Sabino Kornrich
228 Tarbutton Hall
Atlanta, GA
e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Employment
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Emory University, 2013Research Associate, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney, 2010-14
Junior Researcher, Center for Advanced Study in Social Sciences, Juan March Institute, 2010-13
Fellow, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney, 2009-10
Education
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Washington, 2009
M.A., Sociology, University of Washington, 2005
B.A., Sociology, with Honors, University of North Carolina, 2001
Research and Teaching Interests
Stratification, Economic sociology, Labor markets, Gender, Quantitative methods, Consumption
Research
Peer-reviewed publications:
Hirsh, Elizabeth C. and Sabino Kornrich. 2008. “The Context of Discrimination: Workplace
Conditions, Institutional Environments, and Sex and Race Discrimination Charges.” American
Journal of Sociology 113(5): 1394-1432.
Kornrich, Sabino. 2009. “Combining Preferences and Processes: An Integrated Approach to
Black-White Labor Market Inequality.” American Journal of Sociology 115(1): 1-38.
Kornrich, Sabino. 2009. “Entrepreneurship as Economic Detour? Client Segregation by Race and
Class and the Black-White Earnings Gap among Physicians.” Work & Occupations 36(4):400431.
Kornrich, Sabino. 2012. “Hiring Help for the Home: Household Services in the Twentieth
Century.” Journal of Family History 37(2):197-212.
Kornrich, Sabino, Brines, Julie, and Katrina Leupp. 2013. “Egalitarianism, Housework, and
Sexual Frequency in Marriage.” American Sociological Review 78(1):26-50.
Kornrich, Sabino and Frank Furstenberg. 2013. “Investing in Children: Changes in Spending on
Children, 1972 to 2007.” Demography 50(1):1-23.
Kornrich, Sabino and Alex Hicks. 2015. Editors. The Causes and Consequences of
Financialization. Special Issue of Socio-Economic Review. Volume 13, Issue 3.
Kornrich, Sabino and Maureen Eger. 2016. “Family Life in Context: Men and Women’s
Perceptions of Fairness and Satisfaction across 30 Countries.” Social Politics 23 (1), 40-69.
Kornrich, Sabino. 2016. "Inequalities in Parental Spending on Young Children: 1972-2010.”
American Educational Research Association Open 2(2).
Kornrich, Sabino and Natassia Rodriguez. 2016. "Investing in Young Children among LowIncome Families." Journal of Children and Poverty 22(1):21-40.
Other Publications:
Kornrich, Sabino and Anna Lunn. 2014. “Necessary Reductions or Increased Support? Parental
Investments in Children during the Great Recession.” Recession Brief: Recession Trends. Russell
Sage Foundation and Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality.
Kornrich, Sabino and Alex Hicks. 2015. “Introduction: Special Issue on the Causes and
Consequences of Financialization.” Socio-Economic Review.
Manuscripts under Review:
Kornrich, Sabino and Katrina Leupp. "Reactions to Gender Performances: Short-run Changes in
Housework and Sex."
Kornrich, Sabino. “How do Parents Invest in Children: A Cross-National Comparison of
Inequality in Spending.”
Anna Lunn and Sabino Kornrich. “Education Spending During the Great Recession.”
Kornrich, Sabino and Allison Roberts. “Spending on Household Services and Women’s
Employment and Income.”
Manuscripts in preparation:
Thebaud, Sarah, Kornrich, Sabino, and Leah Ruppanner. “Measuring Gender Norms with
Experimental Design.”
Kornrirch, Sabino, Vaughn, Michael, and Katrina Leupp. “Changes in Sex and Household
Frequency, 1994-2014.”
Kornrich, Sabino. “Income inequality, expenditure cascades, and spending on housing.”
Funding
2014 Gender Egalitarianism in Today’s Marriages. Emory University Research Council. PI:
Sabino Kornrich. Amount: $27,800.
2012 Investment in Children in Low-Income Households and During the Great Recession.
Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality. PI: Sabino Kornrich. Amount: $7,500.
Invited Presentations
2015 Presidential Panel: “Do Heterosexual Couples Avoid Female Superiority and Eroticize
Traditionality?” American Sociological Association meetings, Chicago, IL.
2014 “Unequal Investments in Children: Does Market Reliance Increase Inequality?”
Public Lecture, University of Melbourne.
2013 “Housework and Sexual Frequency in Marriage: Measuring Substantive Change with
Opposite Spouse Reports?” Department of Economic History and Institutions.
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
2012 “Vive La Difference: Egalitarianism, Housework, and Sexual Frequency in Marriage?”
Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics, University of Bocconi.
2012 “What can Money Buy? Increasing Inequality in Parental Monetary Investments in
Young Children.” Income, Inequality, and Educational Success Conference, Center for
Educational Policy Analysis, Stanford University.
Selected Conference Presentations
2015 Kornrich, Sabino. Household Outsourcing and Women’s Income. American Sociological
Association, Chicago.
2014 Kornrich, Sabino. Necessary Reductions or Increased Support? Parental Investments in
Children during the Great Recession. American Sociological Association, San Francisco.
2014 Kornrich, Sabino. Money or Tastes? Spending on Household Outsourcing. Conference of
Doctores Miembros Juan March, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain.
2014 "Expenditure Cascades in Times of Finance.” Conference/Workshop on Financialization
and its Consequences, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain.
2014 Kornrich, Sabino and Katrina Leupp. “From one Week to the Next: Short-Run Change
in Housework and Sexual Frequency.” PAA Meeting, Boston, MA.
