Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars
University of Pennsylvania
2006-2008 Scholars

Vida Maralani, Ph.D.
Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholar
University of Pennsylvania
3641 Locust Walk, Room 304
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel.: (215)746-3172
maralani@wharton.upenn.edu

Education
B.A. with Honors, History, UC Berkeley, 1991.
M.A., History, San Francisco State University, 1994. (Gender)
Ph.D., Sociology, UCLA, 1999-2006. (Education, Stratification, Demography)
Dissertation: Intergenerational Aspects of Educational Inequality (chaired by Robert Mare)
Dissertation Abstract

Research Interests
My research focuses on educational stratification and inequality, intergenerational processes, and social demography. I study the connections between education and demographic processes such as marriage, fertility, and mortality, especially with regards to the intergenerational effects of increases in women's education. I also study why different subgroups acquire different levels of schooling, differences in age patterns of school entry and completion, and how educational inequalities persist or change. As a Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar, I am investigating the mechanisms that link educational attainment and health. In particular, I'm interested in understanding the role that schooling plays in the production of health inequalities and whether and how these pathways differ across groups.

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