Sarah Brauner-Otto, McGill University

Research

demography women's employment child wellbeing developing economies policy briefs data user workshop survey methods workshop

Latest papers

Effect of First Births on Women's Employment in a Low-Income Context: Research Note Using Panel Data From Nepal.
Demography · 2026 · first author
Women's employment and Children's education: Longitudinal evidence from Nepal.
Social science research · 2022 · first author
Maternal employment and child health in Nepal: The importance of job type and timing across the child's first five years.
Social science & medicine (1982) · 2019 · first author

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Changing neighbourhoods and changing families
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$243,710
Knowledge mobilization on work and family in Nepal
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$49,740
Consortium on Analytics for Data-Driven Decision-Making (CAnD3): Developing Talent for Population Analytics in Aging Societies
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$824,435

All 6 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

Effect of First Births on Women's Employment in a Low-Income Context: Research Note Using Panel Data From Nepal.

Brauner-Otto S, Stone L

Demography2026First author

DOI: 10.1215/00703370-12675345 PMID: 42294959

02

Women's employment and Children's education: Longitudinal evidence from Nepal.

Brauner-Otto S, Baird S, Ghimire D

Social science research2022First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2021.102669 PMID: 35183308

03

Maternal employment and child health in Nepal: The importance of job type and timing across the child's first five years.

Brauner-Otto S, Baird S, Ghimire D

Social science & medicine (1982)2019First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.02.009 PMID: 30771663

04

Offspring education and parental mortality: Evidence from South Asia.

Smith-Greenaway E, Brauner-Otto S, Axinn W

Social science research2018

DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2018.07.001 PMID: 30268277

Changing neighbourhoods and changing families

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Brauner-Otto, Sarah R.

$243,710

Knowledge mobilization on work and family in Nepal

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Brauner-Otto, Sarah R.

Keywords: policy briefs; data user workshop; survey methods workshop

$49,740

Consortium on Analytics for Data-Driven Decision-Making (CAnD3): Developing Talent for Population Analytics in Aging Societies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnerships Grants Training Initiatives

Keywords: applied population research; aging population; student training; evidence-based decision-making; population analytics; social data science; big data; knowledge mobilization; cross-sectoral training; multidisciplinary collaboration

$824,435

Women's Work and Child Wellbeing Across the Lifecourse: Evidence from Nepal

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Brauner-Otto, Sarah R.

Keywords: demography; women's employment; child wellbeing; developing economies

$292,137

Consortium on Analytics for Data-Driven Decision-Making (CAnD3): Developing Talent for Population Analytics in Aging Societies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnerships Grants Training Initiatives

Keywords: applied population research; aging population; student training; evidence-based decision-making; population analytics; social data science; big data; knowledge mobilization; cross-sectoral training; multidisciplinary collaboration

$840,170

Women's Work and Child Wellbeing Across the Lifecourse: Evidence from Nepal

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Brauner-Otto, Sarah R.

Keywords: demography; women's employment; child wellbeing; developing economies

$83,744

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: demography Dear Professor Brauner-Otto, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Effect of First Births on Women's Employment in a Low-Income Context: Research Note Using Panel Data From Nepal." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Changing neighbourhoods and changing families" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]