$75,000
Inequality of economic precarity and uncertainty and family formation and instability
2015
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Kristen Harknett
Associate Professor of Sociology
University of California, San Francisco
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Kristen Harknett is an associate professor of sociology at the University of California, San Francisco.
Her research interests include economic influences on marriage, co-habitation, and childbearing; the causes and consequences of lacking material and emotional support from friends and family; and the influence of sex ratio imbalances and other aspects of social context on romantic relationships and childbearing. She received her Ph.D. in sociology and demography from Princeton University.
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Kristen Harknett’s Working Papers
Academic
Who Cares if Parents have Unpredictable Work Schedules?: The Association between Just-in-Time Work Schedules and Child Care Arrangements (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers OCT 16, 2019
By: Kristen Harknett, Daniel Schneider, Sigrid Luhr
Household Economic Security
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Academic
Hard Times: Routine Schedule Unpredictability and Material Hardship among Service Sector Workers (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers OCT 16, 2019
By: Daniel Schneider, Kristen Harknett
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Academic
Uncertain Time: Precarious Schedules and Job Turnover in the U.S. Service Sector (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers OCT 16, 2019
By: Joshua Choper, Daniel Schneider, Kristen Harknett
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Academic
What Explains Race/Ethnic Inequality in Job Quality in the Service Sector? (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers OCT 16, 2019
By: Adam Storer, Daniel Schneider, Kristen Harknett
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Academic
Parental Exposure to Routine Work Schedule Uncertainty and Child Behavior (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers OCT 16, 2019
By: Daniel Schneider, Kristen Harknett
Household Economic Security
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Academic
Job quality and the educational gradient in entry into marriage and cohabitation (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers NOV 27, 2018
By: Daniel Schneider, Kristen Harknett, Matthew Stimpson
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Household Economic Security
Academic
Consequences of Routine Work Schedule Instability for Worker Health and Wellbeing (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers SEP 26, 2018
By: Daniel Schneider, Kristen Harknett
Household Economic Security
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Academic
On-call job, on-call family: The necessity of family support among retail workers with unstable work schedules (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers NOV 1, 2016
By: Dani Carrillo, Kristen Harknett, Allison Logan, Sigrid Luhr, Daniel Schneider
Household Economic Security
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
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