| Ginsburg, Carren, Collinson, Mark A, Pheiffer, Chantel F, Gómez-Olivé, F Xavier, Harawa, Sadson, McGarvey, Stephen T, Ohene-Kwofie, Daniel, Foster, Andrew D, Myroniuk, Tyler W, Lurie, Mark N, Tollman, Stephen M, White, Michael J. "Cohort Profile: Migrant Health Follow-Up Study (MHFUS) of internal migration in South Africa." International Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 53, no. 4, 2024. |
| White, Michael, Sun, Liangliang, Jiang, Leiwen. "Changes in migration determinants along the urban hierarchy in China." Asian Population Studies, 2023, pp. 1-23. |
| Dzomba, Armstrong, Ginsburg, Carren, Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa W., Yorlets, Rachel R., Ndagurwa, Pedzisai, Harawa, Sadson, Lurie, Mark N., McGarvey, Stephen T., Tollman, Stephen, Collinson, Mark A., White, Michael J., Gomez-Olive, Francesc X. "Epidemiology of chronic multimorbidity and temporary migration in a rural South African community in health transition: A cross-sectional population-based analysis." Frontiers in Epidemiology, vol. 3, 2023. |
| Madhavan, Sangeetha, Kim, Seung Wan, White, Michael, Gomez‐Olive, Xavier. "Parenting in place: Young children's living arrangement and migrants' sleep health in South Africa." Population, Space and Place, 2023. |
| Pheiffer, Chantel F., McGarvey, Stephen T., Ginsburg, Carren, White, Michael J. "Urban residence and elevated blood pressure among migrant women in South Africa." Health & Place, vol. 83, 2023, pp. 103071. |
| Fashaw-Walters, Shekinah A., Rahman, Momotazur, Gee, Gilbert, Mor, Vincent, White, Michael, Thomas, Kali S. "Out Of Reach: Inequities In The Use Of High-Quality Home Health Agencies." Health Affairs, vol. 41, no. 2, 2022, pp. 247-255. |
| Myroniuk, Tyler W., White, Michael J., Madhavan, Sangeetha. "Post-migration emotional well-being among Black South Africans." SSM - Mental Health, vol. 2, 2022, pp. 100173. |
| Ginsburg, Carren, Collinson, Mark A., Gómez-Olivé, F. Xavier, Harawa, Sadson, Pheiffer, Chantel F., White, Michael J. "The impact of COVID-19 on a cohort of origin residents and internal migrants from South Africa's rural northeast." SSM - Population Health, vol. 17, 2022, pp. 101049. |
| Yorlets, Rachel R, Lurie, Mark N, Ginsburg, Carren, Hogan, Joseph W, Joyce, Nina R, Harawa, Sadson, Collinson, Mark A, Gómez-Olivé, F Xavier, White, Michael J. "Validity of Self-Report for Ascertaining HIV Status Among Circular Migrants and Permanent Residents in South Africa: A Cross-Sectional, Population-Based Analysis." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 27, no. 3, 2022, pp. 919-927. |
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Ginsburg C, Collinson MA, Gómez-Olivé FX, Gross M, Harawa S, Lurie MN, Mukondwa K, Pheiffer CF, Tollman S, Wang R, White MJ.
"Internal migration and health in South Africa: determinants of healthcare utilisation in a young adult cohort." 2021.
