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Books


Hodson, Randy. 1983. Workers' Earnings and Corporate Economic Structure. New York: Academic Press   (no copy available)
Sewell, William H. and Robert M. Hauser. 1975. Education, Occupation, and Earnings: Achievement in the Early Career. New York: Academic Press   Publication
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 and Jennifer Sheridan. 2001. "Family Turning-points and Career Transitions at Midlife." Pp. 201-227 in Restructuring Work and the Life Course, edited by V. W. Marshall, W. R. Heinz, H. Krueger, and A. Verma. Toronto: University of Toronto Press   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
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 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
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
Sewell, William H. and Archibald O. Haller. 1965. "Educational and Occupational Perspectives of Farm and Rural Youth." Pp. 149-169 in Rural Youth in Crisis: Facts, Myths, and Social Change, edited by L. G. Burchinal. Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office   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
Brand, Jennie E. and Charles N. Halaby. 2006. "Regression and Matching Estimates of the Effects of Elite College Attendance on Educational and Career Achievement." Social Science Research 35:749-770   Publication
Parish, Susan L., Marsha M. Seltzer, Jan S. Greenberg, and Frank Floyd. 2004. "Economic Implications of Caregiving at Midlife: Comparing Parents of Children with Developmental Disabilities to Other Parents." Mental Retardation 42:413-426 PMCID: 15516174  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
Halaby, Charles N. 2003. "Where Job Values Come From: Family and Schooling Background, Cognitive Ability, and Gender." American Sociological Review 68:251-278   Publication
Warren, John Robert, Robert M. Hauser, and Jennifer T. Sheridan. 2002. "Occupational Stratification Across the Life Course: Evidence from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study." American Sociological Review 67:432-455   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
Huang, Min-Hsiung. 2001. "Cognitive Abilities and the Growth of High-IQ Occupations." Social Science Research 30:529-551   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
Warren, John Robert, Jennifer T. Sheridan, and Robert M. Hauser. 1998. "Choosing a Measure of Occupational Standing: How Useful are Composite Measures in Analyses of Gender Inequality in Occupational Attainment?" Sociological Methods and Research 27:3-76   Publication
Marks, Nadine F. 1998. "Does It Hurt to Care? Caregiving, Work-Family Conflict, and Midlife Well-Being." Journal of Marriage and the Family 60:951-966   Publication
Carr, Deborah. 1997. "The Fulfillment of Career Dreams at Midlife: Does It Matter for Women's Mental Health?" Journal of Health and Social Behavior 38:331-344 PMCID: 9425778  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
Logan, John Allen. 1996. "Opportunity and Choice in Socially Structured Labor Markets." American Journal of Sociology 102:114-160   Publication
Logan, John Allen. 1996. "Rules of Access and Shifts in Demand: A Comparison of Log-Linear and Two-Sided Logit Models." Social Science Research 25:174-199   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
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
Hodson, Randy. 1989. "Gender Differences in Job Satisfaction: Why Aren't Women More Dissatisfied?" The Sociological Quarterly 30:385-399   Publication
Hodson, Randy and Patricia Seitz. 1988. "Outside Ownership and Workers' Earnings and Tenure." The Sociological Quarterly 29:63-81   Publication
Hauser, Robert M. 1988. "A Note on Two Models of Sibling Resemblance." American Journal of Sociology 93:1401-1423   Publication
Hodson, Randy and Patricia Seitz. 1987. "Identifying Workers' Industries: Survey Responses versus Corporate Product Lines." Social Science Research 16:154-168   Publication
Hauser, Robert M. and William H. Sewell. 1986. "Family Effects in Simple Models of Education, Occupational Status, and Earnings: Findings from the Wisconsin and Kalamazoo Studies." Journal of Labor Economics 4:S83-S115   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
Hodson, Randy. 1985. "Workers' Comparisons and Job Satisfaction." Social Science Quarterly 66:266-280   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
Hodson, Randy. 1984. "Corporate Structure and Job Satisfaction: A Focus on Employer Characteristics." Sociology and Social Research 69:22-49   Publication
Hodson, Randy. 1984. "Companies, Industries, and the Measurement of Economic Segmentation." American Sociological Review 49:335-348   Publication
Sorensen, Annemette. 1983. "Children and Their Mother's Career." Social Science Research 12:26-43   Publication
Sorensen, Annemette. 1983. "Women's Employment Patterns After Marriage." Journal of Marriage and Family 45:311-322   Publication
Hauser, Robert M. and Michael P. Massagli. 1983. "Some Models of Agreement and Disagreement in Repeated Measurements of Occupation." Demography 20:449-460   Publication
Hauser, Robert M. 1982. "Occupational Status in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries." Historical Methods 15:111-26   Publication
Stryker, Robin. 1981. "Religio-Ethnic Effects Upon Attainments in the Early Career." American Sociological Review 46:212-231   Publication
Hauser, Robert M. 1980. "On 'Stratification in a Dual Economy' (Comment on Beck et al.)." American Sociological Review 45:702-12   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
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
Wolf, Wendy C. and Rachel Rosenfeld. 1978. "Sex Structure of Occupations and Job Mobility." Social Forces 56:823-844   Publication
Hauser, Robert M. 1978. "A Structural Model of the Mobility Table." Social Forces 56:919-53   Publication
Hauser, Robert M. and Peter J. Dickinson. 1974. "Inequality on Occupational Status and Income." American Educational Research Journal 11:161-168   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
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., 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
Pavalko, Ronald M. 1970. "Recruitment to Teaching: Patterns of Selection and Retention." Sociology of Education 43:340-353   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
Portes, Alejandro, Archibald O. Haller, and William H. Sewell. 1968. "Professional-Executive vs. Farming as Unique Occupational Choices." Rural Sociology 33:153-159   Publication
Haller, Archibald O. and William H. Sewell. 1967. "Occupational Choices of Wisconsin Farm Boys." Rural Sociology 32:37-55   Publication
Sewell, William H. and Alan W. Orenstein. 1965. "Community of Residence and Occupational Choice." American Journal of Sociology 70:551-563   Publication
Pavalko, Ronald M. 1965. "Aspirants to Teaching: Some Differences Between High School Senior Boys and Girls Planning on a Career in Teaching." Sociology and Social Research 50:47-62   Publication

