of State Eviction and Foreclosure Policies for Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States., Journal of health and social behavior (June, 2023), pp. 221465231175939 [doi]  [abs]
  9. Gibson-Davis, C; Boen, CE; Keister, LA; Lowell, W, Net worth poverty and adult health., Social science & medicine (1982), vol. 318 (February, 2023), pp. 115614 [doi]  [abs]
  10. Rackin, HM; Gibson-Davis, CM, Familial Deaths and First Birth, Population and Development Review, vol. 48 no. 4 (December, 2022), pp. 1027-1059 [doi]  [abs]
  11. Percheski, C; Gibson-Davis, CM, Marriage, Kids, and the Picket Fence? Household Type and Wealth among U.S. Households, 1989 to 2019., Sociological science, vol. 9 no. 7 (April, 2022), pp. 159-183 [doi]  [abs]
  12. Gibson-Davis, C; Keister, LA; Gennetian, LA; Lowell, W, Net Worth Poverty and Child Development., Socius : sociological research for a dynamic world, vol. 8 (January, 2022), pp. 237802312211116-237802312211116, SAGE Publications [doi]  [abs]
  13. Gibson-Davis, C; Hill, HD, Childhood wealth inequality in the United States: Implications for social stratification and well-being, Rsf, vol. 7 no. 3 (August, 2021), pp. 1-26 [doi]
  14. Bitler, M; Genetian, LA; Gibson-Davis, C; Rangel, MA, Means-Tested Safety Net Programs and Hispanic Families: Evidence from Medicaid, SNAP, and WIC., The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 696 no. 1 (July, 2021), pp. 274-305 [doi]  [abs]
  15. Gibson-Davis, C; Keister, LA; Gennetian, LA, Net Worth Poverty in Child Households by Race and Ethnicity, 1989-2019., Journal of marriage and the family, vol. 83 no. 3 (June, 2021), pp. 667-682 [doi]  [abs]
  16. Tome, R; Rangel, MA; Gibson-Davis, CM; Bellows, L, Heightened immigration enforcement impacts US citizens' birth outcomes: Evidence from early ICE interventions in North Carolina., PloS one, vol. 16 no. 2 (January, 2021), pp. e0245020 [doi]  [abs]
  17. Holbein, JB; Hillygus, DS; Lenard, MA; Gibson-Davis, C; Hill, DV, The Development of Students' Engagement in School, Community and Democracy, British Journal of Political Science, vol. 50 no. 4 (October, 2020), pp. 1439-1457, Cambridge University Press (CUP) [doi]  [abs]
  18. Gibson-Davis, C; Gassman-Pines, A; Lehrman, R, "His" and "Hers": Meeting the Economic Bar to Marriage., Demography, vol. 55 no. 6 (December, 2018), pp. 2321-2343 [doi]  [abs]
  19. Rackin, HM; Gibson-Davis, CM, Social Class Divergence in Family Transitions: The Importance of Cohabitation., Journal of marriage and the family, vol. 80 no. 5 (October, 2018), pp. 1271-1286, WILEY [doi]  [abs]
  20. Gibson-Davis, CM; Percheski, C, Children and the Elderly: Wealth Inequality Among America's Dependents., Demography, vol. 55 no. 3 (June, 2018), pp. 1009-1032 [doi]  [abs]
  21. Rackin, HM; Gibson-Davis, C, Low-income Childless Young Adults' Marriage and Fertility Frameworks., Journal of marriage and the family, vol. 79 no. 4 (August, 2017), pp. 1096-1110 [doi]  [abs]
  22. Ananat, EO; Gassman-Pines, A; Francis, DV; Gibson-Davis, CM, Linking job loss, inequality, mental health, and education, Science, vol. 356 no. 6343 (June, 2017), pp. 1127-1128 [doi]
  23. Schenck-Fontaine, A; Gassman-Pines, A; Gibson-Davis, CM; Ananat, EO, Local Job Losses and Child Maltreatment: The Importance of Community Context., The Social service review, vol. 91 no. 2 (June, 2017), pp. 233-263 [doi]  [abs]
  24. Gibson-Davis, CM; Vernot, C; Butler, M; Hall, N; Taylor, L; Eastwood, K; Zhang, X, They Should Say "I Don't": Norms About Midpregnancy Marriage and Job Loss., Journal of marriage and the family, vol. 79 no. 2 (April, 2017), pp. 405-418, WILEY [doi]  [abs]
  25. Gibson-Davis, CM; Ananat, E; Gassman-Pines, A, Midpregnancy Marriage and Divorce: Why the Death of Shotgun Marriage Has Been Greatly Exaggerated, vol. 53 no. 6 (December, 2016), pp. 1693-1715 [doi]  [abs]
  26. Gassman-Pines, A; Gibson-Davis, CM; Ananat, E, How Economic Downturns Affect Children’s Development: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Pathways of Influence, Child Development Perspectives, vol. 9 no. 4 (December, 2015), pp. 233-238, Wiley: 24 months, ISSN 1750-8592 [repository], [doi]  [abs]
  27. Rackin, H; Gibson-Davis, CM, Money, marriage, and children: Qualitative evidence using Network Text Analysis (September, 2015)
  28. Gibson-Davis, CM, Marriage, Partnering, and Fertility, in The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Poverty, edited by Brady, D; Burton, L (September, 2015), Oxford University Press
  29. Gassman-Pines, A; Ananat, EO; Gibson-Davis, CM, Effects of statewide job losses on adolescent suicide-related behaviors., American journal of public health, vol. 104 no. 10 (October, 2014), pp. 1964-1970, ISSN 0090-0036 [repository], [doi]  [abs]
  30. Gibson-Davis, C, Magic moment? Maternal marriage for children born out of wedlock., Demography, vol. 51 no. 4 (August, 2014), pp. 1345-1356, ISSN 0070-3370 [repository], [doi]  [abs]
  31. Gibson-Davis, C; Rackin, H, Marriage or carriage? Trends in union context and birth type by education, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 76 no. 3 (January, 2014), pp. 506-519, WILEY, ISSN 0022-2445 [repository], [doi]  [abs]
  32. Ananat, EO; Gassman-Pines, A; Gibson-Davis, C, Community-wide job loss and teenage fertility: evidence from North Carolina., Demography, vol. 50 no. 6 (December, 2013), pp. 2151-2171, ISSN 0070-3370 [repository], [doi]  [abs] [job loss]
  33. Rackin, H; Gibson Davis, CM, The role of pre- and postconception relationships for first time parents, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 74 no. 3 (2012), pp. 526-539, WILEY, ISSN 0022-2445 [repository], [doi]  [abs] [single parents]
  34. Jiang, M; Foster, EM; Gibson-Davis, CM, Breastfeeding and the child cognitive outcomes: a propensity score matching approach., Maternal and child health journal, vol. 15 no. 8 (November, 2011), pp. 1296-1307 [20848171], [doi]  [abs]
  35. Gibson-Davis, C, Mothers but not wives: The increasing lag between nonmarital births and marriage, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 73 no. 1 (February, 2011), pp. 264-278, WILEY, ISSN 0022-2445 [repository], [doi]  [abs] [single parents]
  36. Ananat, EO; Gassman-Pines, A; Gibson-Davis, CM, The effects of local employment losses on children's educational achievement, in Whither Opportunity Rising Inequality Schools and Children S Life Chances (January, 2011), pp. 299-313, ISBN 9780871543721
  37. Ananat, E., Gassman-Pines, A., and Gibson-Davis, C.M, The Effect of Plant Closings on Children's Educational Achievement, in Whither Opportunity? Rising Inequality, Schools, and Children's Life Chances, edited by G. J. Duncan, R. Murnane (2011), pp. 299-313 [job loss]
  38. Jiang, M, Foster, E.M., and Gibson-Davis, C.M., Breastfeeding and child cognitive, Maternal and Child Health Journal., vol. 15 (2011), pp. 1296-1307 [s10995-010-0677-5#page-1]  [abs] [child development]
  39. Ananat, E; Gassman-Pines, A; Gibson-Davis, CM, The effects of plant closings on children's educational achievement, in Whither Opportunity? Rising Inequality, Schools, and Children's Life, edited by Duncan, GJ; Murnane, R (2011), pp. 299-313, Russell Sage
  40. Foster, EM; Jiang, M; Gibson Davis, CM, The Effect of WIC on the Health of Newborns, Health Services Research, vol. 45 no. 4 (2010), pp. 1083-1104 [20459450], [doi]  [abs] [Nutrition and obesity, public policy]
  41. Gibson Davis, CM; Gassman Pines, A, Early Childhood Family Structure and Mother-Child Interactions: Variation by Race and Ethnicity, Developmental Psychology, vol. 46 no. 1 (2010), pp. 151-164 [20053014], [doi]  [abs] [early childhood, family structure]
  42. Miang, J; Foster, EM; Gibson Davis, CM, The Effect of WIC on Breastfeeding: A New Look at an Established Relationship, Children and Youth Services Review, vol. 32 no. 2 (2010), pp. 264-273, Elsevier BV, ISSN 0190-7409 [S0190740909002497], [doi]  [abs] [child development]
  43. Gibson Davis, CM, Money, Marriage, and Children: Testing the Financial Expectations and Family Formation Theory, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 71 no. 1 (2009), pp. 146-161, WILEY, ISSN 0022-2445 [pdf], [doi]  [abs] [economics]
  44. Gibson-Davis, CM, Family structure effects on maternal and paternal parenting in low-income families, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 70 no. 2 (May, 2008), pp. 452-465, WILEY, ISSN 0022-2445 [doi]  [abs]
  45. Gibson Davis, CM, The Effect of Family Structure on Maternal and Paternal Parenting, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 70 no. 2 (2008), pp. 452-465, ISSN 0022-2445 [pdf], [doi]  [abs] [family structure]
