Economic Sociology Colloquium: “Culture, Institutions, and the Decline of the Family in Europe and East Asia”
Mary C. Brinton, Harvard University
- 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
- Uris 302
Mary C. Brinton is Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Department of Sociology at Harvard University. She will be visiting Cornell September 7-10. Brinton’s research and teaching focus on gender inequality, labor markets, economic sociology, Japanese society, and comparative sociology. Her research combines qualitative and quantitative methods to study institutional change and its effects on individual action, particularly in labor markets. Mary was Professor of Sociology at Cornell from 1998 to 2002.