Population Research Discovery Seminars

Fathers' Multiple-Partner Fertility and Children’s Educational Outcomes 

Robert Pollak is a labor economist who has made fundamental contributions in the estimation of demand systems, welfare analysis, cost of living theory and implementation, and family economics. His work is characterized by the thoughtful application of economic theory to empirical problems, the careful investigation of the realism of the assumptions underpinning theoretical models, and the willingness to bring the insights of psychology and sociology into the understanding of family dynamics.