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Books


Gasson, Ruth M., Archibald O. Haller, and William H. Sewell. 1972. Attitudes and Facilitation in the Attainment of Status. Washington, D.C: American Sociological Association   Publication

Book Chapters


Carr, Deborah. 2002. "Socioeconomic Background and Midlife Health in the United States." Pp. 155-183 in Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 22: Economic Outcomes in Later Life: Public Policy, Health, and Cumulative Advantage, edited by S. Crystal and D. Shea. New York: Springer   Publication
Hauser, Robert M. and John Robert Warren. 2001. "Socioeconomic Indexes for Occupations: A Review, Update, and Critique." Pp. 281-286 in Social Stratification in Sociological Perspective, vol. Second Edition, edited by D. B. Grusky. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press   Publication
Hauser, Robert M., John Robert Warren, Min-Hsiung Huang, and Wendy Y. Carter. 2000. "Occupational Status, Education, and Social Mobility in the Meritocracy." Pp. 179-229 in Meritocracy and Economic Inequality, edited by K. Arrow, S. Bowles, and S. Durlauf. Princeton: Princeton University Press   Publication
Singer, Burton and Carol D. Ryff. 1999. "Hierarchies of Life Histories and Associated Health Risks." Pp. 96-155 in Socioeconomic Status and Health in Industrialized Nations, vol. 896, edited by N. E. Adler, M. Marmot, B. S. McEwen, and J. Stewart. New York PMCID: 10681891  Publication
Ryff, Carol D., William J. Magee, K. C. Kling, and E. H. Wing. 1999. "Forging Macro-Microlinkages in the Study of Psychological Well-Being." Pp. 247-278 in The Self and Society in Aging Processes, edited by C. D. Ryff and V. W. Marshall. New York: Springer   Publication
Hauser, Robert M. and John Robert Warren. 1997. "Socioeconomic Indexes for Occupations: A Review, Update, and Critique." Pp. 177-298 in Sociological Methodology 1997, vol. 27, edited by A. E. Raftery. Cambridge: Basil Blackwell   Publication
Hauser, Robert M. and Megan M. Sweeney. 1997. "Does Poverty in Adolescence Affect the Life Chances of High School Graduates?" Pp. 541-595 in Consequences of Growing Up Poor, edited by G. Duncan and J. Brooks-Gunn. New York: Russell Sage Foundation   Publication
Singer, Burton and Carol D. Ryff. 1997. "Racial and Ethnic Inequalities in Health: Environmental, Psychosocial, and Physiological Pathways." Pp. 89-122 in Intelligence, Genes, and Success: Scientists Respond to "The Bell Curve", edited by S. E. Fienberg, B. Devlin, D. P. Resnick, and K. Roeder. New York: Springer-Verlag   Publication
Marks, Nadine F. 1996. "Socioeconomic Status, Gender, and Health at Midlife: Evidence from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study." Pp. 135-52 in Research in the Sociology of Health Care, vol. 13, edited by J. J. Kronenfeld. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press   Publication
Hauser, Robert M. and Peter A. Mossel. 1987. "Some Structural Equation Models of Sibling Resemblance in Educational Attainment and Occupational Status." Pp. 108-137 in Structural Modeling by Example: Applications in Educational, Sociological, and Behavioral Research, edited by P. Cuttance and R. Ecob. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press   Publication
Hauser, Robert M. 1980. "Some Exploratory Methods for Modeling Mobility Tables and Other Cross-Classified Data." Pp. 413-458 in Sociological Methodology 1980, vol. 11, edited by K. F. Schuessler. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass   Publication
Treiman, Donald J. and Robert M. Hauser. 1977. "Intergenerational Transmission of Income: An Exercise in Theory Construction." Pp. 271-302 in The Process of Stratification, edited by R. M. Hauser and D. L. Featherman. New York: Academic Press   Publication
Hauser, Robert M. 1973. "Socioeconomic Background and Differential Returns to Education." Pp. 129-45 in Does College Matter? Some Evidence on the Impacts of Higher Education, edited by L. C. Solmon and P. J. Taubman. New York: Academic Press   Publication
Sewell, William H. 1965. "Social Structure and Occupational Outcome." Pp. 20-25 in The Conference on Unexplored Aspects of the Development of Occupational Goals of Youth (University of Oregon, August 9-13, 1965). Summarizers' Reports, edited by B. Johnson. Eugene, Oregon: Center for Research and Occupational Planning   Publication