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| Pheiffer, Chantel F., McGarvey, Stephen T., Ginsburg, Carren, Collinson, Mark, Gómez-Olivé, F. Xavier, Tollman, Stephen, White, Michael J. "Dimensions of internal migration and their relationship to blood pressure in South Africa." Journal of Biosocial Science, vol. 51, no. 6, 2019, pp. 827-842. |
| Myroniuk, Tyler W., White, Michael J., Gross, Mark, Wang, Rebecca, Ginsburg, Carren, Collinson, Mark. "Does it Take a Village? Migration among Rural South African Youth." Population Research and Policy Review, vol. 37, no. 6, 2018, pp. 1079-1108. |
| Abubakar, Ibrahim, Aldridge, Robert W, Devakumar, Delan, Orcutt, Miriam, Burns, Rachel, Barreto, Mauricio L, Dhavan, Poonam, Fouad, Fouad M, Groce, Nora, Guo, Yan, Hargreaves, Sally, Knipper, Michael, Miranda, J Jaime, Madise, Nyovani, Kumar, Bernadette, Mosca, Davide, McGovern, Terry, Rubenstein, Leonard, Sammonds, Peter, Sawyer, Susan M, Sheikh, Kabir, Tollman, Stephen, Spiegel, Paul, Zimmerman, Cathy, Abubakar, Ibrahim, Aldridge, Robert W, Devakumar, Delan, Orcutt, Miriam, Burns, Rachel, Barreto, Mauricio L, Dhavan, Poonam, Fouad, Fouad M, Groce, Nora, Guo, Yan, Hargreaves, Sally, Knipper, Michael, Miranda, Jaime, Madise, Nyovani, Kumar, Bernadette, Mosca, Davide, McGovern, Terry, Rubenstein, Leonard, Sammonds, Peter, Sawyer, Susan M, Sheikh, Kabir, Tollman, Stephen, Spiegel, Paul, Zimmerman, Cathy, Abbas, Mustafa, Acer, Eleanor, Ahmad, Ayesha, Abimbola, Seye, Blanchet, Karl, Bocquier, Philippe, Samuels, Fiona, Byrne, Olga, Haerizadeh, Sonia, Issa, Rita, Collinson, Mark, Ginsburg, Carren, Kelman, Ilan, McAlpine, Alys, Pocock, Nicola, Olshansky, Barbara, Ramos, Dandara, White, Michael, Zhou, Suzanne. "The UCL–Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: the health of a world on the move." The Lancet, vol. 392, no. 10164, 2018, pp. 2606-2654. |
| Liu, Zhen, White, Michael J. "Education Outcomes of Immigrant Youth: The Role of Parental Engagement." The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 674, no. 1, 2017, pp. 27-58. |
| Ginsburg, C; Bocquier P; Béguy D; Afolabi S; Augusto O; Derra K; Herbst K; Lankoande B; Odhiambo F; Otiende M; Soura A; Wamukoya M; Zabré P; White MJ; Collinson MA. "Healthy or Unhealthy Migrants? Identifying Internal Migration Effects on Mortality in Africa." Social Science & Medicine, vol. 164, 2016, pp. 59-73. |
| International Handbook of Migration and Population Distribution. edited by White, Michael J, Springer, 2016. |
| White MJ; Mullen EJ. "Socioeconomic Attainment in the Ellis Island Era." Social Science History, vol. 40, no. Spring, 2016, pp. 147–181. |
| White MJ, Mullen EJ. "Socioeconomic Attainment in the Ellis Island Era." Social Science History, vol. 40, no. 1, 2016, pp. 147-181. |
| White, Michael J. "DuBois' Question for Another Century." Sociological Forum, vol. 28, no. 1, 2013, pp. 187-192. |
| White, M. J., Judd, M. D., Poliandri, S. "Brightening the Bulb: Response to Comments." Sociological Methodology, vol. 42, no. 1, 2012, pp. 94-99. |
| White, M. J., Judd, M. D., Poliandri, S. "Illumination with a Dim Bulb? What Do Social Scientists Learn by Employing Qualitative Data Analysis Software in the Service of Multimethod Designs?." Sociological Methodology, vol. 42, no. 1, 2012, pp. 43-76. |
| Barban, Nicola, White, Michael J. "Immigrants’ Children’s Transition to Secondary School in Italy." Int Migr Rev, vol. 45, no. 3, 2011, pp. 702-726. |
| Mberu, Blessing Uchenna, White, Michael J. "Internal migration and health: Premarital sexual initiation in Nigeria." Social Science & Medicine, vol. 72, no. 8, 2011, pp. 1284-1293. |
| Reed, Holly E., Andrzejewski, Catherine S., White, Michael J. "Mens and womens migration in coastal Ghana." Demographic Research, vol. 22, 2010, pp. 771-812. |
| Kim, Ann H., White, Michael J. "Panethnicity, Ethnic Diversity, and Residential Segregation1." Am J Sociol, vol. 115, no. 5, 2010, pp. 1558-1596. |
