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Daniel T. Lichter

Daniel T. Lichter

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
78
Citations
21632
World Ranking
437
National Ranking
206

Overview

Daniel T. Lichter is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their work spans multiple fields within social sciences, with a strong focus on sociology and political science. The primary research interests encompass urban, neighborhood, and segregation studies as well as family dynamics and relationships. Other notable areas include migration and labor dynamics, intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving, demographic trends and gender preferences, urban transport and accessibility, and regional economics and spatial analysis.

Key papers by Daniel T. Lichter include the following:

  • Cohabitation and Marriage: Complexity and Diversity in Union-Formation Patterns, 2020, Journal of Marriage and the Family
  • A Demographic Lifeline? Immigration and Hispanic Population Growth in Rural America, 2020, Population Research and Policy Review
  • The rural-urban interface: Rural and small town growth at the metropolitan fringe, 2020, Population Space and Place
  • Racial Diversity and Segregation: Comparing Principal Cities, Inner-Ring Suburbs, Outlying Suburbs, and the Suburban Fringe, 2023, RSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lichter include Kenneth M. Johnson, Domenico Parisi, Sharon Sassler, Brian C. Thiede, and Zhenchao Qian. These collaborations have resulted in diverse contributions to the fields of demography, sociology, and population studies.

Lichter has published extensively in well-known academic journals. The most frequent venues that feature their work include:

  • Journal of Marriage and the Family (4 publications)
  • Demography (2 publications)
  • RSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences (2 publications)
  • Population Space and Place (2 publications)
  • Rural Sociology (2 publications)

The research outputs by Daniel T. Lichter reflect a consistent engagement with demographic and urban studies themes, particularly focusing on the social structure and population trends affecting rural and metropolitan areas in the United States.

Best Publications

  • Race and the retreat from marriage: A shortage of marriageable men?

    Daniel T. Lichter;Diane K. McLaughlin;George Kephart;David J. Landry

  • Social Boundaries and Marital Assimilation: Interpreting Trends in Racial and Ethnic Intermarriage

    Zhenchao Qian;Daniel T. Lichter

  • Measuring the Division of Household Labor Gender Segregation of Housework Among American Couples

    Sampson Lee Blair;Daniel T. Lichter

  • Rural America in an Urban Society: Changing Spatial and Social Boundaries

    Daniel T. Lichter;David L. Brown

  • Local Marriage Markets and the Marital Behavior of Black and White Women

    Daniel T. Lichter;Felicia B. LeClere;Diane K. McLaughlin

  • Immigration and the New Racial Diversity in Rural America

    Daniel T. Lichter

  • Race, Family Structure, and Changing Poverty among American Children.

    David J. Eggebeen;Daniel T. Lichter

  • HOMOGAMY AMONG DATING, COHABITING, AND MARRIED COUPLES

    Debra L. Blackwell;Daniel T. Lichter

  • Rural Depopulation: Growth and Decline Processes over the Past Century

    Kenneth M. Johnson;Daniel T. Lichter

  • Measuring Marital Assimilation: Intermarriage among Natives and Immigrants

    Zhenchao Qian;Daniel T. Lichter

  • Is Marriage a Panacea? Union Formation among Economically Disadvantaged Unwed Mothers

    Daniel T. Lichter;Deborah Roempke Graefe;J. Brian Brown

  • MARRIAGE OR DISSOLUTION? UNION TRANSITIONS AMONG POOR COHABITING WOMEN*

    Daniel T. Lichter;Zhenchao Qian;Leanna M. Mellott

  • The Geography of Exclusion: Race, Segregation, and Concentrated Poverty

    Daniel T. Lichter;Domenico Parisi;Michael C. Taquino

  • Toward a New Macro-Segregation? Decomposing Segregation within and between Metropolitan Cities and Suburbs

    Daniel T. Lichter;Domenico Parisi;Michael C. Taquino

  • Immigrant Gateways and Hispanic Migration to New Destinations

    Daniel T. Lichter;Kenneth M. Johnson

  • Mate Selection Among Married and Cohabiting Couples

    Debra L. Blackwell;Daniel T. Lichter

  • Parental Cohabitation and Children's Economic Well-Being

    Wendy D. Manning;Daniel T. Lichter

  • Changing Patterns of Interracial Marriage in a Multiracial Society

    Zhenchao Qian;Daniel T. Lichter

  • Residential segregation in new Hispanic destinations: Cities, suburbs, and rural communities compared

    Daniel T. Lichter;Domenico Parisi;Michael C. Taquino;Steven Michael Grice

  • Marriage Markets and Marital Choice

    Daniel T. Lichter;Robert N. Anderson;Mark D. Hayward

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhenchao Qian
Zhenchao Qian Brown University
Tim B. Heaton
Tim B. Heaton Brigham Young University
Glenn V. Fuguitt
Glenn V. Fuguitt University of Wisconsin–Madison
David L. Brown
David L. Brown Cornell University
Michael J. Shanahan
Michael J. Shanahan University of Zurich
Nancy S. Landale
Nancy S. Landale Pennsylvania State University
Vincent J. Roscigno
Vincent J. Roscigno The Ohio State University
Linda M. Burton
Linda M. Burton University of California, Berkeley
John Cawley
John Cawley Cornell University
Wendy D. Manning
Wendy D. Manning Bowling Green State University

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