Working Papers


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
Raymo, James M. and Megan M. Sweeney. 2005. "Work-Family Conflict and Retirement Preferences." CCPR Working Paper No. 035-05, California Center for Population Research, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.  Publication
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
Olson, Craig A. and Deena Ackerman. 2004. "Money Matters: Returns To School Quality Throughout A Career." CDE Working Paper No. 2004-19, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication
Olson, Craig A. and Deena Ackerman. 2000. "High School Inputs and Labor Market Outcomes for Male Workers in Their Mid-thirties: New Data and New Estimates from Wisconsin." IRP Discussion Paper No. 1205-00, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  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
Hauser, Robert M. 1998. "Intergenerational Economic Mobility in the United States: Measures, Differentials, and Trends." CDE Working Paper No. 98-12, 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
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
Logan, John Allen. 1997. "Class Mobility and the Stratification of Opportunity Among Men in Four Western Nations." CDE Working Paper No 97-01, 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, Jennifer T. Sheridan, and Robert M. Hauser. 1996. "Choosing a Measure of Occupational Standing: How Useful are Composite Measures in Analyses of Gender Inequality in Occupational Attainment." CDE Working Paper No. 96-10, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication
Marks, Nadine. 1995. "Does it Hurt to Care? Caregiving, Work and Family Conflict, and Midlife Well-Being." CDE Working Paper No. 95-02, 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
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
Alwin, Duane F. 1973. "College Effects on Educational and Occupational Attainments." CDE Working Paper No. 73-18, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication
Little, J. Kenneth. 1965. "The Occupations of Non-College Going Youth." IRRI Research Report No. 2, Industrial Relations Research Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication

Reports


Sewell, William H., Robert M. Hauser, and Et al. 1974. "Education, Occupation and Earnings: Achievement in the Early Career."  (no copy available)

Master's Theses


Brand, Jennie E. L. 2000. "Matching on Propensity Scores to Estimate the Effects of Graduating from an Elite College on Early- and Mid-Career Outcomes." Master's Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Sheridan, Jennifer T. 1996. "Determinants of Women's Movement Into and Out of Male-Dominated Occupations." Master's Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Thompson-Colon, Theresa. 1995. "Women's and Men's Mental Health at Midlife: The Link Between Family and Work." Master's Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Cha, Jongchun. 1982. "The Effect of Wives' Employment on Their Family Statuses." Master's Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Stryker, Robin. 1977. "Religio-Ethnic and Catholic School Effects of Attainment in Early Career." Master's Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  (no copy available)
Orenstein, Alan M. 1964. "Community of Residence and Occupational Aspiration." 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
Hayes, Jeffrey A. 2002. "Nice Work if You Can Get It: Gender and Job Quality at Midlife." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Sheridan, Jennifer T. 2001. "Occupational Attainment Across the Life Course: Sources of Stability and Change in Three Occupational Characteristics." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Park, Hyo. 1999. "Migration: The Impact of Earnings, Life Events, and Labor Market Conditions." Doctoral Thesis, School of Social Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas.  Publication
Warren, John Robert. 1998. "A Life-Course Perspective on the Process of Occupational Attainment." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Carr, Deborah. 1997. "The Fulfillment of Career Goals Over the Life Course and Midlife Mental Health." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  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
Janssen, Susan L. G. 1982. "Determinants of Parents' Aspirations and Expectations for Their Children's Educational and Occupational Attainments." 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
Hodson, Randy. 1980. "The Social Impact of Industrial Structure on Working Conditions." 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
Alwin, Duane F. 1972. "College Effects on Educational and Socioeconomic Achievements." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Orenstein, Alan M. 1970. "Community of Origin, Migration, and Occupational Achievement: A Study of Wisconsin Students." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Cook, Walter R. 1967. "Factors Associated with the Occupational Choices of Young Men." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Sociology, University 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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