Javier M Rodríguez
Biographic Data
| ID | 3928004 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Javier M Rodríguez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Javier M |
| FAMILY NAME | Rodríguez |
| SIGNATURE | RODRÍGUEZ J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Claremont Graduate University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6429-1781 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 97 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The upstream–downstream tension in the global health classroom
In this practice paper, we reflect on our practices, experiences and observations of teaching global and public health, with a focus on navigating the upstream–downstream tension. The concept of upstream determination of health encompasses how the social, structural and systemic drivers shape health and well-being. This paper discusses the challenges of foregrounding this concept in pedagogy through four key themes: (1) a lack of uniformity in in…
Political Ideology Direction of Policy Agendas and Maternal Mortality Outcomes in the U.S., 1915–2007
These findings imply that parties and the ideological direction of their agendas substantively affect the social determinants of maternal health and produce politized health outcomes
Social mix and social interaction: Evidence from Los Angeles County
Black-White differences in perceived lifetime discrimination by education and income in the Midus Study in the U.S
There is growing evidence on the negative effects of perceived discrimination on health outcomes and their interactions with indicators of socioeconomic status. However, less has been studied on whether income and education lead individuals of a different race to encounter different discriminatory experiences in their lifetime. Using data from the national survey of the Midlife Development in the United States—MIDUS 1 (1995-1996) and MIDUS Refres…
Does Democracy Matter for Lifespan Inequalities? Regime Type and Premature Mortality by Sex
Reductions in premature mortality are widely attributed to economic, educational, and medical factors. This study contributes to our understanding of the influence of political factors in preventing early death and gender inequalities in health outcomes. We analyze data from life tables of the World Health Organization, 2000–2015, to estimate the annual, sex-specific standard deviation of the age-at-death distribution across 162 countries. We app…
Latinx Pre-Immigration Ideological Preferences and Party Identification in the United States
Much political behavior research highlights the role of post-immigration experiences in framing Latinx immigrants’ preferences in the United States. We contend that immigrants’ pre-migration political socialization also shapes their current views, political engagement, and ideological orientations. Findings from a unique set of 146 interviews on political party choice before and after migration suggest that Latinx immigrants exhibit consistency o…
Race and class patterns of income inequality during postrecession periods
Recent research on increasing income inequality focuses on recessions’ role on the income distribution and racial disparities in the United States. Objective This study expands this research by focusing on the evolution of racial income inequality during postrecession periods. We hypothesize that differential recovery trends by race and income rank during postrecession periods exacerbate between‐ and within‐race income inequality. Specifically, w…
Highly vulnerable communities and the Affordable Care Act: Health insurance coverage effects, 2010–2018
Political Trust and Native American Electoral Participation: An Analysis of Survey Data from Nevada and South Dakota
Objective . This research analyzes the impact of political trust on Native American electoral participation, using survey responses from roughly 1,500 Native Americans living in South Dakota and Nevada. Method . The in‐person survey taking was conducted at locations in Native communities and with the support of tribal leaders, allowing us to overcome many of the methodological issues that have hampered previous studies. Results . We found much hi…
A Policy Approach to Overcome Pre-Immigration Barriers to Participation in the Latinx Immigrant Community
Policies to encourage socio-political participation of Latinx immigrants in the United States heavily rely on the primacy of assimilation processes resulting from immigrants’ exposure to the American political system alone. However, this approach overlooks the potential layers of complexity fostered by pre-immigration factors and how these interact with immigrants’ experiences in the U.S. We conduct a multinomial logit analysis using data from th…
Social stratification and allostatic load: Shapes of health differences in the Midus study in the United States
Social stratification is an important mechanism of human organization that helps to explain health differences between demographic groups commonly associated with socioeconomic gradients. Individuals, or group of individuals, with similar health profiles may have had different stratification experiences. This is particularly true as social stratification is a significant non-measurable source of systematic unobservable differences in both SES ind…
