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I-Fen Lin
ifenlin@bgnet.bgsu.edu
(419)372-8517
Curriculum vita
Associate Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1997
Dr. Lin's major research interests are parental investments in children and intergenerational transfers. She is currently
looking at the patterns and determinants of reciprocal helping behavior between generations in Taiwanese families. She also
is examining how family structure is related to parental expenditures and investments and the effects of policies (child support,
no-fault divorce), economic conditions (inflation, unemployment), gender equality (wage differences), and demographic factors
(shifts in marital status and fertility) on trends in child support payments over the past three decades.
Recent Publications:
Lin, I-Fen and Sara S. McLanahan. 2007. “Parental Beliefs about Nonresident Fathers’ Obligations and Rights.” Journal of Marriage and Family, 69(2):382-398.
Lin, I-Fen, Noreen Goldman, Maxine Weinstein, and Yu-Hsuan Lin. 2006. “Stability and Change in Patterns of Intergenerational
Transfers in Taiwan.” Pp. 63-87 in Allocating Public and Private Resources across Generations, edited by Anne H. Gauthier, C. Y. Cyrus Chu, and Shripad Tuljapurkar. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.
Lin, I-Fen, Nora Cate Schaeffer, Judith A. Seltzer, and Kay L. Tuschen. 2004. “Divorced Parents’ Qualitative and Quantitative
Reports of Children’s Living Arrangements.” Journal of Marriage and Family, 66(2):385-397.
Goldman, Noreen, I-Fen Lin, Maxine Weinstein, and Yu-Hsuan Lin. 2003. “Evaluating the Quality of Self-Reports of Hypertension
and Diabetes.” Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 56:148-154.
Lin, I-Fen, Noreen Goldman, Maxine Weinstein, Yu-Hsuan Lin, Tristan Gorrindo, and Teresa Seeman. 2003. “Gender Differences
in Adult Children’s Support of Their Parents in Taiwan.” Journal of Marriage and Family 65:184-200.
Case, Anne C., I-Fen Lin, and Sara S. McLanahan. 2003. “Explaining Trends in Child Support: Economic, Demographic, and Policy
Effects.” Demography 40:171-189.
Beckett, Megan, Noreen Goldman, Maxine Weinstein, I-Fen Lin, and Yi-Li Chuang. 2002. “Social Environment, Life Challenge,
and Health among the Elderly in Taiwan.” Social Science and Medicine 55:191-209.
Lin, I-Fen and Sara S. McLanahan. 2001. "Norms about Nonresident Fathers' Obligations and Rights." Children and Youth Services Review 23:485-512.
Case, Anne C., I-Fen Lin and Sara S. McLanahan. 2001. "Educational Attainment of Siblings in Stepfamilies." Evolution and Human Behavior 22:269-289.
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