Classes:
Soc 120 Marriage and the FamilySoc 952 Graphical Causal ModelsSoc 995 Graduate Training Seminar in Demography
Vilas Associate Professor of Sociology
4426 Sewell Social Sciences
(608) 262-9510
Fax: (608) 262-8400
felwert@ssc.wisc.edu
Office Hours: F 12-1 (Spr'13)
Curriculum Vitae
Selected Publications:
"Neighborhood Effects in Temporal Perspective: The Impact of Long-Term Exposure to Concentrated Disadvantage on High School Graduation," American Sociological Review
"The Legacy of Disadvantage: Multigenerational Neighborhood Effects on Cognitive Ability," American Journal of Sociology
"Effect Heterogeneity and Bias in Regression Models," Heuristics, Probability: and Causality: A Tribute to Judea Pearl
"Preliminary Evidence Regarding the Hypothesis that the Sex Ratio at Sexual Maturity May Affect Longevity in Men," Demography.
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"Wives and Ex-Wives: A New Test for Homogamy Bias in the Widowhood Effect," Demography.
"Variation in the Effect of Widowhood on Mortality by the Causes of Death of Both Spouses," American Journal of Public Health
"Widowhood and Race," American Sociological Review [With ASR online supplement]
Research Projects:
Neighborhood Effects on Health in the Framingham Heart Study and the Role of Social Networks
CDE Research Theme Working Groups:
Health and Mortality
Families and Households
Data and Methodology