The politics hypothesis and racial disparities in infants’ health in the United States
We propose the politics hypothesis-i.e., the hypothesis that political forces comprise either a powerful predecessor of the social determinants of health or are essential social determinants of health themselves. We examine the hypothesis that political actors like presidents, their ideology, and institutions like the political parties they represent shape overall and race-specific health outcomes. Using census and Vital Statistics data among man…
Weathering, Drugs, and Whack-a-Mole: Fundamental and Proximate Causes of Widening Educational Inequity in U.S. Life Expectancy by Sex and Race, 1990–2015
Discussion of growing inequity in U.S. life expectancy increasingly focuses on the popularized narrative that it is driven by a surge of “deaths of despair.” Does this narrative fit the empirical evidence? Using census and Vital Statistics data, we apply life-table methods to calculate cause-specific years of life lost between ages 25 and 84 by sex and educational rank for non-Hispanic blacks and whites in 1990 and 2015. Drug overdoses do contrib…
Mortality, Incarceration, and African American Disenfranchisement in the Contemporary United States
On account of poor living conditions, African Americans in the United States experience disproportionately high rates of mortality and incarceration compared with Whites. This has profoundly diminished the number of voting-eligible African Americans in the country, costing, as of 2010, approximately 3.9 million African American men and women the right to vote and amounting to a national African American disenfranchisement rate of 13.2%. Although …
Health disparities, politics, and the maintenance of the status quo: A new theory of inequality
Black lives matter: Differential mortality and the racial composition of the U.S. electorate, 1970–2004
Between the colonial heritage and the first globalization boom: On income inequality in the Southern Cone
This paper presents a first estimate of income inequality in the Southern Cone of South America (Brazil 1872 and 1920, Chile 1870 and 1920, Uruguay 1920) and some assumptions with regard to Argentina (1870 and 1920) and Uruguay (1870). We find that income distribution was relatively high on the eve of the first globalization boom. Thus, inequality is not only the result of globalization, but also a structural feature. Inequality increased between…
Income Distribution in the Latin American Southern Cone during the First Globalization Boom and Beyond
Latin America is the most unequal region in the world and there is intense debate concerning the explanations and timing of such high levels of income inequality. Latin America was also the region, not including European Offshoots, which experienced the most rapid growth during the first globalization boom. It can, therefore, be taken as an interesting case of study regarding how globalization forces impinged on growth and income distribution in …
Black lives matter: Differential mortality and the racial composition of the U.S. electorate, 1970–2004
Weathering, Drugs, and Whack-a-Mole: Fundamental and Proximate Causes of Widening Educational Inequity in U.S. Life Expectancy by Sex and Race, 1990–2015
Discussion of growing inequity in U.S. life expectancy increasingly focuses on the popularized narrative that it is driven by a surge of “deaths of despair.” Does this narrative fit the empirical evidence? Using census and Vital Statistics data, we apply life-table methods to calculate cause-specific years of life lost between ages 25 and 84 by sex and educational rank for non-Hispanic blacks and whites in 1990 and 2015. Drug overdoses do contrib…
Income Distribution in the Latin American Southern Cone during the First Globalization Boom and Beyond
Latin America is the most unequal region in the world and there is intense debate concerning the explanations and timing of such high levels of income inequality. Latin America was also the region, not including European Offshoots, which experienced the most rapid growth during the first globalization boom. It can, therefore, be taken as an interesting case of study regarding how globalization forces impinged on growth and income distribution in …
Health disparities, politics, and the maintenance of the status quo: A new theory of inequality
Between the colonial heritage and the first globalization boom: On income inequality in the Southern Cone
This paper presents a first estimate of income inequality in the Southern Cone of South America (Brazil 1872 and 1920, Chile 1870 and 1920, Uruguay 1920) and some assumptions with regard to Argentina (1870 and 1920) and Uruguay (1870). We find that income distribution was relatively high on the eve of the first globalization boom. Thus, inequality is not only the result of globalization, but also a structural feature. Inequality increased between…
Highly vulnerable communities and the Affordable Care Act: Health insurance coverage effects, 2010–2018
