Kristin Mammen

Kristin Mammen is an Associate Professor of Economics at the College of Staten Island, part of the City University of New York (CUNY). Her research focuses on the economic well-being of women and children in both developing and developed countries, analyzing how gender discrimination, family dynamics, and labor market conditions shape socioeconomic outcomes.

Dr. Mammen earned her PhD in Economics from Princeton University. Her work employs micro-level data to study diverse family structures, including polygamous and extended families in Africa, and nuclear, father-absent, and older-couple families in the U.S. She has published in prestigious journals such as the American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings and the Journal of Human Resources.

Her research has been supported by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ American Time Use Survey Early Results Conference. She frequently presents at conferences like the American Economics Association meetings and the Population Association of America.

No formal advisees are listed, and no scientific awards are explicitly mentioned in the provided text. She is based in Building 3N, Room 230 at the College of Staten Island.