Reither, Erin, Robert Hauser, and Karen Swallen Working paper no. 2006-11 Abstract Some of the richest longitudinal studies in the social sciences did not, at their outset, gather biomarkers that are routinely recorded today—including the height and weight of participants. The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) is a large cohort study of over 10,000 individuals that …
Greenfield, Emily A., George Vaillant, and Nadine F. Marks Working paper no. 2007-01 Abstract Building on the idea that religiosity and spirituality are related yet distinct phenomena, this study examined whether formal religious participation and daily spiritual experiences are independently and equally associated with diverse dimensions of psychological well-being (negative affect, positive affect, purpose in …
Pudrovska, Tetyana Working paper no. 2007-02 Abstract Using a sample comprising full, twin, half-, step-, and adopted siblings, I examine psychological consequences of motherhood and fatherhood in midlife. My analysis includes between-family models that treat siblings as independent observations, and within-family models accounting for unobserved shared genetic and environmental endowments that may confound the relationship between parenthood and well-being. …
Ruel, Erin, and Robert Hauser Working paper no. 2007-03
Hauser, Robert, Carl B. Frederick, Megan Andrew Working paper no. 2007-04
Moorman, Sara, Robert M. Hauser, and Deborah Carr Working paper no. 2007-05 Abstract When terminally ill patients become incapacitated, the patient’s surrogate often makes treatment decisions in collaboration with health care providers. We examine how surrogates’ errors in reporting their spouse’s preferences are affected by their gender, status as durable power of attorney for health …
Yonker, James, Robert Hauser, and Jeremy Freese Working paper no. 2007-06 Abstract The 2003-05 telephone surveys of high school graduates in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study administered six cognitive assessments: immediate and delayed word recall, digit ordering, a subset of the WAIS-R similarities test, and letter and category frequency. We have analyzed these data separately among …
Hauser, Robert, and Carol Roan Working paper no. 2007-08 Abstract In an influential body of work extending across more than three decades and drawing on data from the United States, Poland, Japan, and the Ukraine, Melvin Kohn, Carmi Schooler, and their associates have found that cognitive capacities are affected by experiences on the job, specifically …
Pfeffer, Fabian Working paper no. 2007-09 Abstract The provision of equal educational opportunities is a central political goal in all modern societies. Yet research repeatedly shows that educational opportunities continue to be distributed very unevenly in all countries. Therefore, the question is not whether family background and educational outcomes are related but to what degree …
Raymo, James, and Miho Iwasawa Working paper no. 2007-10 Abstract Very low levels of nonmarital childbearing in Japan obscure important changes in the relationship between marriage and fertility. In this paper, we first describe trends in marriages preceded by pregnancy (bridal pregnancy) and examine educational differentials in this pattern of family formation. We then evaluate …