Mortality, Incarceration, and African American Disenfranchisement in the Contemporary United States
On account of poor living conditions, African Americans in the United States experience disproportionately high rates of mortality and incarceration compared with Whites. This has profoundly diminished the number of voting-eligible African Americans in the country, costing, as of 2010, approximately 3.9 million African American men and women the right to vote and amounting to a national African American disenfranchisement rate of 13.2%. Although …
Race and class patterns of income inequality during postrecession periods
Recent research on increasing income inequality focuses on recessions’ role on the income distribution and racial disparities in the United States. Objective This study expands this research by focusing on the evolution of racial income inequality during postrecession periods. We hypothesize that differential recovery trends by race and income rank during postrecession periods exacerbate between‐ and within‐race income inequality. Specifically, w…
Political Trust and Native American Electoral Participation: An Analysis of Survey Data from Nevada and South Dakota
Objective . This research analyzes the impact of political trust on Native American electoral participation, using survey responses from roughly 1,500 Native Americans living in South Dakota and Nevada. Method . The in‐person survey taking was conducted at locations in Native communities and with the support of tribal leaders, allowing us to overcome many of the methodological issues that have hampered previous studies. Results . We found much hi…
Social mix and social interaction: Evidence from Los Angeles County
A Policy Approach to Overcome Pre-Immigration Barriers to Participation in the Latinx Immigrant Community
Policies to encourage socio-political participation of Latinx immigrants in the United States heavily rely on the primacy of assimilation processes resulting from immigrants’ exposure to the American political system alone. However, this approach overlooks the potential layers of complexity fostered by pre-immigration factors and how these interact with immigrants’ experiences in the U.S. We conduct a multinomial logit analysis using data from th…
Income Distribution in the Latin American Southern Cone during the First Globalization Boom and Beyond
Latin America is the most unequal region in the world and there is intense debate concerning the explanations and timing of such high levels of income inequality. Latin America was also the region, not including European Offshoots, which experienced the most rapid growth during the first globalization boom. It can, therefore, be taken as an interesting case of study regarding how globalization forces impinged on growth and income distribution in …
Between the colonial heritage and the first globalization boom: On income inequality in the Southern Cone
This paper presents a first estimate of income inequality in the Southern Cone of South America (Brazil 1872 and 1920, Chile 1870 and 1920, Uruguay 1920) and some assumptions with regard to Argentina (1870 and 1920) and Uruguay (1870). We find that income distribution was relatively high on the eve of the first globalization boom. Thus, inequality is not only the result of globalization, but also a structural feature. Inequality increased between…
Black lives matter: Differential mortality and the racial composition of the U.S. electorate, 1970–2004
Health disparities, politics, and the maintenance of the status quo: A new theory of inequality
Social stratification and allostatic load: Shapes of health differences in the Midus study in the United States
Social stratification is an important mechanism of human organization that helps to explain health differences between demographic groups commonly associated with socioeconomic gradients. Individuals, or group of individuals, with similar health profiles may have had different stratification experiences. This is particularly true as social stratification is a significant non-measurable source of systematic unobservable differences in both SES ind…
The politics hypothesis and racial disparities in infants’ health in the United States
We propose the politics hypothesis-i.e., the hypothesis that political forces comprise either a powerful predecessor of the social determinants of health or are essential social determinants of health themselves. We examine the hypothesis that political actors like presidents, their ideology, and institutions like the political parties they represent shape overall and race-specific health outcomes. Using census and Vital Statistics data among man…
Weathering, Drugs, and Whack-a-Mole: Fundamental and Proximate Causes of Widening Educational Inequity in U.S. Life Expectancy by Sex and Race, 1990–2015
Discussion of growing inequity in U.S. life expectancy increasingly focuses on the popularized narrative that it is driven by a surge of “deaths of despair.” Does this narrative fit the empirical evidence? Using census and Vital Statistics data, we apply life-table methods to calculate cause-specific years of life lost between ages 25 and 84 by sex and educational rank for non-Hispanic blacks and whites in 1990 and 2015. Drug overdoses do contrib…