| Andrzejewski, Catherine S., Reed, Holly E., White, Michael J. "Does where you live influence what you know? Community effects on health knowledge in Ghana." Health & Place, vol. 15, no. 1, 2009, pp. 228-238. |
| White, Michael J., Hunter, Lori M. "Public Perception of Environmental Issues in a Developing Setting: Environmental Concern in Coastal Ghana." Social science quarterly, vol. 90, no. 4, 2009, pp. 960-982. |
| McGarvey, Stephen T., Buszin, Justin, Reed, Holly, Rahman, Zarah, Andrzejewski, Catherine, White, Michael J., Smith, David C., Awusabo-Asare, Kofi. "Community and household determinants of water quality in coastal Ghana." Journal of Water and Health, vol. 6, no. 3, 2008, pp. 339. |
| Kertzer, David I., White, Michael J., Bernardi, Laura, Gabrielli, Giuseppe. "Italy’s Path to Very Low Fertility: The Adequacy of Economic and Second Demographic Transition Theories." European Journal of Population/Revue européenne de Démographie, vol. 25, no. 1, 2008, pp. 89-115. |
| Michael J. White, None, Salut Muhidin, None, Catherine Andrzejewski, None, Eva Tagoe, None, Rodney Knight, None, Holly Reed, None. "Urbanization and Fertility: An Event-History Analysis of Coastal Ghana." Demography, vol. 45, no. 4, 2008, pp. 803-816. |
| White MJ, Muhidin S, Andrzejewski C, Tagoe E, Knight R, Reed H. "Urbanization and fertility: an event-history analysis of coastal Ghana." Demography, vol. 45, no. 4, 2008, pp. 803-16. |
| Nixon, Scott W., Buckley, Betty A., Granger, S. L., Entsua-Mensah, M., Ansa-Asare, O., White, M. J., McKinney, Richard A., Mensah, E. "ANTHROPOGENIC ENRICHMENT AND NUTRIENTS IN SOME TROPICAL LAGOONS OF GHANA, WEST AFRICA." Ecological Applications, vol. 17, no. sp5, 2007, pp. S144-S164. |
| Nguyen, Liem T., White, Michael J. "Health Status of Temporary Migrants in Urban Areas in Vietnam 1." Int Migration, vol. 45, no. 4, 2007, pp. 101-134. |
| Gabrielli, Giuseppe, Paterno, Anna, White, Michael J. "The impact of origin region and internal migration on Italian fertility." Demographic Research, vol. 17, 2007, pp. 705-740. |
| Glick, J. E., Ruf, S. D., White, M. J., Goldscheider, F. "Educational Engagement and Early Family Formation: Differences by Ethnicity and Generation." Social Forces, vol. 84, no. 3, 2006, pp. 1391-1415. |
| Chattopadhyay, Arpita, White, Michael J., Debpuur, Cornelius. "Migrant fertility in Ghana: Selection versus adaptation and disruption as causal mechanisms." Population Studies, vol. 60, no. 2, 2006, pp. 189-203. |
| White, M. J. "Mapping Social Distance: Ethnic Residential Segregation in a Multiethnic Metro." Sociological Methods & Research, vol. 34, no. 2, 2005, pp. 173-203. |
| White, Michael J., Tagoe, Eva, Stiff, Catherine, Adazu, Kubaje, Smith, Daniel Jordan. "Urbanization and the fertility transition in Ghana." Popul Res Policy Rev, vol. 24, no. 1, 2005, pp. 59-83. |
| Kiros, Gebre-Egzbiabher, White, Michael J. "Migration, community context, and child immunization in Ethiopia." Social Science & Medicine, vol. 59, no. 12, 2004, pp. 2603-2616. |
| Glick, Jennifer E., White, Michael J. "Post-secondary school participation of immigrant and native youth: the role of familial resources and educational expectations." Social Science Research, vol. 33, no. 2, 2004, pp. 272-299. |
| Goldstein A, White M, Goldstein S. "Migration, fertility, and state policy in Hubei Province, China." Demography, vol. 34, no. 4, 1997, pp. 481-91. |
| Mueser, Peter R., White, Michael J. "EXPLAINING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN RATES OF IN-MIGRATION AND OUT-MIGRATION." Papers in Regional Science, vol. 67, no. 1, 1989, pp. 121-134. |
Michael J. White, emeritus faculty member, is a sociologist who investigates demographic subjects with relevance to public policy. White has a long-standing interest in spatial population analysis, including migration, urbanization, and residential segregation. White's research draws on censuses and surveys in a variety of geographic settings, including primary data collection in developing countries.
