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Matthew Hall
Department of Sociology
Pennsylvania State University
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211 Oswald Tower
University Park,
PA 16802
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(814) 308-2671
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(814) 863-7216
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hall@pop.psu.edu
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I
am a doctoral student in the Department of Sociology and Population
Research Institute at Penn State University with general interests in
urban sociology, social demography, migration/immigration, and
public policy. In the general sense, my research focuses on the
consequences of major social and demographic transformations over the
past several decades. A considerable portion of my work is directed at advancing scholarship on residential diversity and
attainment in U.S. cities. My dissertation explores the patterns and
determinants of segregation, and neighborhood and housing quality among
America's newest immigrants. Some of my other research examines the
impact of immigration on native residential mobility, the changing
nature of suburban America, and the distribution of immigrant 'skills'
across metropolitan destinations. I am also intensely interested in the
labor market performance of immigrant workers, dealing with issues such
as their differential returns to human capital, the impact of legal
status on work and wages, and immigrants' accessibility to and use of
public assistance programs. Curriculum vitae
Education | Specialization
| Publications | Works in
Progress | Professional Affiliations
Education
Dissertation: The
Residential Circumstances of America’s New Immigrants
Dissertation Committee: Barrett Lee (chair), Gordon De Jong,
John Iceland,
Glenn Firebaugh, and Deborah Graefe.
Advisors: Kyle Crowder, Jay
Teachman, and Lucky Tedrow.
Areas
of Specialization
Urban Sociology, Social Demography, Migration/Immigration, Work and Occupations, Public Policy, Quantitative Methods
PublicationsHall, Matthew and Barrett Lee. 2010. "How Diverse are U.S. Suburbs?" Urban Studies (forthcoming)
Hall, Matthew, Deborah Graefe, and Gordon De Jong. 2010. “Economic
Self-Sufficiency of Immigrant Women after TANF Participation: Welfare
Eligibility as a Natural Experiment.” Social Science Research (forthcoming)
Hall, Matthew and Anna Soli. 2010. “The Bumpy
Road Ahead for the Hispanic Family” In Nancy Landale, Susan McHale, and
Alan Booth (eds.), Development of Hispanic Children in Immigrant Families:
Challenges and Prospects. Washington,
DC: Urban Institute. (forthcoming)
Lee, Barrett and Matthew Hall. 2009.
“Residential Mobility.” Pp. 371-377 in Deborah Carr (ed.) Encyclopedia
of the Life Course and Human Development, Vol. 2: Adulthood. Detroit:
Macmillan.
Hall, Matthew. 2009. “Interstate Migration,
Spatial Assimilation, and the Incorporation of U.S. Immigrants” Population,
Space, and Place 15: 57-77.
Hall, Matthew and George Farkas. 2008. “Does
Human Capital Raise Earnings for Immigrants in the Low-Skill Labor
Market?” Demography 45: 619-39.
Graefe, Deborah, Gordon De Jong, Matthew Hall,
Samuel Sturgeon, and Julie Van Eerden. 2008. “Immigrants' TANF
Eligibility, 1996-2003: What Explains the New Across-State
Inequalities?” International Migration Review 42: 89-133.
Crowder, Kyle and Matthew Hall. 2006.
“Internal Migration.” Pp. 3014-3019 in George Ritzer (ed.), Encyclopedia
of Sociology. Oxford: Blackwell.
Teachman, Jay, Lucky Tedrow, and Matthew Hall.
2005. “Future Demographic Trends in Divorce.” Pp. 59-82 in Mark Fine
and John Harvey (eds.), Handbook of Divorce and Relationship Dissolution.
New York: Lawrence Ehrlbaum.
Works under
review or in progress:
Hall, Matthew and George
Farkas. “Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Determinants of Earnings
Trajectories” (2nd Revise and Resubmit at Social Forces).
Hall, Matthew, Gordon De Jong, Deborah
Graefe, and Shelley Irving. “The New Skill Profile of Immigrant Destinations”
(Invited for publication with the Brookings Institution).
Hall, Matthew, Emily Greenman, and George
Farkas. “Legal Status and Wage Disparities for Mexicans in Low-Wage
U.S. Labor Markets” (Revise and Resubmit at Social Forces).
Hall, Matthew and Kyle D. Crowder.
“Race, Accessible Wealth and the Transition to Homeownership”
(Revise and Resubmit at Social Problems).
Graefe, Deborah Roempke, Gordon F De Jong, Matthew
Hall, Samuel W. Sturgeon, and Shelley Irving. “Welfare Reform
‘Carrots’ and ‘Sticks’ for Promoting the Traditional
Family: How and Why Do State Rules Differ?” (Under Review).
Crowder, Kyle, Matthew Hall,
and Stewart Tolnay. "Immigration and Native Mobility: Implications for
Community Change and Emerging Patterns of Segregation" (Under Review)
Hall, Matthew. “Immigrant Segregation in New
and Established Destinations.”
Hall, Matthew, Kyle Crowder, and
Stewart Tolnay. "Immigration, Native Mobility, and Class: Socioeconomic
Differentials in Natives' Responses to Local Immigration" Greenman, Emily and Matthew Hall. “The Influence of Legal Status on Educational
Transitions among Mexican Immigrant Youth: Empirical Patterns and Policy
Implications” (project funded by the National Poverty Center).
Professional
Affiliations
Population Association
of America
American Sociological Association
Association for Public Policy Analysis and
Management

Last
updated: August, 2009 by hall@pop.psu.edu
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