J D Wolfe
Biographic Data
| ID | 41719 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J D Wolfe |
| GIVEN NAMES | J D |
| FAMILY NAME | Wolfe |
| SIGNATURE | WOLFE J D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7392-6937 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Early unintended childbearing and unsecured debt in the United States
BACKGROUNDUnsecured debt is increasingly recognized as a unique financial stressor with serious implications for health and well-being.While research has documented its consequences, few studies have examined the life course factors that contribute to unsecured debt accumulation.One such factor is unintended childbearing, a major yet underexplored life event that can disrupt educational and economic trajectories. OBJECTIVEThe objective of this st…
Childbearing Histories and Midlife Cognition: Accounting for Early Life Factors
Selection into specific childbearing experiences partially drives the link between childbearing and cognition at midlife, with cascading implications into later life. We suggest incorporating childbearing and early life factors into models to identify social determinants of memory and cognitive functioning
Twentieth-Century Change in the Educational Costs of Adolescent Childbearing
Although studies observe heterogeneity in the effects of adolescent childbearing on schooling, little is currently known about when this pattern emerged or how it changed across cohorts of women who lived in distinct periods of US history. This article identifies the potential origins of effect heterogeneity in the educational costs of adolescent childbearing and extends recent advances in causal inference to detect group differences in heterogen…
Age at first birth and women's midlife health: Cohort and race differences across the 20th century
Varieties of Financial Stressors and Midlife Health Problems, 1996–2016
Given the recent volatility in the U.S. economy, our results highlight the potential loss of health that may occur if nothing is done to prevent economically vulnerable populations from sliding into financial crisis. Our results also emphasize the need for additional research to develop individual-level interventions to improve health among those already experiencing financial difficulties
Divorce, Economic Resources, and Survival among Older Black and White Women
Objective This study identifies which midlife economic resources reduce the association between divorce and mortality risk among older Black and White women. Background Despite evidence that divorce increases mortality risk due to economic losses, research has not established which among several common economic resources related to divorce are most important for older women's survival. There is also relatively little research on why marital inequ…
Multigenerational socioeconomic attainments and mortality among older men: An adjacent generations approach
Recent work in stratification and demography argues for the importance of multiple familial generations in status attainment and other transmission processes. Health disparities research in this area generally assumes that the rewards of attainment are pai
Multigenerational Attainments, Race, and Mortality Risk among Silent Generation Women
This study extends health disparities research by examining racial differences in the relationships between multigenerational attainments and mortality risk among 'Silent Generation' women. An emerging literature suggests that the socioeconomic attainments of adjacent generations, one's parents and adult children, provide an array of life-extending resources in old age. Prior research, however, has demonstrated neither how multigenerational resou…
Health and Medicine
Sociologists have had a long interest in health and medicine. Unlike other medical researchers, medical sociologists emphasize variation in social conditions and cultural attitudes to explain differences in health and medical care across societies. Research in medical sociology has helped develop meaningful ways of thinking about the complex social linkages between health and medicine, but many questions endure. This entry outlines the history of…
Do Women Still Care? Cohort Changes in US Women's Care for the Ill or Disabled
Increases in women's labor-force participation and the time families spend at work have reduced the time families have available to care for one another. Recent evidence suggests that responses to these challenges vary for different types of care. While time spent on housework has declined, time devoted to care of children has increased. This paper examines cohort changes in another form of unpaid work, care for ill or disabled friends or family …
The Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Child and Adolescent Physical Health: An Organization and Systematic Comparison of Measures
Age at First Birth and Alcohol Use
Two theoretical perspectives, role incompatibility and stress proliferation, suggest that age at first birth is associated with alcohol use, but each theory offers distinct predictions about the effect of relatively early parenthood on alcohol use. This study examines the applicability of these perspectives using data spanning over twenty years (1982 to 2002) from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY). Results from fixed effects and mu…
Old Paths and New Directions: Studying Emotions in the Workplace
The study of emotions in the workplace is a vibrant area of research that has grown considerably over the last 25 years. This research has traveled far, but it has not run its course. This article maps the different paths that have been explored, beginning with Hochschild's classic work on emotional labor in the form of surface and deep acting, and charts new directions for future research. We start by reviewing the literature on emotional labor …
Old Paths and New Directions: Studying Emotions in the Workplace
The study of emotions in the workplace is a vibrant area of research that has grown considerably over the last 25 years. This research has traveled far, but it has not run its course. This article maps the different paths that have been explored, beginning with Hochschild's classic work on emotional labor in the form of surface and deep acting, and charts new directions for future research. We start by reviewing the literature on emotional labor …
The Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Child and Adolescent Physical Health: An Organization and Systematic Comparison of Measures
Multigenerational Attainments, Race, and Mortality Risk among Silent Generation Women
This study extends health disparities research by examining racial differences in the relationships between multigenerational attainments and mortality risk among 'Silent Generation' women. An emerging literature suggests that the socioeconomic attainments of adjacent generations, one's parents and adult children, provide an array of life-extending resources in old age. Prior research, however, has demonstrated neither how multigenerational resou…
Age at first birth and women's midlife health: Cohort and race differences across the 20th century
Varieties of Financial Stressors and Midlife Health Problems, 1996–2016
Given the recent volatility in the U.S. economy, our results highlight the potential loss of health that may occur if nothing is done to prevent economically vulnerable populations from sliding into financial crisis. Our results also emphasize the need for additional research to develop individual-level interventions to improve health among those already experiencing financial difficulties