Journal Articles


Brand, Jennie E., John R. Warren, Pascale Carayon, and Peter Hoonakker. 2007. "Do Job Characteristics Mediate the Relationship Between SES and Health?: Evidence from Sibling Models." Social Science Research 36:222-253   Publication
Koh, Sun-Kang and Maurice MacDonald. 2006. "Financial Reciprocity and Elder Care: Interdependent Resource Transfers." Journal of Family and Economic Issues 27:420-436   Publication
Plug, Erik. 2004. "Estimating the Effect of Mother's Schooling on Children's Schooling Using a Sample of Adoptees." The American Economic Review 94:358-68   Publication
Carr, Deborah. 2004. "'My Daughter Has a Career; I Just Raised Babies': The Psychological Consequences of Women's Intergenerational Social Comparisons." Social Psychology Quarterly 67:132-154   Publication
Warren, John R., Peter Hoonakker, Pascale Carayon, and Jennie Brand. 2004. "Job Characteristics as Mediators in SES-Health Relationships." Social Science and Medicine 59:1367-1378 PMCID: 15246167  Publication
Warren, John Robert and Hsiang-Hui Kuo. 2003. "How to Measure "What People do for a Living" in Research on the Socioeconomic Correlates of Health." Annals of Epidemiology 13:325-334   Publication
Huang, Min-Hsiung. 2001. "Cognitive Abilities and the Growth of High-IQ Occupations." Social Science Research 30:529-551   Publication
Miech, Richard A. and Robert M. Hauser. 2001. "Socioeconomic Status (SES) and Health at Midlife: A Comparison of Educational Attainment with Occupation-Based Indicators." Annals of Epidemiology 11:75-84   Publication
Marks, Nadine F. and Diane S. Shinberg. 1998. "Socioeconomic Status Differences in Hormone Therapy." American Journal of Epidemiology 148:581-593   Publication
Marmot, Michael G., Carol D. Ryff, Larry L. Bumpass, Martin Shipley, and Nadine F. Marks. 1997. "Social Inequalities in Health: Next Questions and Converging Evidence." Social Science and Medicine 44:901-910   Publication
Marks, Nadine F. and Diane S. Shinberg. 1997. "Socioeconomic Differences in Hysterectomy: The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study." American Journal of Public Health 87:1507-1514   Publication
Warren, John Robert and Robert M. Hauser. 1997. "Social Stratification Across Three Generations: New Evidence from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study." American Sociological Review 62:561-572   Publication
Sweeney, Megan M. 1997. "Remarriage of Women and Men After Divorce: The Role of Socioeconomic Prospects." Journal of Family Issues 18:479-502 PMCID: 12292894  Publication
Logan, John Allen. 1996. "Opportunity and Choice in Socially Structured Labor Markets." American Journal of Sociology 102:114-160   Publication
Sewell, William H. and Robert M. Hauser. 1992. "The Influence of The American Occupational Structure on the Wisconsin Model (on Blau and Duncan)." Contemporary Sociology 21:598-603   Publication
Hout, Michael and Robert M. Hauser. 1992. "Symmetry and Hierarchy in Social Mobility: A Methodological Analysis of the CASMIN Model of Class Mobility." European Sociological Review 8:239-266   Publication
Hauser, Robert M. and John A. Logan. 1992. "How Not to Measure Occupational Inheritance (An invited critique on Rytima's proposal)." American Journal of Sociology 97:1689-1711   Publication
Hauser, Robert M. and Raymond Sin-Kwok Wong. 1989. "Sibling Resemblance and Inter-sibling Effects in Educational Attainment." Sociology of Education 62:149-171   Publication
Hodson, Randy. 1989. "Gender Differences in Job Satisfaction: Why Aren't Women More Dissatisfied?" The Sociological Quarterly 30:385-399   Publication
Hodson, Randy. 1985. "Some Considerations Concerning the Functional Form of Earnings." Social Science Research 14:374-394   Publication
Hauser, Robert M. and Peter M. Mossel. 1985. "Fraternal Resemblance in Educational Attainment and Occupational Status." American Journal of Sociology 91:650-673   Publication
Hauser, Robert M. 1984. "Vertical Class Mobility in England, France, and Sweden." Acta Sociologica 27:87-110   Publication
Grusky, David B. and Robert M. Hauser. 1984. "Comparative Social Mobility Revisited: Models of Convergence and Divergence in 16 Countries." American Sociological Review 49:19-38   Publication
Hauser, Robert M. 1984. "Some Cross-Population Comparisons of Family Bias in the Effects of Schooling and Occupational Status." Social Science Research 13:159-187   Publication
