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AMY G. COX
RAND
1700 Main St.
Santa Monica, CA 90407
Phone: 310-393-0411, ext. 6718
Fax: 310-393-4818
Email: cox@rand.org
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Sociology, University of Maryland, December 1997
Dissertation: “The Demand for Labor and the Dynamics of Women’s Poverty in the U.S.”
Committee: Harriet B. Presser, Chair, Barbara Bergmann, Sonalde Desai, Bonnie Thornton
Dill, Reeve Vanneman
Graduate Certificate, Women’s Studies, University of Maryland, May 1996
M.A., Sociology, University of Maryland, May 1994
Thesis: “The Effects of Occupation and Family Structure on Employment Schedules: A Focus
on Single Mothers.” Chair: Harriet B. Presser.
B.A., Sociology, Northwestern University, June 1989
Undergraduate Certificate, Women’s Studies, Northwestern University, June 1989
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1999 to present: Associate Social Scientist, RAND.
Carrying out independent and collaborative research on public policy-relevant topics.
Research projects include: participation in non-cash welfare programs (Medicaid and Food
Stamps) among former cash aid recipients; welfare reform in California, especially the
experiences of refugees and the role of caseworkers; women’s positions in the current labor
market and their future prospects; racial-ethnic differences in social support and exchange;
dynamics of poverty, by gender, race-ethnicity, and poverty measurement; economic
opportunity and women’s marriage rates.
1997 to 1999: Postdoctoral Fellow, Labor and Population Program, RAND.
Conducted independent and collaborative research and continued academic training. Projects
included: labor market opportunities and women’s economic well-being; economic
opportunity and women’s marriage rates; welfare use among grandparent-grandchild families;
nonstandard employment schedules among mothers; econometrics and quantitative
methodologies; survey instrument design.
1992-1994, 1996-1997: Research Assistant to Harriet B. Presser, Sociology Department,
University of Maryland.
Contributed to research on gender, work, and family issues, with particular attention to
nonstandard employment schedules, using large, nationally representative data sets.
1995-1996: Graduate Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland.
Independently constructed and taught an upper level undergraduate course, the Sociology of
Gender.
1994-1996: Research Assistant to Bonnie Thornton Dill, Women’s Studies Department,
University of Maryland.
Assisted with analysis of multi-cite, qualitative study of single mother families, race, and
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poverty in the rural Mid-South.
1995-1997: Research Intern with Rose Maria Li, Program Officer, Demographic and
Behavioral Sciences Branch, Center for Population Research, National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development.
Conducted empirical research examining the impact of changing the measurement of poverty
(to one proposed by the National Academy of Sciences) on the poverty rates of U.S.
residents by citizenship status.
1991-1992: Teaching Assistant to Anju Malhotra, Department of Sociology, University of
Maryland.
Delivered lectures, graded assignments and tests, wrote exam questions.
PUBLICATIONS
Cox, Amy G, Jacob Alex Klerman, forthcoming, Medi-Cal Coverage among Former Cash
Welfare Recipients. RAND.
Cox, Amy G, Jacob Alex Klerman, Ingrid Aguirre-Happoldt, forthcoming, Medi-Cal after
Welfare Reform: Enrollment among Former Welfare Recipients. Medi-Cal Policy
Institute.
Cox, Amy G., Joan M. Hermsen, Jacob Alex Klerman. forthcoming. “Economic Opportunities
and the Transition to Marriage among Young Women.” Seminar volume from IUSSP
conference, “Women in the Labour Market in Changing Economies: Demographic Issues.”
Oxford University Press.
Cox, Amy G., Jacob Alex Klerman. forthcoming. Welfare Reform in California: Results of the
2000 CalWORKs Program Staff Survey. RAND.
Jacob Alex Klerman, V. Joseph Hotz, Elaine Reardon, Cox, Amy G., Donna O. Farley, Steven J.
Haider, Guido Imbens, Robert Schoeni. forthcoming. Welfare Reform in California: Early
Results of the Impact Analysis. RAND.
Cox, Amy G., Nicole Humphrey, Jacob Alex Klerman. 2000. Welfare Reform in California:
Results of the 1999 CalWORKs Program Staff Survey. RAND.
Cox, Amy G. and Harriet B. Presser. 2000. “Nonstandard Employment Schedules among
American Mothers: The Relevance of Marital Status,” Chapter in Work and Family:
Research Informing Policy, ed. by Toby Parcel and Dan Cornfield. Sage, Inc.
Presser, Harriet B. and Amy G. Cox. 1997. “The Employment Schedules of Low Educated
American Women and Implications for Welfare Reform.” The Monthly Labor Review.
(April):26-35.
WORKING PAPERS
Cox, Amy G. and Harriet B. Presser 2000. “The Demand for Women’s Labor and the Onset of
Women’s Poverty: A Dynamic View.”
Cox, Amy G. 2000. “The Impact of Labor Demand on Women’s Chances of Leaving Poverty.”
Cox, Amy G. and Anne R. Pebley. 1999. “Grandparent Care and Welfare: Assessing the Impact
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of Public Policy on Split and Three Generation Families.”
