Professional Interests

• Subjective well-being and aging 
• Quantitative research methods

Current Research

• Timing of major life transitions and life satisfaction
• Individual and social protective factors for children in informal kinship care

Teaching

• Program evaluation 
• Social welfare policy and services 
• Social work research 

Selected Recent Publications

Hsieh, C. M. (2003).  Counting importance: The case of life satisfaction and relative domain importance.  Social Indicators Research, 61, 227-240.

Hsieh, C. M. (2002). Trends in financial satisfaction: Does poverty make a difference? International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 54, 15-30.

Hsieh, C. M. (2001). Correlates of financial satisfaction. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 52, 135-153. Hsieh, C. M. (2000). Trends in financial satisfaction among middle-age and old-age Americans, 1972-1996. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 51, 105-113.

Books & Articles in Progress Hsieh, C. M. (in press) .

Income and financial satisfaction among older adults in the United States.  Social Indicators Research.

Swartz, J. A, Hsieh, C. M., Baumohl, J. (in press). Disability payments, drug use, and representative payees: An analysis of the relationships. Addiction.

Kenagy, G. P., & Hsieh, C. M. (in press). Gender differences in social service needs of transgender people.  Journal of Social Service Research.

Hsieh, C. M. (in press).  Age, income and financial satisfaction.  International Journal of Aging & Human Development.