Hauser, Robert M., Shu-Ling Tsai, and William H. Sewell. 1983. "A Model of Stratification with Response Error in Social and Psychological Variables." Sociology of Education 56:20-46   Publication
Massagli, Michael P. and Robert M. Hauser. 1983. "Response Variability in Self and Proxy Reports of Paternal and Filial Socioeconomic Characteristics." American Journal of Sociology 89:420-431   Publication
Hauser, Robert M. 1982. "Occupational Status in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries." Historical Methods 15:111-26   Publication
Sewell, William H. 1981. "Notes on Educational, Occupational, and Economic Achievement in American Society." Phi Delta Kappan 62:322-325   Publication
Hauser, Robert M. 1981. "Hope for the Mobility Ratio." Social Forces 60:572-84   Publication
Hauser, Robert M. 1981. "The Structure of Social Relationships: Cross-Classifications of Mobility, Kinship, and Friendship." IHS Journal 5:1-51   Publication
Sewell, William H., Robert M. Hauser, and Wendy C. Wolf. 1980. "Sex, Schooling and Occupational Status." American Journal of Sociology 86:551-583   Publication
Wolf, Wendy C. and Niel D. Fligstein. 1979. "Sex and Authority in the Work Place: The Causes of Sexual Inequality." American Sociological Review 44:235-252   Publication
Wolf, Wendy C. and Neil D. Fligstein. 1979. "Sexual Stratification: Differences in Power in the Work Setting." Social Forces 58:94-107   Publication
Hauser, Robert M. 1978. "On "A Reconceptualization of School Effects" (Comment on Sorenson and Hallinan)." Sociology of Education 51:68-72   Publication
Wolf, Wendy C. and Rachel Rosenfeld. 1978. "Sex Structure of Occupations and Job Mobility." Social Forces 56:823-844   Publication
Sewell, William H. 1978. "Social Mobility and Social Participation." The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences 435:226-247   Publication
Fligstein, Neil D. and Wendy C. Wolf. 1978. "Sex Similarities in Occupational Status Attainment: Are the Results Due to the Restriction of the Sample to Employed Women?" Social Science Research 7:197-212   Publication
Hauser, Robert M. 1978. "A Structural Model of the Mobility Table." Social Forces 56:919-53   Publication
Featherman, David L., Robert M. Hauser, and William H. Sewell. 1974. "Toward Comparable Data on Inequality and Stratification: Perspectives on the Second Generation of National Mobility Studies." The American Sociologist 9:18-25   Publication
Hauser, Robert M. and Peter J. Dickinson. 1974. "Inequality on Occupational Status and Income." American Educational Research Journal 11:161-168   Publication
Alwin, Duane F. 1974. "College Effects on Educational and Occupational Attainments." American Sociological Review 39:210-223   Publication
Zeitlin, M., K. G. Lutterman, and J. W. Russell. 1973. "Death in Vietnam: Class, Poverty, and the Risks of War." Politics and Society 3:313-328   Publication
Coleman, James S., Thomas F. Pettigrew, William H. Sewell, and Thomas W. Pullum. 1973. "Review Symposium on Jencks 'Inequality'." American Journal of Sociology 78:1523-1544   Publication
Sewell, William H. and Robert M. Hauser. 1972. "Causes and Consequences of Higher Education: Models of the Status Attainment Process." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 54:851-861   Publication
Hauser, Robert M. 1972. "Disaggregating a Social-Psychological Model of Educational Attainment." Social Science Research 1:159-188   Publication
Shah, Vimal P., Tara Patel, and William H. Sewell. 1971. "Social Class and Educational Aspirations in an Indian Metropolis." Sociological Bulletin 20:113-133   Publication
Sewell, William H., Archibald O. Haller, and George W. Ohlendorf. 1970. "The Educational and Early Occupational Status Attainment Process: Replication and Revision." American Sociological Review 35:1014-1027   Publication
Hauser, Robert M. 1970. "Educational Stratification in the United States." Sociological Inquiry 40:102-129   Publication
Sewell, William H., Archibald O. Haller, and Alejandro Portes. 1969. "The Educational and Early Occupational Attainment Process." American Sociological Review 34:82-92   Publication
Sewell, William H. and Vimal P. Shah. 1968. "Social Class, Parental Encouragement, and Educational Aspirations." American Journal of Sociology 73:559-572   Publication
Pavalko, Ronald M. and Norma Nager. 1968. "Contingencies of Marriage to High-Status Men." Social Forces 46:523-531   Publication
Sewell, William H. and Vimal P. Shah. 1967. "Socioeconomic Status, Intelligence, and the Attainment of Higher Education." Sociology of Education 40:1-23   Publication

