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Journal ArticlesFlynn, Kathryn E. and Maureen A. Smith. 2007. "Personality and Health Care Decision-Making Style " Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences 62:261-267 Publication |
| Freese, Jeremy, Salvador Rivas, and Eszter Hargittai. 2006. "Cognitive Ability and Internet Use among Older Adults." Poetics 34:236-249 Publication |
| Seltzer, Marsha M., Frank Floyd, Jan Greenberg, Julie Lounds, Mary Lindstrom, and Jinkuk Hong. 2005. "Life Course Impacts of Mild Intellectual Deficits." American Journal on Mental Retardation 110:451-468 PMCID: 16212448 Publication |
| Halaby, Charles N. 2003. "Where Job Values Come From: Family and Schooling Background, Cognitive Ability, and Gender." American Sociological Review 68:251-278 Publication |
| Krahn, Dean, Jeremy Freese, Robert Hauser, Kristen Barry, and Brian Goldman. 2003. "Alcohol Use and Cognition at Mid-Life: The Importance of Adjusting for Baseline Cognitive Abilitiy and Educational Attainment." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 27:1162-1166 PMCID: 12878923 Publication |
| Zax, Jeffrey S. and Daniel I. Rees. 2002. "IQ, Academic Performance, Environment, and Earnings." The Review of Economics and Statistics 84:600-616 Publication |
| Seltzer, M. M., J. S. Greenberg, F. J. Floyd, Y. Pettee, and J. Hong. 2001. "Life Course Impacts of Parenting a Child With a Disability." American Journal on Mental Retardation 106:265-286 Publication |
| Huang, Min-Hsiung. 2001. "Cognitive Abilities and the Growth of High-IQ Occupations." Social Science Research 30:529-551 Publication |
| Hauser, Seth M. 2000. "Education, Ability, and Civic Engagement in the Contemporary United States." Social Science Research 29:556-582 Publication |
| Hauser, Robert M., Jennifer Sheridan, and John Robert Warren. 1999. "Socioeconomic Achievements of Siblings in the Life Course: New Findings from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study." Research on Aging 21:338-378 Publication |
| Retherford, Robert D. and William H. Sewell. 1992. "Four Erroneous Assertions Regarding the Accuracy of the Confluence Model." American Sociological Review 57:136-137 Publication |
| Retherford, Robert D. and William H. Sewell. 1991. "Birth Order and Intelligence: Further Tests of the Confluence Model." American Sociological Review 56:141-158 Publication |
| Zajonc, R. B., G. B. Markus, M. L. Berbaum, J. A. Bargh, and R. L. Moreland. 1991. "One Justified Criticism Plus Three Flawed Analyses Equals Two Unwarranted Conclusions: A Reply to Retherford and Sewell." American Sociological Review 56:159-165 Publication |
| Hauser, Robert M. 1991. "On 'Simple Models of Sibling Resemblance' (Reply to Michael Gillespie's Comment)." American Journal of Sociology 97:206-209 Publication |
| Retherford, Robert D. and William H. Sewell. 1989. "How Intelligence Affects Fertility." Intelligence 13:169-185 Publication |
| Retherford, Robert D. and William H. Sewell. 1988. "Intelligence and Family Size Reconsidered." Social Biology 35:1-40 Publication |
| Hauser, Robert M. and William H. Sewell. 1985. "Birth Order and Educational Attainment in Full Sibships." American Educational Research Journal 22:1-23 Publication |
| Hauser, Robert M. and Thomas N. Daymont. 1977. "Schooling, Ability, and Earnings: Cross-Sectional Evidence 8 to 14 Years After High School Graduation." Sociology of Education 50:182-206 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 |
| Wegner, Eldon L. and William H. Sewell. 1970. "Selection and Context as Factors Affecting the Probability of Graduation from College." American Journal of Sociology 75:665-679 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 PapersFreese, Jeremy. 2006. "Cognitive Skills and Survey Nonresponse: Evidence from Two Longitudinal Studies." CDE Working Paper No. 2006-10, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. Publication |
| Freese, Jeremy and Salvador Rivas. 2006. "Cognition, Personality, and Individual Response to Technological Change: The Case of the Internet Adoption." CDE Working Paper No. 2006-07, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. Publication |
| Zax, Jeffery S. and Daniel I. Rees. 1998. "Environment, Ability, Effort and Earnings." CRESP Paper No. 9801, Center for Research on Economic and Social Policy, University of Colorado-Denver, Denver, CO. 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 |
| Retherford, Robert D. and William H. Sewell. 1989. "Further Tests of the Confluence Model." EWC Working Paper No. 60, East-West Population Institute, East-West Center, Honolulu, HI. Publication |
| Retherford, Robert D. and William H. Sewell. 1987. "How Intelligence Affects Fertility." EWC Working Paper No. 53, East-West Population Institute, East-West Center, Honolulu, HI. 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 |
| 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 |
Master's ThesesRainwater, 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 |
| Richards, Rosanda. 1966. "Parental Stress on College, High School Achievement, Measured Intelligence and College Plans." Master's Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin. Publication |
Doctoral DissertationsKim, Hisam. 2006. "Three Essays Using Longitudinal Sibling Data." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin. Publication |
| Gathman, Cabell. 2004. "Complimenting the Respondent: How Interviewers Handle Performances on Cognitive Tasks on the Survey." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin - Madison. Publication |
| Huang, Min-Hsiung. 1996. "Historical Changes in the Effects of Verbal Ability on Socioeconomic Success in the United States." 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 |