Michael J. White arrived at Brown University in 1989. He is a sociologist and demographer who investigates issues with relevance to public policy. White is PI of longitudinal survey in South Africa investigating rural-to-urban migration with attention to its socioeconomic and health consequences. Research on the United States has focuses on studies of immigrant adaptation in schooling, family and the labor force. Research on China examines the patterns and consequences of urbanization. During his teaching time at Brown, White offered courses in social policy, migration, demographic methods, and statistics. A list of publications and working papers appear elsewhere on this website. Prior to arriving at Brown, White taught at Princeton University and was a staff member of the Urban Institute in Washington D.C.
"Migration, Urbanization, and Health in a Transition Setting" [R01 NIH] (PI). 2016-2024 $1,997,000.
"Migration, HIV and Socioeconomic Change in South Africa" Lifespan/Tufts/Brown [NIH] Center for AIDS Research 2011-13 $40,000.
"Explaining Very Low Fertility in Italy" (D. Kertzer, PI), National Science Foundation, $250,000; National Institutes of Health; 2004-06; $787,957
"Urbanization, Health, and Environmental Quality in Coastal Ghana," National Institutes of Health; 2003-05; $200,000
"Urbanization and Environmental Impact in Coastal Ghana," MacArthur Foundation; 2000-03; $300,000
"First Year Doctoral Training for Students from Africa," PI, PSTC Training Grant; 2000-03; $270,000
Renewed 2003-05; $300,000
"Advancing Segregation Measurement," NSF; 1999-2003; $130,000
"Immigration and Early Life Course Transitions" (J. Glick, PI), NICHD; 1999-2002; $587,000
"The Kumasi [Ghana] Peri-Urban Survey" (element of PSTC award from Mellon Foundation, "Fertility in Developing Countries"); 1998-99; $25,000
"The Fate of Abandoned Children" (D. Kertzer, PI), NSF; 1996-98, $56,026
"Migration and Environmental Quality" (with L. Hunter), NICHD; 1995-97; $40,000
"Immigrant Adaptation," Interagency Personnel Agreement awarded to PSTC, Brown University; 1995-96; $61, 629
"Language Proficiency, Schooling and the Achievement of Immigrants," U.S. Department of Labor; 1995-96; $19,700
"Metropolitan Restructuring, Neighborhood Change, and Concentrated Poverty" (with H. Silver), NSF; 1992-96; $138,000
"The Substitution of Immigration for Internal Migration," Sloan Foundation; 1990-95; $55,000
"Integrated Analysis of Spatial Mobility" (with P. Mueser), NICHD; 1985-89; $314,000
"Neighborhoods in Urban Society," Russell Sage Foundation; 1982-84; $66,000
"The Changing Sociospatial Structure of the City" (D. J. Bogue, PI), NICHD; 1980-81; $38,000
"Internal Migration and Local Mobility within SMSAs" (D. J. Bogue, PI), NSF; 1980-81; $42,000
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | PhD | University of Chicago |
| 1977 | MA | University of Chicago |
| 1975 | BA | Harvard University |
Honors and Awards:
Honorary Research Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa), 2013-
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2014
Sociological Research Association, 2011
O.D. Duncan book award, Population Section, American Sociological Association, 2010
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Foster, Andrew | George S. and Nancy B. Parker Professor of Economics |
| Lurie, Mark | Professor of Epidemiology |
| McGarvey, Stephen | Professor of Epidemiology |
Recent Professional Service:
International Scientific Committee, African Population Conference (UAPS), 2023-24
IUSSP Panel on Lifetime Migration 2022-2025
International Scientific Advisory Board, Asian Demographic Research Institute 2015-
| SOC 1100 - Introductory Statistics for Social Research |
| SOC 1870K - Demographics and Development |
| SOC 2010 - Multivariate Statistical Methods I |
| SOC 2230 - Techniques of Demographic Analysis |
| SOC 2320 - Migration |
