Maya Rita Stark Researcher

I am post-doctoral researcher at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI). My current work is divided between research on family inequality and educational inequality. My research in these fields is unified by my use of Swedish register data and attention to multiple measures/dimensions of socio-economic status. To very broadly summarize my research: In family research, I am interested in inequalities between what type of families individuals live in (alone, partnered, with children), inequalities within families (relative status of partners), and inequalities between families (which families have more resources than others). In educational research, I am interested in educational expansion and diversification of post-secondary education, for example post-secondary online distance education and post-secondary vocational training. I am also working on students' choices of educational field.

I am currently a member of several projects: (1) the FORTE Program Interlocking inequalities: A multidimensional perspective on inequality in contemporary Sweden, with Carina Mood as the PI; (2) the FORTE Program ALL-INCLUSIVE: cohesion and inclusion in work-life change, with Michael Tåhlin as the PI; (3) the VR educational research project Right competence at the right time--but for whom? with Rebecca Ye as the PI; (4) the FORTE post-doc project "Unequal families: mapping out socio-economic status inequalities between and within Swedish households" where I am the sole researcher.

I received my Ph.D. from the Stockholm Univerity Department of Sociology, where I was also employed on the register based research project SIMSAM. In my doctoral research I used register data to study how the expansion of tertiary expansion in Sweden has affected patterns of union formation and educational assortative mating. Prior to coming to Stockholm University I studied at University of California, Berkeley where I received my B.A. (political economy) and my M.A. (demography). A link to my CV is available on the right.

Chudnovskaya, Margarita and Ridhi Kashyap (forthcoming) “Is the end of educational hypergamy the end of hypergamy? Evidence from Sweden.” European Sociological Review.

Chudnovskaya, Margarita (2018) "Trends in childlessness among highly educated men in Sweden." European Journal of Population, DOI.

Chudnovskaya, Margarita (2018) "Housing context and childbearing in Sweden: a cohort study." Housing Studies, DOI.

Chudnovskaya, Margarita, & Kolk, Martin (2015) “Educational Expansion and Intergenerational Proximity in Sweden” Population, Space and Place, DOI.