Kate H. Choi
B.S. in Economics, 2001, Duke University
M.A. in Sociology, 2005, UT Austin
Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, 2008, UCLA; Expected Graduation Spring 2010
Office: Haines 206
Phone: 310-903-1793
Fax: 310-206-9838
E-mail:
katechoi@ucla.edu
Subfield
Family demography, international migration, education, social stratification, race/ethnicity, and quantitative methodology
Research Interests
My dissertation assesses how migration contributes to the reproduction of education in Mexico and the U.S. while considering both: (1) how migration influences the process through which parents transmit their educational advantage to their children and (2) how migration shapes the numbers of children born and raised by parents of different educational characteristics. Chapter 1 uses log-linear analyses to examine how migration experiences at the individual and community level affect patterns of marriage and educational assortative mating. Chapter 2 uses event history analyses to investigate whether migration experiences at the individual and community level alter pre-established differentials in fertility by education. In the last two chapters, I use the insights garnered in the first two chapters to develop a formal demographic model of population renewal that describes the education reproduction process in Mexico and the U.S. My demographic model takes into account: (1) intergenerational transmission of education, (2) family formation, and (3) migration. Following the construction of the demographic model, I simulate hypothetical changes in women’s education in the parents’ generation and explore how they determine the distribution of schooling in the next generation via marriage, migration, and fertility. Chapter 3 summarizes how improvements in women’s education in Mexico affect the distribution of schooling in the next generation in the U.S. via in-migration. Chapter 4 examines how increases in women’s education affect the distribution of schooling in the next generation in Mexico while emphasizing the role of out-migration.
Notes
Fluent in 3 language: English, Spanish, and Korean. Basic knowledge of French.
Publications
Choi, K., R. Raley, C. Muller, and C. Riegle-Crumb. 2008. “Class Composition: Socio-economic Characteristics of Course-Mates and Enrollment in a Four Year College.” Social Science Quarterly 89(4):846-886
Choi, K., A. Sakamoto, and D. Powers. 2008. “Who is Hispanic? Hispanic Identification Among Whites, Blacks, Asians, and Others.” Sociological Inquiry 78(3): 335-337
Choi, K. and R. Mare. 2008. “International Migration and Educational Assortative Mating.” CCPR Working Paper Series 2008-4. Website:http://www.ccpr.ucla.edu/ccprwpseries/ccpr_004_08.pdf; (Revise and Resubmit from Demography)
Choi, K. and J. Seltzer. “With (or Without) this Ring: Race, Ethnic, and Nativity Differences in the Demographic Significance of Cohabitation in Women’s Lives." (Under Review Demography). CCPR Working Paper 2009-4. Website: http://papers.ccpr.ucla.edu/
papers/PWP-CCPR-2009-004/PWP-CCPR-2009-004.pdf
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Choi, K. “Women’s Education, International Migration, and the Educational Attainment of the Next Generation: How Migration from Mexico Contributes to the Reproduction of Education in the U.S.”
Choi, K. and R. Mare. “Women’s Education, International Migration, and the Educational Attainment of the Next Generation in Mexico.”
Choi, K . “Parental Absence during Childhood and Intergenerational Co-residence Later in Life: Gender of the Parent Matters.”
Choi, K . “Mexican Migration and Union Formation: Influence of Communities.”
Choi, K . “Cohort Differences in the Meaning of Cohabitation: The Case of Mexico.”
Seltzer, J., K. Choi, and S. Bianchi. “Geographic Proximity between Elderly Parents and Their Adult Children.”
Grants and Awards
UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship, 2009-2010
Spencer Foundation Dissertation Year Fellowship, Finalist, 2009-2010
Graduate Division Quality Graduate Education Award, Summer 2009
Kerchoff Award, RC28 Conference, Spring 2009
Travel Grant, Center for Women’s Studies, Fall 2008
Non-resident Tuition Fellowship 2006-2007 (declined), 2007-2008
Graduate Division Quality Graduate Education Award, Summer 2007
Travel Grant, Sociology Department, Spring 2006
Graduate Funding, 2005-2010
Advisors
Dissertation Committee: Robert D. Mare (chair), Judith A. Seltzer, Roger Waldinger, and William AV Clark
Conference Presentations
Choi, K and R. Mare. “Women’s Education, International Migration, and the Educational Attainment of the Next Generation in Mexico”. To be Presented in the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in August 2009 in San Francisco, CA
Choi, K and R. Mare. “International Migration and Reproduction of Education from One Generation to the Next: The Effects of Mexican Migration on the Hispanic Population in the U.S.” Presented in the International Conference of the Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility 28 (RC28) in May 2009 in Beijing, China
Choi, K. and R. Mare. “International Migration and Reproduction of Education from One Generation to the Next: The Mexican American Story.” Presented in the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America in May 2009 in Detroit, MI
Choi, K. and J. Seltzer. “With (or Without) this Ring: Race, Ethnic, and Nativity Differences in the Demographic Significance of Cohabitation in Women’s Lives.” Presented in the Annual NSFG Conference in October 2008 in Hyattsville, MD
Choi, K . “Parental Absence in Childhood and Intergenerational Co-residence Later in Life in Mexico: The Impact of Parent’s and Children’s Gender.” Presented in the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in August 2008 in Boston, MA
Choi, K . “Parental Absence in Childhood and Intergenerational Co-residence Later in Life in Mexico through Parent and Children’s Lenses.” Presented in the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America in April 2008 in New Orleans, LA
Choi, K and J. Seltzer. “Racial, Ethnic, and Nativity Differentials in the Meaning of Cohabitation.” Presented in the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America in March 2007 in New York, NY
Choi, K and R. Mare. “International Migration and Educational Assortative Mating.” Presented in the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America in March 2007 in New York, NY
Choi, K . “Mexican migration and Union Formation: Influence of Communities.” Presented in the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America in March 2006 in Los Angeles, CA
Choi, K., R. Raley, C. Muller, and C. Riegle-Crumb. “Influence of Course-Context on Four Year College Enrollment.” Presented in the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in August 2005 in Philadelphia, PA
Choi, K., R. Raley, C. Muller, and C. Riegle-Crumb. “Class Composition: Socio-economic Characteristics of Course-Mates and Enrollment in a Four Year College.” Presented in the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America in March 2005 in Philadelphia, PA
Choi, K., A. Sakamoto, and D. Powers. “Who is Hispanic? Hispanic Identification Among Whites, Blacks, Asians, and Others.” Presented in the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America in March 2005 in Philadelphia, PA
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