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Thomas A Hirschl

Professor

Primary Research Areas

  • development sociology
  • youth

Graduate Fields

Research Focus

I am focused on measuring how individuals experience economic hardship and economic success over their life course, and how they perceive these experiences. This perception gets into the realm of social ideology, and how individuals interpolate their experience in ideological terms.

Research Grants

  • RSS MASTER'S THESIS, DISSERTATION, AND EARLY CAREERS RESEARCH AWARD

Selected Publications

PubMed Listings
  • "On the Empirical Finding of a Higher Risk of Poverty in Rural Areas: Is Rural Residence Endogenous to Poverty? Comment. " Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 30:200-201. 2005
  • Rank, Mark R. and Thomas A. Hirschl. "The Likelihood of Using Food Stamps During the Adulthood Years. " Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 37: 137-146. 2005
  • Rank, Mark R., Hong-Sik Yoon, and Thomas A. Hirschl. "American Poverty as a Structural Failing: Evidence and Arguments. " Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 30: 3-29. 2003
  • Hirschl, Thomas A., Joyce Altobelli and Mark R. Rank. "Does Marriage Increase the Odds of Affluence: Exploring the Life Course Probabilities." Journal of Marriage and Family 65:927-938. 2003
  • Rank, Mark R. and Thomas A. Hirschl. "Welfare Use as a Life Course Event: Towards a New Understanding of America's Safety Net. " Social Work 47: 237-248. 2002
  • Rank, Mark R. and Thomas A. Hirschl. "Rags or Riches: Estimating the Probabilities of Poverty and Affluence Across the Adult American Life Span. " Social Science Quarterly 82: 651-669. 2001
  • Rank, Mark R. and Thomas A. Hirschl. "The Measurement of Long Term Risks Across the Life Course. " Social Science Quarterly 82: 680-686. 2001
  • Rank, Mark R. and Thomas A. Hirschl. "The Occurrence of Poverty Across the Life Cycle: Evidence from the PSID. " Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 20: 737-756. 2001