2012 Kornrich, Sabino. “Inequalities in Parental Investments in Children: Variation across
Welfare States.” Nordic Sociological Association Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2011 Kornrich, Sabino and Maureen Eger. “Motherhood in Context: Children, Family-Friendly
Policies, and Satisfaction with Family Life across 26 Countries.” Nordic Sociological
Association Conference, Oslo, Norway.
2011 Kornrich, Sabino, and Frank F. Furstenberg. “Investing in Children: Changes in Spending
on Children, 1972 to 2007.” PAA Meeting, Washington DC.
2011 Kornrich, Sabino, Gauthier, Anne, and Frank F. Furstenberg. “Comparing Private
Investments in Children: Australia, Canada, USA.” PAA Meeting, Washington DC.
2010 Kornrich, Sabino. “Inequality and Spending on Housing, 1980-2007.” Workshop on
Inequality, co-hosted by University of Sydney and Committee on Australian Studies,
Harvard University.
2009 Kornrich, Sabino, Brines, Julie, and Katrina M. Leupp. “Vive La Difference?
Egalitarianism, Housework, and Sexual Frequency in Marriage.” ASA Meeting, San
Francisco.
2009 Kornrich, Sabino. “Changes in Spending on Household Services and Women’s Income,
1980-2000.”ASA Meeting, San Francisco.
2008 Kornrich, Sabino. “How City Characteristics Influence Consumption Patterns: A Test
of Recent Theories of Consumption.” ASA Meeting. Boston.
2006 Kornrich, Sabino. “Understanding the Black-White Wage Gap among Physicians.”
ASA Meeting, Montréal.
2005 Kornrich, Sabino. “Preferences and Processes: Combining Threat and Queuing
Theories of Labor Market Outcomes.” ASA Meeting, Philadelphia.
2004 Hirsh, Elizabeth C. and Sabino Kornrich. “The Context of Discrimination: The Impact of
Firm Conditions on Workplace Race and Gender Discrimination.” ASA Meeting, San
Francisco.
Honors and Awards
2016 Distinguished Teaching Award, Department of Sociology, Emory University.
2009 Graduate School Fund for Excellence and Innovation travel award.
2006 Outstanding Performance for Masters of Arts Degree, Department of Sociology,
University of Washington for “Preferences and Processes: Combining Threat and
Queuing Theories of Labor Market Outcomes.”
2004 Distinguished Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Washington.
Teaching
Emory University
Undergraduate:
Sociology of the Family
Class, Status, Power
Graduate:
Applied Regression
Social Stratification
Ph.D. Committees:
Jin-Won Chung
Sonal Nalkur
Yun Tai
Service
Departmental:
2014-6 Chair, Speaker Committee, Department of Sociology, Emory University
2013-4 Member, Speaker Committee, Department of Sociology, Emory University
2010 Co-Organizer, Workshop on Inequality, Jointly hosted by United States Studies Centre,
University of Sydney and Committee on Australian Studies, Harvard University.
Institutional:
2016-7 Member, Institute for Quantitative Theory and Methods Search Committee
2016-7 Co-Chair, URC Social Science Sub-Committee
2015-6 Member, URC Social Science Sub-Committee
2015-6 Member, Woodruff Social Sciences Fellowship Committee
2012-3 Member, Research Award Committee, Juan March Institute
Disciplinary:
2014-5 Co-Editor, Special Issue on Financialization at Socio-Economic Review.
2014 Organizer, Conference/Workshop on Financialization and its Consequences.
2013 Discussant, Children And Poverty. American Sociological Association; San Francisco.
2013 Reviewer, Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award Committee, ASA Family Section
2008 Speaker, Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Seminar in Population and
Occasional Reviewer: American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Asian
Women, British Journal of Sociology, Contemporary Economic Policy, Demography, European
Journal of Population, European Sociological Review, Journal of Health and Social Behavior,
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Population Research and Policy Review, Social
Forces, Social Justice Research, Sociological Compass, Sociological Forum, Social Problems,
The Sociological Quarterly, Work and Occupations.
Media Coverage/Interviews
“Split in Fortunes Stalks U.S. Schoolchildren.” Bloomberg News. January 15, 2015.
“Being an 'Elephant Mom' in the Time of the Tiger Mother.” The Atlantic December 3, 2014.
“School Spending is Widening U.S. Wealth Gap.” Associated Press. October 1, 2014.
“Inequality Piketty Doesn’t Examine Is U.S. Human Capital.” Bloomberg News. July 15, 2014.
“Does a More Equal Marriage Mean Less Sex?” New York Times Magazine February 6, 2014.
“Parents are Putting their Kids First.” New York Post December 15, 2013.“The Case for Filth.”
New York Times December 7, 2013.
“When Class Became More Important to a Child's Education than Race” The Atlantic Aug 28,
2013.
“Pro-Baby, but Stingy With Money to Support Them.” New York Times July 23, 2013.
“Money Cuts Both Ways in Education.” New York Times May 9, 2013.
Assorted coverage – AP, BBC Radio, local, international wire for “Housework, Egalitarianism,
and Sexual Frequency.” February 2013, December 2014.
“College is Increasingly Out of Reach for the Poor, Studies Find.” New York Times February 10,
2012.
“Education Gap Grows Between Rich and Poor.” New York Times February 9, 2012.
“Do Kids Still Matter to Marriage?” New York Times June 14, 2010.
“Long Road to Adulthood is Growing Even Longer.” New York Times June 12, 2010.