James Raymo
Professor of Sociology
Associate Director for Training, CDE
Director, Concentration in Analysis and Research
4462 Sewell Social Sciences
(608) 262-2783
Fax:
(608) 262-8400
jraymo@ssc.wisc.edu
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Office Hours:
M 3-5 (Fall'09)
Curriculum Vitae
Research Interest Statement
Raymo is currently engaged in three projects: In the first, his work on socioeconomic differentials in emerging family behaviors in Japan and the implications of these behaviors for subsequent well-being has demonstrated that, as in other low fertility societies, family outcomes with potentially negative implications for subsequent well-being are increasingly concentrated at the lower end of the socioeconomic spectrum in Japan. In another project, he evaluates the ways in which work experiences across the life course are associated with when and how older Americans retire. In his third project, he examines relationships between employment status, family circumstances, and well-being at older ages in Japan. With high rates of later-life labor force participation, Japan is a potentially valuable source of insight for countries seeking to promote extended labor force participation.
Selected Publications:
Raymo, James M., Jersey Liang, and Erika Kobayashi, Yoko Sugihara, Taro Fukaya. 2009. “The Family Context of Health and Retirement in Japan.” Research on Aging 31: 180-206.
Raymo, James M. and Miho Iwasawa. 2008. “Premarital Pregnancy and Spouse Pairing Patterns in Japan.” Journal of Marriage and Family 70:847-860.
Raymo, James M. and Megan M. Sweeney. 2006. “Work-Family Conflict and Retirement Preferences.” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 61B:S161-S169.
Raymo, James M. and Miho Iwasawa. 2005 “Marriage Market Mismatches in Japan: An Alternative View of the Relationship between Women’s Education and Marriage.” American Sociological Review 70:801-822.
Raymo, James M., Jersey Liang, Hidehiro Sugisawa, Erika Kobayashi, and Yoko Sugihara. 2004. “Work at Older Ages in Japan: Variation by Gender and Employment Status.” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences. 59B:S154-S163.
Raymo, James M. 2003. "Educational attainment and the Transition to First Marriage Among Japanese Women." Demography. 40:83-103.
| The Second Demographic Transition in Japan |
| Life Course Trajectories and the Retirement Process |
CDE Research Theme Working Groups
Fertility/Families and Households