Guest Researcher

Andres Castro

Laboratory of Fertility and Well-Being

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I am a sociologist and population scientist interested on social class and gender differences in family formation and dissolution patterns in global South countries and populations.

MPIDR Publications

Selected Recent All

Castro Torres, A. F.; Alburez-Gutierrez, D.:

North and South: naming practices and the hidden dimension of global disparities in knowledge production

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119:10, e2119373119–e2119373119. (2022)    

Castro Torres, A. F.; Gutierrez Vazquez, E. Y.:

Gendered and stratified family formation trajectories in the context of Latin American migration, 1950 to 2000

International Migration Review 56:4, 1107–1140. (2022)    

Castro Torres, A. F.; Batyra, E.; Myrskylä, M.:

Income inequality and increasing dispersion of the transition to first birth in the Global South

Population and Development Review 48:1, 189–215. (2022)    

Castro Torres, A. F.; Parrado, E. A.:

Nativity differentials in first births in the United States: patterns by race and ethnicity

Demographic Research 46:2, 37–64. (2022)    

Castro Torres, A. F.:

Analysis of Latin American fertility in terms of probable social classes

European Journal of Population 37:2, 297–339. (2021)    

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Akbaritabar, A.; Castro Torres, A. F.; Larivière, V.:

A global perspective on the social structure of science

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2023-029. (2023)    

Batyra, E.; Pesando, L. M.; Castro Torres, A. F.; Furstenberg, F. F.; Kohler, H.-P.:

Union formation, within-couple dynamics, and child well-being: a global macro-level perspective

Population, Space and Place, 1–15. (2023)    

Castro Torres, A. F.:

The neglected role of domestic migration on family patterns in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1950-2000

Studies in Family Planning, 1–23. (2023)    

Lee, D. S.; Batyra, E.; Castro Torres, A. F.; Wilde, J.:

Human fertility after a disaster: a systematic literature review

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290:1998, 1–16. (2023)

Abufhele, A.; Pesando, L. M.; Castro Torres, A. F.:

Parental educational similarity and inequality implications for infant health in Chile: evidence from administrative records, 1990–2015

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 82:100736, 1–14. (2022)    

Selected Recent All

Akbaritabar, A.; Castro Torres, A. F.; Larivière, V.:

A global perspective on the social structure of science

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2023-029. (2023)    

Batyra, E.; Pesando, L. M.; Castro Torres, A. F.; Furstenberg, F. F.; Kohler, H.-P.:

Union formation, within-couple dynamics, and child well-being: a global macro-level perspective

Population, Space and Place, 1–15. (2023)    

Castro Torres, A. F.:

The neglected role of domestic migration on family patterns in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1950-2000

Studies in Family Planning, 1–23. (2023)    

Lee, D. S.; Batyra, E.; Castro Torres, A. F.; Wilde, J.:

Human fertility after a disaster: a systematic literature review

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290:1998, 1–16. (2023)

Abufhele, A.; Pesando, L. M.; Castro Torres, A. F.:

Parental educational similarity and inequality implications for infant health in Chile: evidence from administrative records, 1990–2015

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 82:100736, 1–14. (2022)    

Castro Torres, A. F.:

Domestic migration and family formation and dissolution trajectories in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1950-2000

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2022-002. (2022)    

Castro Torres, A. F.:

Family formation trajectories and migration in the United States by the end of the 20th century

Current Sociology, 1–30. (2022)    

Castro Torres, A. F.; Akbaritabar, A.:

Methodological monotheism across fields of science in contemporary quantitative research

arXiv e-prints 2208.05373. unpublished. (2022)    

Castro Torres, A. F.; Alburez-Gutierrez, D.:

North and South: naming practices and the hidden dimension of global disparities in knowledge production

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119:10, e2119373119–e2119373119. (2022)    

Castro Torres, A. F.; Batyra, E.; Myrskylä, M.:

Income inequality and increasing dispersion of the transition to first birth in the Global South

Population and Development Review 48:1, 189–215. (2022)    

Castro Torres, A. F.; Gutierrez Vazquez, E. Y.:

Gendered and stratified family formation trajectories in the context of Latin American migration, 1950 to 2000

International Migration Review 56:4, 1107–1140. (2022)    

Castro Torres, A. F.; Gutierrez Vazquez, E. Y.; Bernardes, T.:

Power relations and persistent low fertility among domestic workers in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2022-003. (2022)    

Castro Torres, A. F.; Parrado, E. A.:

Nativity differentials in first births in the United States: patterns by race and ethnicity

Demographic Research 46:2, 37–64. (2022)    

Castro Torres, A. F.; Pesando, L. M.; Kohler, H.-P.; Furstenberg, F. F.:

Family change and variation through the lens of family configurations in low- and middle-income countries

Population, Space and Place 28:4, e2531–e2531. (2022)    

Esteve, A.; Castro-Martin, T.; Castro Torres, A. F.:

Families in Latin America: trends, singularities, and contextual factors

Annual Review of Sociology 48, 485–505. (2022)

García Arias, J. A.; Castro Torres, A. F.:

A binational analysis of infant mortality among crisis-driven diasporas and those who remain: a population-based study in Colombia and Venezuela

BMJ Global Health 7:8, e009523–e009523. (2022)    

Liu, C.; Castro Torres, A. F.; Batyra, E.:

A gender story of social disengagement in Latin America

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2022-004. (2022)    

Castro Torres, A. F.:

Analysis of Latin American fertility in terms of probable social classes

European Journal of Population 37:2, 297–339. (2021)    

Castro Torres, A. F.; Alburez-Gutierrez, D.:

North and South: naming practices and the hidden dimension of global disparities in knowledge production

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2021-014. (2021)    

Castro Torres, A. F.; Batyra, E.; Myrskylä, M.:

Income inequality and increasing dispersion of the transition to first birth in the Global South

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2021-009. (2021)    

Castro Torres, A. F.:

Analysis of Latin American fertility change in terms of probable social classes

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2020-001. (2020)    

Castro Torres, A. F.:

Family formation trajectories and migration status in the United States, 1970-2010

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2020-008. (2020)    

Castro Torres, A. F.; Gutierrez Vazquez, E. Y.:

Gendered and stratified family formation trajectories in the context of Latin American migration, 1950 to 2000

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2020-027. (2020)    

Castro Torres, A. F.; Pesando, L. M.; Kohler, H.-P.; Furstenberg, F. F.:

Family change and variation through the lens of family configurations in low- and middle-income countries

University of Pennsylvania Population Center Working Papers (PSC/PARC) 2019-31, Philadelphia, PA. (2019)    

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