Mortality, Incarceration, and African American Disenfranchisement in the Contemporary United States
On account of poor living conditions, African Americans in the United States experience disproportionately high rates of mortality and incarceration compared with Whites. This has profoundly diminished the number of voting-eligible African Americans in the country, costing, as of 2010, approximately 3.9 million African American men and women the right to vote and amounting to a national African American disenfranchisement rate of 13.2%. Although …
Political Trust and Native American Electoral Participation: An Analysis of Survey Data from Nevada and South Dakota
Objective . This research analyzes the impact of political trust on Native American electoral participation, using survey responses from roughly 1,500 Native Americans living in South Dakota and Nevada. Method . The in‐person survey taking was conducted at locations in Native communities and with the support of tribal leaders, allowing us to overcome many of the methodological issues that have hampered previous studies. Results . We found much hi…
A Policy Approach to Overcome Pre-Immigration Barriers to Participation in the Latinx Immigrant Community
Policies to encourage socio-political participation of Latinx immigrants in the United States heavily rely on the primacy of assimilation processes resulting from immigrants’ exposure to the American political system alone. However, this approach overlooks the potential layers of complexity fostered by pre-immigration factors and how these interact with immigrants’ experiences in the U.S. We conduct a multinomial logit analysis using data from th…
Race and class patterns of income inequality during postrecession periods
Recent research on increasing income inequality focuses on recessions’ role on the income distribution and racial disparities in the United States. Objective This study expands this research by focusing on the evolution of racial income inequality during postrecession periods. We hypothesize that differential recovery trends by race and income rank during postrecession periods exacerbate between‐ and within‐race income inequality. Specifically, w…
Highly vulnerable communities and the Affordable Care Act: Health insurance coverage effects, 2010–2018
Black-White differences in perceived lifetime discrimination by education and income in the Midus Study in the U.S
There is growing evidence on the negative effects of perceived discrimination on health outcomes and their interactions with indicators of socioeconomic status. However, less has been studied on whether income and education lead individuals of a different race to encounter different discriminatory experiences in their lifetime. Using data from the national survey of the Midlife Development in the United States—MIDUS 1 (1995-1996) and MIDUS Refres…
Does Democracy Matter for Lifespan Inequalities? Regime Type and Premature Mortality by Sex
Reductions in premature mortality are widely attributed to economic, educational, and medical factors. This study contributes to our understanding of the influence of political factors in preventing early death and gender inequalities in health outcomes. We analyze data from life tables of the World Health Organization, 2000–2015, to estimate the annual, sex-specific standard deviation of the age-at-death distribution across 162 countries. We app…
Latinx Pre-Immigration Ideological Preferences and Party Identification in the United States
Much political behavior research highlights the role of post-immigration experiences in framing Latinx immigrants’ preferences in the United States. We contend that immigrants’ pre-migration political socialization also shapes their current views, political engagement, and ideological orientations. Findings from a unique set of 146 interviews on political party choice before and after migration suggest that Latinx immigrants exhibit consistency o…
Political Ideology Direction of Policy Agendas and Maternal Mortality Outcomes in the U.S., 1915–2007
These findings imply that parties and the ideological direction of their agendas substantively affect the social determinants of maternal health and produce politized health outcomes
Social mix and social interaction: Evidence from Los Angeles County
The upstream–downstream tension in the global health classroom
In this practice paper, we reflect on our practices, experiences and observations of teaching global and public health, with a focus on navigating the upstream–downstream tension. The concept of upstream determination of health encompasses how the social, structural and systemic drivers shape health and well-being. This paper discusses the challenges of foregrounding this concept in pedagogy through four key themes: (1) a lack of uniformity in in…
Sociology (15 works) · Economics (11 works) · Political science (11 works) · Demography (10 works) · Demographic economics (9 works) · Politics (9 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (8 works) · Inequality (7 works) · Population (7 works) · Demography (6 works)