Laura Tach

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Laura Tach is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Tach has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 17 papers in Gender Studies and 15 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Laura Tach's work include Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (21 papers), Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (15 papers) and Family Dynamics and Relationships (15 papers). Laura Tach is often cited by papers focused on Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (21 papers), Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (15 papers) and Family Dynamics and Relationships (15 papers). Laura Tach collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Laura Tach's co-authors include Kathryn Edin, Daniel Schneider, Sara McLanahan, Ronald B. Mincy, Sarah Halpern‐Meekin, Deirdre Bloome, Bruce Western, Benjamin Sosnaud, George Farkas and Christopher Jencks and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Journal of Public Health and Developmental Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Laura Tach

51 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

The Causal Effects of Father Absence 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Causal Effects of Father Absence
    2013 364 citations Laura Tach et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Laura Tach United States 26 1.4k 803 590 567 339 53 2.4k
Daniel Schneider United States 28 1.3k 0.9× 900 1.1× 814 1.4× 853 1.5× 180 0.5× 87 2.8k
Mark Robert Rank United States 28 1.3k 0.9× 394 0.5× 669 1.1× 801 1.4× 179 0.5× 82 2.4k
Petter Lundborg Sweden 30 1.3k 0.9× 614 0.8× 318 0.5× 960 1.7× 241 0.7× 85 2.9k
Anne H. Gauthier Netherlands 26 1.8k 1.3× 1.3k 1.7× 1.5k 2.5× 790 1.4× 268 0.8× 96 3.3k
Kristen Harknett United States 26 1.1k 0.8× 719 0.9× 659 1.1× 742 1.3× 102 0.3× 53 2.1k
R. S. Oropesa United States 30 1.7k 1.2× 508 0.6× 399 0.7× 559 1.0× 197 0.6× 58 2.4k
Christopher Wimer United States 20 951 0.7× 265 0.3× 418 0.7× 751 1.3× 294 0.9× 73 2.1k
Lucinda Platt United Kingdom 30 1.4k 1.0× 311 0.4× 255 0.4× 525 0.9× 360 1.1× 110 2.7k
Trudie Knijn Netherlands 25 1.2k 0.9× 591 0.7× 489 0.8× 551 1.0× 259 0.8× 65 2.0k
Martha S. Hill United States 21 1.4k 1.0× 546 0.7× 713 1.2× 463 0.8× 264 0.8× 32 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Laura Tach

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura Tach

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Laura Tach. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Laura Tach based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Laura Tach. Laura Tach is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Morrissey, Mary Beth, et al.. (2022). “I was a soccer mom—high or not”: The intersecting roles of parenting and recovery. Family Relations. 72(4). 1827–1844. 1 indexed citations
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Tach, Laura, et al.. (2022). Do Federal Place-Based Policies Improve Economic Opportunity in Rural Communities?. RSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. 8(4). 125–154. 18 indexed citations
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Tach, Laura, et al.. (2021). State Child Welfare Policies and the Measurement of Child Maltreatment in the United States. Child Maltreatment. 27(3). 411–422. 15 indexed citations
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Sassler, Sharon, et al.. (2020). Fatherhood and Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Progression of Romantic Relationships. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 83(4). 985–1003. 3 indexed citations
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Edin, Kathryn, et al.. (2019). It's Not Like I'm Poor. 42 indexed citations
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Tach, Laura, et al.. (2018). A Renter’s Tax Credit to Curtail the Affordable Housing Crisis. RSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. 4(2). 131–160. 6 indexed citations
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Tach, Laura, et al.. (2016). Wealth and Inequality in the Stability of Romantic Relationships. RSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. 2(6). 197–224. 30 indexed citations
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Tach, Laura, et al.. (2016). The Effect of Microneighborhood Conditions on Adult Educational Attainment in a Subsidized Housing Intervention. Housing Policy Debate. 26(2). 380–397. 6 indexed citations
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Hall, Matthew, Laura Tach, & Barrett A. Lee. (2016). Trajectories of Ethnoracial Diversity in American Communities, 1980–2010. Population and Development Review. 42(2). 271–297. 46 indexed citations
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Western, Bruce, Deirdre Bloome, Benjamin Sosnaud, & Laura Tach. (2016). Trends in Income Insecurity Among U.S. Children, 1984–2010. Demography. 53(2). 419–447. 47 indexed citations
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Tach, Laura & Mariana Amorim. (2015). Constrained, Convenient, and Symbolic Consumption: Neighborhood Food Environments and Economic Coping Strategies among the Urban Poor. Journal of Urban Health. 92(5). 815–834. 24 indexed citations
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Tach, Laura, et al.. (2014). 'Robbing Peter to Pay Paul': Economic and Cultural Explanations for How Lower-Income Families Manage Debt. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Tach, Laura. (2014). Social Mobility in an Era of Family Instability and Complexity. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 657(1). 83–96. 30 indexed citations
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Halpern‐Meekin, Sarah & Laura Tach. (2013). Discordance in couples’ reporting of courtship stages: Implications for measurement and marital quality. Social Science Research. 42(4). 1143–1155. 13 indexed citations
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Tach, Laura & Sarah Halpern‐Meekin. (2012). Marital Quality and Divorce Decisions: How Do Premarital Cohabitation and Nonmarital Childbearing Matter?. Family Relations. 61(4). 571–585. 10 indexed citations
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Mendenhall, Ruby, Kathryn Edin, Susan L. Crowley, et al.. (2012). The Role of Earned Income Tax Credit in the Budgets of Low-Income Households. Social Service Review. 86(3). 367–400. 76 indexed citations
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Tach, Laura & Kathryn Edin. (2011). The Relationship Contexts of Young Disadvantaged Men. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 635(1). 76–94. 22 indexed citations
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Odgers, Candice L., Terrie E. Moffitt, Laura Tach, et al.. (2009). The protective effects of neighborhood collective efficacy on British children growing up in deprivation: A developmental analysis.. Developmental Psychology. 45(4). 942–957. 173 indexed citations
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Tach, Laura & Sarah Halpern‐Meekin. (2009). How Does Premarital Cohabitation Affect Trajectories of Marital Quality?. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 71(2). 298–317. 41 indexed citations

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