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Overview

Donald J. Treiman is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Social Sciences, with specific focus on Sociology and Political Science as well as Demography.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics related to societal and demographic dynamics, including:

  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
  • Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies

Recent research contributions by Donald J. Treiman include two notable papers:

  • "Parental migration and children's psychological and cognitive development in China: differences and mediating mechanisms," published in 2020 in Chinese Sociological Review
  • "Determinants and consequences of rural-to-urban migration patterns in China: Evidence from sequence analysis," published in 2021 in Population Space and Place

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Yao Lu
  • Wei-Jun Jean Yeung
  • Zhenxiang Chen

Donald J. Treiman's work has appeared prominently in journals such as:

  • Chinese Sociological Review
  • Population Space and Place

Best Publications

  • A standard international socio-economic index of occupational status

    Harry B.G. Ganzeboom;Paul M. De Graaf;Donald J. Treiman

  • Occupational Prestige in Comparative Perspective

    Donald J. Treiman

  • Internationally Comparable Measures of Occupational Status for the 1988 International Standard Classification of Occupations

    Harry B.G. Ganzeboom;Donald J. Treiman

  • Industrialization and Social Stratification

    Donald J. Treiman

  • The Household Registration System and Social Stratification in China: 1955-1996

    Xiaogang Wu;Donald Joseph Treiman

  • Quantitative data analysis : doing social research to test ideas

    Donald J. Treiman

  • Comparative Intergenerational Stratification Research: Three Generations and Beyond

    Harry B. G. Ganzeboom;Donald J. Treiman;Wout C. Ultee

  • Family scholarly culture and educational success: Books and schooling in 27 nations

    M.D.R. Evans;Jonathan Kelley;Joanna Sikora;Donald J. Treiman

  • Sex and the Process of Status Attainment: A Comparison of Working Women and Men.

    Donald J. Treiman;Terrell Kermit

  • Three Internationally Standardised Measures for Comparative Research on Occupational Status

    Harry B. G. Ganzeboom;Donald J. Treiman

  • Intergenerational class mobility in comparative perspective

    Harry B.G. Ganzeboom;Ruud Luijkx;Donald J. Treiman

  • The Impact of the Cultural Revolution on Trends in Educational Attainment in the People's Republic of China1

    Zhong Deng;Donald J. Treiman

  • Women, work, and wages : equal pay for jobs of equal value

    Donald J. Treiman;Heidi I. Hartmann

  • Inequality and Equality under Chinese Socialism: The Hukou System and Intergenerational Occupational Mobility

    Xiaogang Wu;Donald Joseph Treiman

  • Politics and life chances in a state socialist regime : Dual career paths into the urban Chinese elite, 1949 to 1996

    Andrew George Walder;Bobai Li;Donald J. Treiman

  • The Dictionary of Occupational Titles as a Source of Occupational Data.

    Pamela S. Cain;Donald J. Treiman

  • Class Identification in the United States

    Robert W. Hodge;Donald J. Treiman

  • The Fourth Generation of Comparative Stratification Research

    Donald J. Treiman;Harry B. G. Ganzeboom

  • Work, Jobs, and Occupations: A Critical Review of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles.

    James G. Scoville;Ann R. Miller;Donald J. Treiman;Pamela S. Cain

  • Adolescent Involvement in Legal and Illegal Drug Use: A Multiple Classification Analysis

    Denise B. Kandel;Donald Treiman;Richard Faust;Eric Single

  • A standard international socio-economic index of occupational status

    H.B.G. Ganzeboom;P.M. de Graaf;D.J. Treiman;J. de Leeuw

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew G. Walder
Andrew G. Walder Stanford University
Sarah A. Burgard
Sarah A. Burgard University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Denise B. Kandel
Denise B. Kandel Columbia University
Peter V. Marsden
Peter V. Marsden Harvard University
James N. Baron
James N. Baron Yale University
Arne L. Kalleberg
Arne L. Kalleberg University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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