Age at First Birth and Alcohol Use
Two theoretical perspectives, role incompatibility and stress proliferation, suggest that age at first birth is associated with alcohol use, but each theory offers distinct predictions about the effect of relatively early parenthood on alcohol use. This study examines the applicability of these perspectives using data spanning over twenty years (1982 to 2002) from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY). Results from fixed effects and mu…
Multigenerational socioeconomic attainments and mortality among older men: An adjacent generations approach
Recent work in stratification and demography argues for the importance of multiple familial generations in status attainment and other transmission processes. Health disparities research in this area generally assumes that the rewards of attainment are pai
Childbearing Histories and Midlife Cognition: Accounting for Early Life Factors
Selection into specific childbearing experiences partially drives the link between childbearing and cognition at midlife, with cascading implications into later life. We suggest incorporating childbearing and early life factors into models to identify social determinants of memory and cognitive functioning
Twentieth-Century Change in the Educational Costs of Adolescent Childbearing
Although studies observe heterogeneity in the effects of adolescent childbearing on schooling, little is currently known about when this pattern emerged or how it changed across cohorts of women who lived in distinct periods of US history. This article identifies the potential origins of effect heterogeneity in the educational costs of adolescent childbearing and extends recent advances in causal inference to detect group differences in heterogen…
Old Paths and New Directions: Studying Emotions in the Workplace
The study of emotions in the workplace is a vibrant area of research that has grown considerably over the last 25 years. This research has traveled far, but it has not run its course. This article maps the different paths that have been explored, beginning with Hochschild's classic work on emotional labor in the form of surface and deep acting, and charts new directions for future research. We start by reviewing the literature on emotional labor …
Age at First Birth and Alcohol Use
Two theoretical perspectives, role incompatibility and stress proliferation, suggest that age at first birth is associated with alcohol use, but each theory offers distinct predictions about the effect of relatively early parenthood on alcohol use. This study examines the applicability of these perspectives using data spanning over twenty years (1982 to 2002) from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY). Results from fixed effects and mu…
The Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Child and Adolescent Physical Health: An Organization and Systematic Comparison of Measures
Do Women Still Care? Cohort Changes in US Women's Care for the Ill or Disabled
Increases in women's labor-force participation and the time families spend at work have reduced the time families have available to care for one another. Recent evidence suggests that responses to these challenges vary for different types of care. While time spent on housework has declined, time devoted to care of children has increased. This paper examines cohort changes in another form of unpaid work, care for ill or disabled friends or family …
Health and Medicine
Sociologists have had a long interest in health and medicine. Unlike other medical researchers, medical sociologists emphasize variation in social conditions and cultural attitudes to explain differences in health and medical care across societies. Research in medical sociology has helped develop meaningful ways of thinking about the complex social linkages between health and medicine, but many questions endure. This entry outlines the history of…
Multigenerational socioeconomic attainments and mortality among older men: An adjacent generations approach
Recent work in stratification and demography argues for the importance of multiple familial generations in status attainment and other transmission processes. Health disparities research in this area generally assumes that the rewards of attainment are pai
Multigenerational Attainments, Race, and Mortality Risk among Silent Generation Women
This study extends health disparities research by examining racial differences in the relationships between multigenerational attainments and mortality risk among 'Silent Generation' women. An emerging literature suggests that the socioeconomic attainments of adjacent generations, one's parents and adult children, provide an array of life-extending resources in old age. Prior research, however, has demonstrated neither how multigenerational resou…
Divorce, Economic Resources, and Survival among Older Black and White Women
Objective This study identifies which midlife economic resources reduce the association between divorce and mortality risk among older Black and White women. Background Despite evidence that divorce increases mortality risk due to economic losses, research has not established which among several common economic resources related to divorce are most important for older women's survival. There is also relatively little research on why marital inequ…
Varieties of Financial Stressors and Midlife Health Problems, 1996–2016
Given the recent volatility in the U.S. economy, our results highlight the potential loss of health that may occur if nothing is done to prevent economically vulnerable populations from sliding into financial crisis. Our results also emphasize the need for additional research to develop individual-level interventions to improve health among those already experiencing financial difficulties
Age at first birth and women's midlife health: Cohort and race differences across the 20th century
Childbearing Histories and Midlife Cognition: Accounting for Early Life Factors
Selection into specific childbearing experiences partially drives the link between childbearing and cognition at midlife, with cascading implications into later life. We suggest incorporating childbearing and early life factors into models to identify social determinants of memory and cognitive functioning
Twentieth-Century Change in the Educational Costs of Adolescent Childbearing
Although studies observe heterogeneity in the effects of adolescent childbearing on schooling, little is currently known about when this pattern emerged or how it changed across cohorts of women who lived in distinct periods of US history. This article identifies the potential origins of effect heterogeneity in the educational costs of adolescent childbearing and extends recent advances in causal inference to detect group differences in heterogen…
Early unintended childbearing and unsecured debt in the United States
BACKGROUNDUnsecured debt is increasingly recognized as a unique financial stressor with serious implications for health and well-being.While research has documented its consequences, few studies have examined the life course factors that contribute to unsecured debt accumulation.One such factor is unintended childbearing, a major yet underexplored life event that can disrupt educational and economic trajectories. OBJECTIVEThe objective of this st…
Medicine (10 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Gerontology (7 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (7 works) · Population (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (5 works) · Life course approach (5 works)