Rachel Margolis

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The Washington Post recently published an article featuring the research of 2011 Demography/Sociology Ph.D. Alum Rachel Margolis (currently Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Western Ontario) and 2009 Penn Demography graduate Mikko Myrskylä (Professor of Demography at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Director of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research) on the effect that having a child has on a person's happiness.
Rachel Margolis and Mikko Myrskylä's article, "A Global Perspective on Happiness and Fertility," is discussed in the NYT.
Rachel Margolis and Mikko Myrskylä's paper, "A Global Perspective on Happiness and Fertility," was referenced on July 6, 2010 in the Washington Post blog entry "Parental happiness and the welfare state."

MSc, Population and Development, London School of Economics, 2005
BA, Government, Cornell University, 2004

Dissertation:

Dissertation Chair:

Irma T. Elo

Job Market Papers:

"Education Differences in Health Change-Initiated Healthy Lifestyle Changes Among Middle-Aged and Older America."
"Childhood Morbidity and Health in Early Adulthood: Life course linkages in a high morbidity context."

Graduation Year:

2011