Karen Robson 

Ph.D. (Essex), Assistant Professor (Arts), Quantitative Methods, Social Stratification, Cross-National Comparative Research.

Karen Robson's interests are broadly in the area of the accumulation of human, social, and cultural capital over the life course. She is currently researching the effects of childhood experiences and time use on adult human, social, and cultural capital using data from a 1970 cohort of British births. She also has ongoing projects in the area of the predictors and outcomes of teenage pregnancy.

Current research projects include the effects of adolescent cultural capital investments on later-life social and human capital outcomes using Canadian and British cohort data.

Dr. Robson also has considerable interest in the area of statistical
analysis of large scale data sets using the statistical software program STATA and has taught several instructional courses in the UK and Central Europe on this topic.

Office: 2060 Vari Hall

416-736-2100, ext. 55015

Email: klrobson@yorku.ca

Website: http://www.arts.yorku.ca/soci/klrobson/

Selected Publications

Robson, Karen and Berthoud, Richard (forthcoming, 2005) "Age at First Birth and Disadvantage among Ethnic Groups in Britain". Ethnic and Racial Studies.

Robson, Karen and Berthoud, Richard (2003) “Teenage Motherhood in Europe: A Multi-Country Analysis of Socioeconomic Outcomes”. European Sociological Review, 19(5): 451-466.

Robson, Karen and Wallace, Jean (2001). "Gendered Inequalities in Earnings: a study of Canadian Lawyers". Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, 38 (1): 75-95.

Spiess, K. C., M. Iacovou, K. Robson and W.J.G. Uunk. 2004 "Family effects on employment and employment changes". Pp 69-98 in: R. Berthoud and M. Iacouvou, Social Europe: Living standards and welfare states. London: Edward Elgar.