Kelly A. Musick

Professor and Chair; Director, Cornell Population Center
Policy Analysis and Management, College of Human Ecology

Contact Information

2301 G Martha Van Rensselaer Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
p: (607) 255-6067

Kelly A. Musick

Professor and Chair; Director, Cornell Population Center
Policy Analysis and Management, College of Human Ecology

Expertise

Demography; family; fertility; inequality; child well-being

Current Research Interest

Gender gaps in work and earnings following parenthood; time with children and parental well-being; implications of family complexity and instability for child well-being; cross-national comparisons of work and family

Distinction

American Sociological Review Editorial Board Member
Linneaus Center for Social Policy and Family Dynamics in Europe International Collaborator
International Nonmarital Childbearing Network Member
Population Association of America Dorothy Thomas Award

Selected Publications

Musick, Kelly and Katherine Michelmore. “Cross-National Comparisons of Family Complexity and Stability.” Demography 55, no. 4 (2018): 1389-1421.

Musick, Kelly, Ann Meier, and Sarah Flood. “How Parents Fare: Mothers’ and Fathers’ Subjective Well-Being in Time with Children.” American Sociological Review 81, no. 5 (2016): 1069-95.

Cornell Research Website Article

Before and After Baby, Couples and Work