Immigration Center Research Projects (2001-2004)
Russell Sage Foundation, "Immigration and Intergenerational Mobility in Metropolitan Los Angeles," 2003-2006, (Co-Principal Investigators Rubén G. Rumbaut, Frank D. Bean, Leo Chavez, Min Zhou, Jennifer Lee, Susan (Wierzbicki) Brown, and Louis Desipio). This is a mixed-methods project involving large-scale surveys, in-depth oral histories, and targeted ethnographies in the five-county LA area to study immigrant incorporation.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, "The Size, Characteristics and Impact of Migration to and within the United States," 2003-2004, (Frank D. Bean, Principal Investigator).
Russell Sage Foundation, "Immigration and Race/Ethnicity in the United States", 2002-2003, (Frank D. Bean, Principal Investigator).
Russell Sage Foundation, "Immigration, Racial/Ethnic Diversity, and Multiracial Identification", 2001-2004, (Co-Principal Investigators Frank D. Bean and Jennifer Lee).
National Institute of Child Health and Development, "Immigration and Changing U.S. Fertility", The University of California, Irvine and The University of Illinois, 2001-2004, (Co-Principal Investigators Frank D. Bean and Gray Swicegood).
National Science Foundation, "Crossing Borders in the Information Age: The Impact of Highly Skilled Migrants on US Labor Market Outcomes" (Doctoral Dissertation Research, Jeanne Batalova), University of California, Irvine, 2002-2003, (Frank D. Bean, Principal Investigator).
National Institute of Child Health and Development, "Naturalization and Immigrant Public Assistance Receipt", 1999-2004, (Frank D. Bean, Principal Investigator).
The Hewlett Foundation "Mexican Migration and U.S. Policy", 1999-2005, (Frank D. Bean, Principal Investigator.
Russell Sage Foundation, "The Second Generation in Early Adulthood: A Decade-Long Panel Study" 2000-2003 (Co-Principal Investigators Rubén G. Rumbaut and Alejandro Portes). This is the 3rd follow-up survey of the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (CILS).
National Science Foundation, "The Second Generation in Early Adulthood: The Analysis of Decade-Long Panel Data," 2004-2005 (Co-Principal Investigators Rubén G. Rumbaut and Alejandro Portes).
MacArthur Foundation, Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood and Public Policy, "Transitions to Adulthood in the Second Generation: A Comparative Qualitative Study," 2001-2004, (Rubén G. Rumbaut Principal Investigator). In-depth interviews/oral histories with a subsample of young adults from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study.
Population Reference Bureau and Russell Sage Foundation, Census 2000, "Immigration and Race/Ethnicity: America's Changing Color Lines," 2000-2002. (Co- Principal Investigators Frank D. Bean and Jennifer Lee).
National Science Foundation, "The Division of Labor in Three Dozen Countries," (Judith Treas, Principal Investigator). Using data from the 2002 International Social Survey Program, this study investigates how partner characteristics affect the division of household work and tests multi-level models incorporating country-level social, economic, and ideological determinants of gender inequality in domestic responsibilities.
Russell Sage Foundation, "Multiple Identities among Arabs in America" 2002-2005, (Jen'nan Read, Principal Investigator). This project examines the effects of 9/11 on the incorporation experiences of Arab Americans.
Annie E. Casey Foundation, "Faith-based Organizations and the Re-entry of Ex-offenders: The Case of Islamic Groups in America", 2003, (Jen'nan Read, Principal Investigator). This project focuses on the diverse ways in which Islamic organizations support prisoners and their families in the United States.
Institute for Labor and Employment, University of California, "Gender Inequality in the United States: The Interaction of Organizational and Labor Market Characteristics," 2001-2002, (Co-Principal Investigators Matt Huffman and Philip N. Cohen).
National Science Foundation, Program in Methodology, Measurement and Statistics, "Collaborative Research on Probabilistic Models of Social Choice," (Co-Principal Investigators Bernard Grofman and Anthony Marley).
Russell Sage Foundation, "Gender, Work, and the American Family," 2001-2003, (Co-Principal Investigators, Philip Cohen, Lynne Casper and Liana Sayer).
National Science Foundation, "The Limits of Law: An Analysis of Immigration Law Implementation in Italy and Spain," 2001-2004 (Kitty Calavita, Principal Investigator).
National Science Foundation, "Collaborative Pilot Project: Globalization and the Network of World Cities" (Co-Principal Investigators David Smith, Jeff Kentor and Mike Timberlake). Quantitative network analysis of the flows of air cargo and passengers between major global cities of the world city hierarchy in preparation for application for a "full" NSF grant.
Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured, "Immigrants and Employer-Provided Health Insurance" 2003, (Sarah Senesky, Co-Principal Investigator). This project investigates a number of questions related to the disparity between immigrants and natives with respect to employer-provided health insurance coverage.
National Science Foundation, Science and Technology Studies Program, "Population Science and the Making of China's One-Child-Per-Couple Policy," Summer 2002-Summer 2004 (Susan Greenhalgh, Principal Investigator).
National Science Foundation, "A Comparative Study of Homelessness in Four Global Cities: Los Angeles, Paris, Sao Paulo, and Tokyo," July 2002 – July 2004, (David Snow, Principal Investigator).