Emilio Parrado
Emilio A. Parrado is the Dorothy Swaine Thomas Professor of Sociology and Director of the Population Studies Center at The University of Pennsylvania. He received his bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Buenos Aires and his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Chicago. His area of specialization is social demography, with particular emphasis on international migration and family and fertility behavior in the United States and Latin America. His research explores multiple dimensions of Latin American immigration and adaptation to the United States as well as demographic behavior in the United States and Latin America. Most of his published work falls into five interrelated domains: 1) Hispanic migration to traditional and new areas of destination, 2) Hispanic fertility and reproductive health, 3) the new geography of Hispanic settlement, 4) determinants and consequences of international migration for sending and receiving regions; and 5) social and demographic change in the United States and Latin America. Underlying these foci is a common interest in issues of inequality, development, and stratification.