Hauser, Robert, and Alberto Palloni Working paper no. 2010-04 Abstract Numerous studies find a positive relationship between cognitive ability, IQ as measured in childhood or youth, and subsequent survival. Explanations range from the idea that low ability is an indicator of adverse systemic events in early life to the idea that high cognitive functioning is …
Hauser, Robert, and Alberto Palloni Working paper no. 2010-05 Abstract Numerous studies find a positive relationship between cognitive ability, IQ as measured in childhood or youth, and subsequent survival. Explanations range from the idea that low ability is an indicator of adverse systemic events in early life to the idea that high cognitive functioning is …
Schwartz, Christine, and Nikki L. Graf Working paper no. 2010-07 Abstract Previous research has found that same-sex couples are more likely to be in interracial/ethnic partnerships than are different-sex couples. Drawing on search theory, we evaluate the plausibility of a common explanation for the higher likelihood of interracial/ethnic partnership among same-sex couples—that those seeking same-sex …
Hauser, Robert Working paper no. 2010-08
Grol Prokopczyk, Hanna, Jeremy Freese, and Robert Hauser Working paper no. 2010-09 Abstract This paper identifies a potentially serious problem with the widely used self-rated health (SRH) survey item: that different groups (e.g., different nationalities) have systematically different ways of using the item’s response categories. Analyses based on unadjusted SRH may thus produce misleading or …
Högnäs, Robin and Marcia Carlson Working paper no. 2010-10 Abstract We use data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth (N=11,182) to examine the intergenerational transmission of nonmarital fertility for both men and women. We find that being born to unmarried parents increases the risk of both (adult) sons and daughters having a nonmarital …
Iwasawa, Miho, Ryuichi Kaneko, Kenji Kamata, James Raymo, and Kimiko Tanaka Working paper no. 2010-11 Abstract The goal of this paper is to evaluate explanations for the total fertility rate (TFR) upturn in Japan after 2005. Drawing on recent research on the retreat from lowest-low fertility in European countries, we focus on diminished tempo effects, …
Carlson, Marcia, Alicia VanOrman and Natasha Pilkauskas Working paper no. 2010-12 Abstract Despite the dramatic rise in nonmarital childbearing in recent decades, there has been limited attention to factors affecting nonmarital fatherhood (beyond studies of young fathers). In this paper, we use data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth and the National Longitudinal …
Halpern-Manners, Andrew, John Robert Warren, James Raymo, and D. Adam Nicholson Working paper no. 2010-13 Abstract Motivated by theoretical and empirical research in life course sociology, we examine relationships between trajectories of work and family roles across the life course and five measures of economic well-being in later adulthood. Using data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal …
Raymo, James, John R. Warren, Megan M. Sweeney, Robert M. Hauser, and Jeong-Hwa Ho Working paper no. 2010-14 Abstract Objectives:We examined the extent to which involuntary job loss, exposure to “bad jobs,” and employment in non-unionized jobs across the life course are associated with the risk of early retirement. Methods:Using data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal …