Christine Schwartz

Classes:

Soc 360 Statistics for Sociologists
Soc 640 Sociology of the Family
Soc 674 Elementary Demographic Techniques
Soc 693 Practicum in Analysis and Research

Assistant Professor of Sociology
4404 Sewell Social Sciences
(608) 262-5791
cschwart@ssc.wisc.edu
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Office Hours: W 10:15-11:45 (Fall'09)

Curriculum Vitae

Areas of Interest:
Aging, Life Course
Demography
Methods and Statistics
Social Stratification
Sociology of Gender
Sociology of the Family

Affiliations:
Center for Demography and Ecology
Center for Demography of Health and Aging
Institute for Research on Poverty
Sociology

Research Interest Statement:
Schwartz’s research focuses on the relationship between union formation and dissolution patterns and social inequality. Schwartz’s work documents a marked increase in the association between spouses’ educational attainments in the United States over the past half century. These shifts have the potential to increase socioeconomic inequality if increased matching on education is associated with an increasing tendency for marriages to consist of two high- or two low-earning partners. Indeed, in another paper, Schwartz finds that the association between spouses’ earnings has increased substantially and estimates that these changes account for 30 to 40% of increased earnings inequality among married couples between 1967 and 2003.