Alexandra Killewald

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Alexandra Killewald is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexandra Killewald has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 14 papers in Demography and 14 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Alexandra Killewald's work include Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (14 papers), Family Dynamics and Relationships (9 papers) and Work-Family Balance Challenges (8 papers). Alexandra Killewald is often cited by papers focused on Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (14 papers), Family Dynamics and Relationships (9 papers) and Work-Family Balance Challenges (8 papers). Alexandra Killewald collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and Denmark. Alexandra Killewald's co-authors include Margaret Gough, Fabian T. Pfeffer, Jared Schachner, Jonathan Bearak, Yu Xie, Javier García‐Manglano, Andrew Clarkwest, Quinn Moore, Robert G. Wood and Ian Lundberg and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, American Sociological Review and Social Forces.

In The Last Decade

Alexandra Killewald

26 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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Wealth Inequality and Accumulation

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Mark Robert Rank United States

David C. Ribar United States

Daniela Del Boca Italy

Christine Percheski United States

Martha S. Hill United States

Maria Cancian United States

David T. Ellwood United States

Robert D. Plotnick United States

Isabel V. Sawhill United States

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All Works

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Christensen, Tomas Møller & Alexandra Killewald. (2025). Can a motherhood premium in public transfer income offset the Danish motherhood earnings penalty?. European Sociological Review.

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Killewald, Alexandra, et al.. (2024). Can fertility decline help explain gender pay convergence?. Social Forces. 103(4). 1329–1349.

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Killewald, Alexandra, Angela Lee, & Paula England. (2023). Wealth and Divorce. Demography. 60(1). 147–171. 1 indexed citations

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Pfeffer, Fabian T. & Alexandra Killewald. (2019). Intergenerational Wealth Mobility and Racial Inequality. Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. 5. 43 indexed citations

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Killewald, Alexandra & Ian Lundberg. (2017). New Evidence Against a Causal Marriage Wage Premium. Demography. 54(3). 1007–1028. 39 indexed citations

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Killewald, Alexandra, et al.. (2016). Does Your Home Make You Wealthy?. RSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. 2(6). 110–128. 50 indexed citations

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Killewald, Alexandra & Javier García‐Manglano. (2016). Tethered lives: A couple-based perspective on the consequences of parenthood for time use, occupation, and wages. Social Science Research. 60. 266–282. 74 indexed citations

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Xie, Yu, et al.. (2015). Between- and Within-Occupation Inequality. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 663(1). 53–79. 20 indexed citations

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Killewald, Alexandra, et al.. (2015). Mothers' Long-Term Employment Patterns. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Killewald, Alexandra & Jonathan Bearak. (2014). Is the Motherhood Penalty Larger for Low-Wage Women? A Comment on Quantile Regression. American Sociological Review. 79(2). 350–357. 130 indexed citations

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Killewald, Alexandra. (2014). Moms at Work: The Dynamics of Maternal Employment. Upjohn Research (W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research). 1 indexed citations

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Xie, Yu & Alexandra Killewald. (2013). Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Great Britain and the United States Since 1850: Comment. American Economic Review. 103(5). 2003–2020. 81 indexed citations

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Killewald, Alexandra. (2013). Return to Being Black, Living in the Red: A Race Gap in Wealth That Goes Beyond Social Origins. Demography. 50(4). 1177–1195. 68 indexed citations

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Furgeson, Joshua, Brian Gill, Joshua Haimson, et al.. (2012). Charter-School Management Organizations: Diverse Strategies and Diverse Student Impacts. Updated Edition.. Mathematica Policy Research Reports. 5 indexed citations

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Killewald, Alexandra. (2012). A Reconsideration of the Fatherhood Premium. American Sociological Review. 78(1). 96–116. 191 indexed citations

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Furgeson, Joshua, Brian Gill, Joshua Haimson, et al.. (2011). The National Study of Charter Management Organization (CMO) Effectiveness. Charter-School Management Organizations: Diverse Strategies and Diverse Student Impacts.. Mathematica Policy Research Reports. 8 indexed citations

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Gough, Margaret & Alexandra Killewald. (2011). Unemployment in Families: The Case of Housework. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 73(5). 1085–1100. 105 indexed citations

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Killewald, Alexandra. (2011). Opting Out and Buying Out: Wives' Earnings and Housework Time. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 73(2). 459–471. 71 indexed citations

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Charles, Kerwin Kofi, Erik Hurst, & Alexandra Killewald. (2011). Marital Sorting and Parental Wealth. Demography. 50(1). 51–70. 1 indexed citations

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Killewald, Alexandra & Margaret Gough. (2010). Money isn’t everything: Wives’ earnings and housework time. Social Science Research. 39(6). 987–1003. 132 indexed citations

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