  46. Gibson-Davis, CM; Brooks-Gunn, J, The association of couples' relationship status and quality with breastfeeding initiation, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 69 no. 5 (December, 2007), pp. 1107-1117, WILEY, ISSN 0022-2445 [doi]  [abs]
  47. Gibson-Davis, CM, Expectations and the economic bar to marriage among low-income couples, in Unmarried Couples with Children, edited by P. England and K. Edin, vol. 9781610441865 (January, 2007), pp. 84-103, ISBN 9780871542854  [abs] [economics, single parents]
  48. Magnuson, KA; Gibson-Davis, CM, Child support among low-income noncustodial fathers, in Unmarried Couples with Children, vol. 9781610441865 (January, 2007), pp. 228-251, ISBN 9780871542854  [abs]
  49. Magnuson, K; Gibson-Davis, CM, Explaining the patterns of child support among low income noncustodial fathers, in Unmarried Couples with Children, edited by Edin, K; England, P (2007), pp. 228-251, Russell Sage [single parents, economics]
  50. Gibson Davis, CM; Brooks Gunn, J, The Association between Maternal Relationship Status and Breastfeeding Behaviors, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 69 no. 5 (2007), pp. 1107-1117, ISSN 0022-2445 [x], [doi]  [abs] [cross-cultural comparisons]
  51. Duncan, GJ; Gibson-Davis, CM, Connecting child care quality to child outcomes: drawing policy lessons from nonexperimental data., Evaluation review, vol. 30 no. 5 (October, 2006), pp. 611-630, ISSN 0193-841X [16966678], [doi]  [abs]
  52. Gibson Davis, CM; Brooks Gunn, J, Breastfeeding and the Verbal Ability of Three-Year-Olds in a Multi-City Sample, Pediatrics, vol. 118 no. 5 (2006), pp. e1444-e1451 [17079545], [doi]  [abs] [early childhood]
  53. Gibson Davis, CM; Brooks Gunn, J, Couples’ Immigration, and Ethnicity as Determinants of Breastfeeding, American Journal of Public Health, vol. 96 no. 4 (2006), pp. 641-646, ISSN 0090-0036 [16507724], [doi]  [abs] [child development]
  54. Gibson Davis, CM; Foster, EM, A Cautionary Tale: Using Propensity Scores to Estimate the Impact of Food Stamps on Food Insecurity, Social Service Review, vol. 80 no. 1 (2006), pp. 93-126, University of Chicago Press, ISSN 0037-7961 [doi]  [abs] [program evaluation]
  55. Duncan, GJ; Gibson Davis, CM, Childcare Quality and Child Outcomes: Drawing Policy Lessons from Nonexperimental Data, Evaluation Review, vol. 30 no. 5 (2006), pp. 611-630, ISSN 0193-841X [611], [doi]  [abs] [public policy]
  56. Gibson-Davis, CM; Magnuson, K; Gennetian, LA; Duncan, GJ, Employment and the risk of domestic abuse among low-income women, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 67 no. 5 (December, 2005), pp. 1149-1168, WILEY, ISSN 0022-2445 [doi]  [abs] [domestic violence]
  57. 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 [program evaluation]
  58. Gibson-Davis, CM; Duncan, GI, Qualitative/quantitative synergies in a random-assignment program evaluation, in Discovering Successful Pathways in Children's Development: Mixed Methods in the Study of Childhood and Family Life, edited by Weisner, T (2005), pp. 283-303, ISBN 0-226-88664-6 [Gateway.cgi]
  59. Gibson Davis, CM; 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 no. 5 (2005), pp. 1301-1312, WILEY, ISSN 0022-2445 [pdf], [doi]  [abs] [economics, family structure]
  60. Gibson, CM, Privileging the participant: The importance of sub-group analysis in social welfare evaluations, American Journal of Evaluation, vol. 24 no. 4 (December, 2003), pp. 443-469, Elsevier BV [pdf], [doi]  [abs] [program evaluation]
  61. Gibson, C; 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, Society for Applied Anthropology [pdf], [doi]  [abs] [poverty]
  62. Huston, AC; Duncan, GJ; Granger, R; Bos, J; McLoyd, V; Mistry, R; Crosby, D; Gibson, C; Magnuson, K; Romich, J; Ventura, A, Work-based antipoverty programs for parents can enhance the school performance and social behavior of children., Child development, vol. 72 no. 1 (January, 2001), pp. 318-336 [pdf], [doi]  [abs] [poverty, child development]

Other Working Papers

  1. Gibson-Davis, C.M, The Association between Fathers’ Informal Employment and Marriage (2008)  [abs] [economics]

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