Broadly, my research interests include social inequality, military sociology, social demography, race and ethnicity, quantitative methodology, and public policy. Below are links to some of my recent papers.
Research Monographs
Asch, Beth, Christopher Buck, Jacob Klerman, Meredith Kleykamp, and David Loughran. 2009. Military Enlistment of Hispanic Youth: Obstacles and Opportunities. Santa Monica:RAND Corporation. 222 pp.
Journal Articles
Rosenfeld, Jake and Meredith Kleykamp. forthcoming. “Organized Labor and Racial Wage Inequality in the United States.” American Journal of Sociology.
Kleykamp, Meredith. 2010. “Where Did the Soldiers Go? The Effects of Military Downsizing on College Enrollment and Employment.” Social Science Research 39(3):477-90.
Kelty, Ryan, Meredith Kleykamp, and David Segal. 2010. “The Military and the Transition to Adulthood.” The Future of Children 20(1):19-46.
Rosenfeld, Jake and Meredith Kleykamp. 2009. “Hispanics and Organized Labor in the United States, 1973-2007.” American Sociological Review 74(6):916-37.
Kleykamp, Meredith. 2009. “A Great Place to Start? The Effect of Prior Military Service on Hiring.” Armed Forces & Society 35(2):266-85. Recipient, Best Published Paper award, PWSC section of the ASA, 2010
Kleykamp, Meredith. 2007. “Military Service as a Labor Market Outcome.” Race, Gender, Class 14(3):65-76.
Kleykamp, Meredith. 2006. “College, Jobs or the Military? Enlistment During a Time of War.” Social Science Quarterly 87(2):272-90.
Western, Bruce, Meredith Kleykamp and Jake Rosenfeld. 2006. “Economic Inequality and the Rise in U.S. Imprisonment.” Social Forces 84(4):2291-2301.
Western, Bruce and Meredith Kleykamp. 2004. “A Bayesian Change Point Model for Historical Time Series Analysis.” Political Analysis 12(4):354-74.
Kleykamp, Meredith and Marta Tienda. 2004. “Physical and Mental Health Status of Hispanic Adolescent Girls: A Comparative Perspective.” In David Bills (ed.) Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 22:149-85.
Book Chapters and Other Publications
Kleykamp, Meredith. “Labor Market Outcomes among Veterans and Military Spouses.” in Life Course Perspectives on Military Service. Janet M. Wilmoth and Andrew S. London, eds. Forthcoming.
Kleykamp, Meredith A. 2010. “Women’s Work after War.” Upjohn Institute Working Paper No. 10-169. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
Kleykamp, Meredith, Jake Rosenfeld, and Roseanne Scotti. 2008. “Wasting Money, Wasting Lives: Calculating the Hidden Costs of Incarceration in New Jersey.” Report for the Drug Policy Alliance, Trenton, NJ.
Western, Bruce, Meredith Kleykamp and Jake Rosenfeld. 2004. “Crime, Punishment, and American Inequality.” Pp. 771-96 In Social Inequality, edited by Kathryn M. Neckerman. New York: Russell Sage.
Works in Progress
MacLean, Alair and Meredith Kleykamp. “The War at Home: Attitudes Toward Veterans Returning from Iraq.” (in preparation)
MacLean, Alair and Meredith Kleykamp. “Income Inequality and the Military.” Chapter in preparation for Living in a High-Inequality Regime. Alair MacLean and David B. Grusky,eds.
Kleykamp, Meredith and Crosby Hipes. “Programs for Soldiers and Veterans.” Chapter in preparation for Oxford Handbook of U.S. Social Policy. Daniel Béland, Christopher Howard, and Kimberly Morgan, eds.
Asch, Beth, Christopher Buck, Jacob Klerman, Meredith Kleykamp, and David Loughran. 2009. Military Enlistment of Hispanic Youth: Obstacles and Opportunities. Santa Monica:RAND Corporation. 222 pp.
Journal Articles
Rosenfeld, Jake and Meredith Kleykamp. forthcoming. “Organized Labor and Racial Wage Inequality in the United States.” American Journal of Sociology.
Kleykamp, Meredith. 2010. “Where Did the Soldiers Go? The Effects of Military Downsizing on College Enrollment and Employment.” Social Science Research 39(3):477-90.
Kelty, Ryan, Meredith Kleykamp, and David Segal. 2010. “The Military and the Transition to Adulthood.” The Future of Children 20(1):19-46.
Rosenfeld, Jake and Meredith Kleykamp. 2009. “Hispanics and Organized Labor in the United States, 1973-2007.” American Sociological Review 74(6):916-37.
Kleykamp, Meredith. 2009. “A Great Place to Start? The Effect of Prior Military Service on Hiring.” Armed Forces & Society 35(2):266-85. Recipient, Best Published Paper award, PWSC section of the ASA, 2010
Kleykamp, Meredith. 2007. “Military Service as a Labor Market Outcome.” Race, Gender, Class 14(3):65-76.
Kleykamp, Meredith. 2006. “College, Jobs or the Military? Enlistment During a Time of War.” Social Science Quarterly 87(2):272-90.
Western, Bruce, Meredith Kleykamp and Jake Rosenfeld. 2006. “Economic Inequality and the Rise in U.S. Imprisonment.” Social Forces 84(4):2291-2301.
Western, Bruce and Meredith Kleykamp. 2004. “A Bayesian Change Point Model for Historical Time Series Analysis.” Political Analysis 12(4):354-74.
Kleykamp, Meredith and Marta Tienda. 2004. “Physical and Mental Health Status of Hispanic Adolescent Girls: A Comparative Perspective.” In David Bills (ed.) Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 22:149-85.
Book Chapters and Other Publications
Kleykamp, Meredith. “Labor Market Outcomes among Veterans and Military Spouses.” in Life Course Perspectives on Military Service. Janet M. Wilmoth and Andrew S. London, eds. Forthcoming.
Kleykamp, Meredith A. 2010. “Women’s Work after War.” Upjohn Institute Working Paper No. 10-169. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
Kleykamp, Meredith, Jake Rosenfeld, and Roseanne Scotti. 2008. “Wasting Money, Wasting Lives: Calculating the Hidden Costs of Incarceration in New Jersey.” Report for the Drug Policy Alliance, Trenton, NJ.
Western, Bruce, Meredith Kleykamp and Jake Rosenfeld. 2004. “Crime, Punishment, and American Inequality.” Pp. 771-96 In Social Inequality, edited by Kathryn M. Neckerman. New York: Russell Sage.
Works in Progress
MacLean, Alair and Meredith Kleykamp. “The War at Home: Attitudes Toward Veterans Returning from Iraq.” (in preparation)
MacLean, Alair and Meredith Kleykamp. “Income Inequality and the Military.” Chapter in preparation for Living in a High-Inequality Regime. Alair MacLean and David B. Grusky,eds.
Kleykamp, Meredith and Crosby Hipes. “Programs for Soldiers and Veterans.” Chapter in preparation for Oxford Handbook of U.S. Social Policy. Daniel Béland, Christopher Howard, and Kimberly Morgan, eds.