WORK IN PROGRESS
Cox, Amy G. “Women in the New Economy: How Are They Faring.”
Cox, Amy G. and Jacob Alex Klerman. “Declines in Childbearing and Declines in Marriage.”
Cox, Amy G. and Jacob Alex Klerman. “Employed Former Recipients’ Use of Income Support
Programs.”
Cox, Amy G. “Welfare Reform in California: The Refugee Study.”
Cox, Amy G., Joan M. Hermsen, Jacob Alex Klerman. “Economic Opportunities and Marriage
among Young Women: An Analysis of Women’s Status.”
Cox, Amy G. “Labor Market Opportunities and Poverty Dynamics.”
SEMINARS AND PRESENTATIONS
October 2001, Long Beach, CA. “Medi-Cal Enrollment among Former Welfare Recipients,”
California County Welfare Directors Assocation Annual Meetings.
June 2001, Sacramento, California, “Medi-Cal Coverage among Former Cash Welfare Recipients,”
California Program on Access to Care Legislative Briefing.
March 2001, Washington, DC. “After the Rolls Decline: Medicaid Coverage among Former Cash
Welfare Recipients,” Population Association of America Annual Meetings.
August 2000, Washington, DC. “Poverty and Gender: The Process of Falling into Poverty for U.S.
Women and Men,” American Sociological Association Annual Meetings.
March 2000, Los Angeles, CA. “Gender Differences in the Process of Leaving Poverty,” Population
Association of America Annual Meetings.
September 1999, Rome, Italy. “Economic Opportunities and Marriage Rates: An Analysis of
Women’s Status,” Women in the Labour Market in Changing Economies: Demographic
Issues, seminar of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (with Joan M.
Hermsen and Jacob Alex Klerman).
August 1999, Chicago, IL. “The Demand for Female Labor and Upward Mobility among Low
Income Women,” American Sociological Association Annual Meetings.
March 1999, New York, NY. “Two Steps Forward, One Step Back? The Impact of Female Labor
Demand on Self-Sufficiency and Returns to Poverty among U.S. Women,” Population
Association of America Annual Meetings.
March 1999, New York, NY. “Measuring the Demand for Labor and Assessing Its Importance for
Labor Force Participation,” Population Association of America Annual Meetings.
August 1998, San Francisco, CA. “Leaving Poverty: The Impact of Local Labor Demand on U.S.
Women’s Poverty,” American Sociological Association Annual Meetings.
August 1998, San Francisco, CA. “Grandparent Care and Welfare Reform: Assessing the Impact of
Public Policy on Split and Three Generation Families,” American Sociological Association
Annual Meetings (with Anne R. Pebley).
November 1997, Santa Monica, CA. “The Demand for Labor and the Dynamics of Women’s
Poverty in the U.S.” RAND Population, Aging, and Development Seminar.
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August 1997, Toronto, Ontario. “Female Poverty and Female Job Opportunity Structure: A Dynamic
View,” American Sociological Association Annual Meetings (with Harriet B. Presser).
March 1997, Washington, D.C. “Who’s Poor Now? Assessing the Impact by Citizenship of New
Poverty Measures Proposed by a National Academy of Sciences Panel,” Population
Association of America Annual Meetings (with Rose Maria Li).
August 1996, New York, NY. “The Effect of Employment Opportunities on U.S. Women’s
Marriage Rates,” American Sociological Association Annual Meetings (with Joan M.
Hermsen).
April and October 1996, College Park, MD. “Teaching Controversial Topics and Meeting Student
Resistance,” workshops for graduate student instructors, Departments of Sociology and
Women’s Studies, University of Maryland.
August 1995, Washington, DC. “Women’s Reproductive Health Care: Issues Facing Racial-Ethnic
Minority, Low Income, Lesbian, and Disabled Women,” American Sociological Association
Annual Meetings.
May 1994, Miami, FL. “The Effects of Occupation and Family Structure on the Work Schedules of
American Mothers,” Population Association of America Annual Meetings.
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Poverty and Welfare
Race-ethnicity, Gender, and Class
Employment and Labor Markets
Family Sociology
Gender, Work and Family
Research Methods and Statistics
AWARDS AND SERVICE
2001
Reviewer, Social Problems
1999
Grant proposal reviewer, Russell Sage Foundation
1997
Teaching Excellence Award, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of
Maryland
1995
Pew Fellowship for attendance at the Fifth National Conference on the Education and
Employment of Graduate Teaching Assistants in Denver, CO
1996-1997 Member, Women’s Studies Ph.D. Proposal Committee
1995-1996 President, Graduate Student Forum, Sociology Department, Univ. of Maryland
1995-1996 Co-coordinator, Graduate Feminist Network, Univ. of Maryland
1993-1994 Member, Faculty Search Committees, Sociology Department and Center on
Population, Gender, and Social Inequality, Univ. of Maryland
PROFESSIONAL M EMBERSHIPS
American Sociological Association
Population Association of America
International Union for the Scientific Study of Population