Pamela J. Smock

Social Sciences · University of Michigan

Established · publishing since 1990Rising activity

Family Dynamics and Relationships Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences Work-Family Balance Challenges

Publications

Citations

6,973

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

Publishing since 1990

In context

Among 1,148 established Social Sciences PIs within our index

Citations: 6,973cohort median 1,166

Publications / year (recent): 1.2cohort median 2.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~3 · 100% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 7 venues

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.2/year recently

Recent publications

Do Social Security benefits rules perpetuate marital status and gender inequalities?
The Gerontologist · 2025
Gender differences in the economic consequences of life‐long singlehood among older white U.S. adults
Journal of Marriage and the Family · 2024
Gender and the Economic Consequences of Divorce in the United States: Variation by Race and Ethnicity
Journal of Family and Economic Issues · 2023
Gender and the Economic Consequences of Divorce in the United States: Variation by Race and Ethnicity
2023
Review of “Equal Partners? How Dual-Professional Couples Make Career, Relationship, and Family Decisions”
Social Forces · 2023
Gender, Family Histories, and Late-Life Economic Well-Being
Innovation in Aging · 2021
The Demography of Families: A Review of Patterns and Change
Journal of Marriage and the Family · 2020
Cohabitation and Marital Dissolution: A Comment on Rosenfeld and Roesler (2019)
Journal of Marriage and the Family · 2020
Cohabitation and Marital Expectations Among Single Millennials in the U.S.
Population Research and Policy Review · 2019
<i>Labor’s Love Lost: The Rise and Fall of the Working-Class Family in America</i>. By Andrew J. Cherlin. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2014. Pp. vii+258. $35.00 (paper).
American Journal of Sociology · 2016

Publishes in

Journal of Marriage and the Family×3
Population Research and Policy Review×1
Journal of Family and Economic Issues×1
Women s Health Issues×1
The Gerontologist×1

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