Working Papers


Galeotti, Andrea and Gerrit Mueller. 2005. "Friendship Relations in the School Class and Adult Economic Attainment." IZA Discussion Paper No. 1682, Institute for the Study of Labor, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.  Publication
Brand, Jennie E., John Robert Warren, Pascale Carayon, and Peter Hoonakker. 2005. "Sibling Models of the Role of Job Characteristics in Mediating SES-Health Relationships." MPC Working Paper No. 2005-06, Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN.  Publication
Plug, Erik. 2002. "How Do Parents Raise the Educational Attainment of Future Generations?" IZA Discussion Paper No. 652, Institute for the Study of Labor, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.  Publication
MacLean, Alair and Robert M. Hauser. 2000. "Socioeconomic Status and Depression among Adult Siblings." CDE Working Paper No. 2000-04, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication
Carr, Deborah and Jennifer Sheridan. 1999. "Back to School: A Life Course Approach to Understanding Men's and Women's College Attendance in Adulthood." PSC Research Report No. 99-437, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.  Publication
Dey, Eric L., Leslie A. Wimsatt, Byung-Shik Rhee, and Ellen Waterson Meader. 1999. "Long-Term Effect of College Quality on the Occupational Status of Students." NCPI Technical Report No. 05-06, National Center for Postsecondary Improvement, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.  Publication
Miech, Richard A. and Robert M. Hauser. 1998. "Social Class Indicators and Health at Midlife." CDE Working Paper No. 98-06, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication
Hauser, Robert M. 1998. "Mental Ability and the Sources of Occupational Success." CDE Working Paper No. 98-07, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication
Marks, Nadine F. and Diane S. Shinberg. 1997. "Socioeconomic Status Difference in Hormone Therapy: Prevention or Patriarchy?" CDE Working Paper No. 97-02, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication
Hauser, Robert M., John Robert Warren, Min-Hsiung Huang, and Wendy Y. Carter. 1996. "Occupational Status, Education, and Social Mobility in the Meritocracy." CDE Working Paper No. 96-18, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication
Warren, John Robert and Robert M. Hauser. 1995. "Social Stratification Across Three Generations: New Evidence From the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study." CDE Working Paper No. 95-05, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication
Hauser, Robert M. and Deborah Carr. 1994. "Measuring Poverty and Socioeconomic Status in Studies of Health and Well-Being." CDE Working Paper No. 94-24, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication
Marks, Nadine F. 1994. "Socioeconomic Status, Gender, and Health at Midlife: New Evidence from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study." CDE Working Paper No. 94-02, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication
Janssen, Susan L. G. 1984. "Status Aspirations for Children: Do Parents Really Know What They Want?" CDE Working Paper No. 84-1, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication
Grusky, David B. 1983. "Who Gets Prestige, Power, Property, and Privileged Industry Location? Allocation to a Multidimensional Structure of Inequality." CDE Working Paper No. 83-47, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication
Hauser, Robert M., William H. Sewell, and Brian R. Clarridge. 1982. "The Influence of Family Structure on Socioeconomic Achievement: A Progress Report." CDE Working Paper No. 82-59, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication
Williams, Richard. 1981. "Peer Influence Versus Peer Selection: An Attempted Separation." CDE Working Paper No. 81-20, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication
Hauser, Robert M. 1980. "The Structure of Social Relationships: Cross-Classifications of Mobility, Kinship, and Friendship." CDE Working Paper No. 80-15, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication
Hauser, Robert M., William H. Sewell, and Kenneth G. Lutterman. 1973. "Socioeconomic Background and the Earnings of High School Graduates." CDE Working Paper No. 73-22, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication

Reports


Massagli, Michael P. and Robert M. Hauser. 1981. "Response Variability in Reports of Socioeconomic Data." American Statistical Association, Washington, D.C.  Publication

Master's Theses


Rainwater, Elizabeth D. 2005. "Access or Ability: What's Behind the Relationship Between Early Socioeconomic Status and Adult Mortality." Master's Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Sidky, Sonya. 1998. "Intergenerational Transfers of Resources: Exchanges Between Midlife Adults and Their Adult Children and Elderly Parents." Master's Thesis, Department of Consumer Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Sweeney, Megan M. 1994. "Men's and Women's Hazard of Remarriage: The Role of Socioeconomic Prospects." Master's Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Williams, Richard. 1981. "Peer Influence Versus Peer Selection: An Attempted Separation." Master's Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Carter, Nancy D. 1972. "The Effects of Sex and Marital Status on a Social Psychological Model of Status Attainment." Master's Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  (no copy available)

Doctoral Dissertations


Kim, Hisam. 2006. "Three Essays Using Longitudinal Sibling Data." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Brand, Jennie. 2004. "Enduring Effects of Job Displacement on Career Outcomes." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Shinberg, Diane S. 2001. "Sex and Sickness: Gender and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Adult Health." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Tsai, Shu-Ling. 1983. "Sex Differences in the Process of Stratification." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Snipp, Charles. 1981. "The Structure of Mobility: An Alternative Approach to Social Mobility and Achievement." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Dunton, Nancy E. 1979. "Occupational and Marital Mobility: Alternative Pathways of Social Mobility." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Spenner, Kenneth I. 1977. "From Generation to Generation: The Transmission of Occupation." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Sociology, Universtiy of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Yang, Charlotte Shiang-Yun Wang. 1976. "The Influence of Residence and Migration on Socioeconomic Achievement." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Ellegaard, Dorothy M. 1975. "Intergenerational Transmission of Economic Status: Parental Income, Education and Early Career Earnings Among 1957 Male Wisconsin High School Graduates." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Nilson, Linda B. 1974. "The Occupational and Sex Related Components of Social Standing." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Campbell, Richard T. 1973. "Social Class and College Graduation: A Replication and Extension." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Jesudason, Victor. 1972. "Socioeconomic Background and Educational Attainment of High Ability Wisconsin High School Students." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Shah, Vimal P. 1965. "Social Class and Aspirations of Wisconsin Boys." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Sociology, Universtiy of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Heath, Brian Reginald Graham. 1965. "The Prediction of Occupational Status for Non-College Going High School Graduates." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Counseling and Behavioral Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication

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