Rachel Dunifon

Best Publications

• Who’s in the House? Race Differences in Cohabitation, Single Parenthood, and Child Development

  Rachel Dunifon;Lori Kowaleski-Jones

  330
  Citations

• The Influence of Grandparents on the Lives of Children and Adolescents

  Rachel Dunifon

  273
  Citations

• State‐level predictors of food insecurity among households with children

  Judi Bartfeld;Rachel Dunifon

  271
  Citations

• “Soft-Skills” and Long-Run Labor Market Success

  Greg J. Duncan;Rachel Dunifon

  261
  Citations

• The Influences of Participation in the National School Lunch Program and Food Insecurity on Child Well‐Being

  Rachel Dunifon;Lori Kowaleski‐Jones

  249
  Citations

• Long-run effects of motivation on labor-market success

  Rachel Dunifon;Greg J. Duncan

  238
  Citations

• Maternal Employment, Work Schedules, and Children’s Body Mass Index

  Taryn W. Morrissey;Rachel E. Dunifon;Ariel Kalil

  188
  Citations

• The Influence of Grandparents in Single-Mother Families.

  Rachel Dunifon;Lori Kowaleski-Jones

  181
  Citations

• Grandparent Coresidence and Family Well-Being: Implications for Research and Policy

  Rachel E. Dunifon;Kathleen M. Ziol-Guest;Kimberly Kopko

  173
  Citations

• The Role of Grandparents in the Lives of Youth

  Rachel Dunifon;Ashish Bajracharya

  158
  Citations

• Mothering Experiences: How Single Parenthood and Employment Structure the Emotional Valence of Parenting.

  Ann Meier;Kelly Musick;Sarah Flood;Rachel Dunifon

  153
  Citations

• Employment patterns of less-skilled workers: links to children's behavior and academic progress.

  Rucker C. Johnson;Ariel Kalil;Rachel E. Dunifon

  131
  Citations

• Maternal working conditions and child well-being in welfare-leaving families.

  Rachel Dunifon;Ariel Kalil;Ashish Bajracharya

  124
  Citations

• Understanding Grandfamilies: Characteristics of Grandparents, Nonresident Parents, and Children.

  Natasha V. Pilkauskas;Rachel E. Dunifon

  111
  Citations

• Maternal Work Behavior under Welfare Reform: How does the Transition from Welfare to Work Affect Child Development?

  Rachel Dunifon;Ariel Kalil;Sandra K. Danziger

  105
  Citations

• Mothers' night work and children's behavior problems.

  Rachel Dunifon;Ariel Kalil;Danielle A. Crosby;Jessica Houston Su

  88
  Citations

• As Ye Sweep, So Shall Ye Reap

  Rachel Dunifon;Greg J. Duncan;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

  87
  Citations

• Backup Parents, Playmates, Friends: Grandparents' Time With Grandchildren

  Rachel E. Dunifon;Christopher E. Near;Kathleen M. Ziol‐Guest

  87
  Citations

• Parental employment and children's body weight: Mothers, others, and mechanisms

  Kathleen M. Ziol-Guest;Rachel E. Dunifon;Ariel Kalil

  87
  Citations

• Historical Trends in Children Living in Multigenerational Households in the United States: 1870–2018

  Natasha V. Pilkauskas;Mariana Amorim;Rachel E. Dunifon

  74
  Citations