Hauser, Robert, and Min-Hsiung Huang Working paper no. 1997-13 Abstract Along with other recent analyses of American social structure, Herrnstein and Murray’s The Bell Curve offers several hypotheses about the increasing centrality of cognitive ability …
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Ethnic Concentrations and Labor Market Opportunities
Wilson, Franklin Working paper no. 1997-17 Abstract This paper seeks to determine whether employment in co-ethnic niches enhances labor market opportunities for urban workers, and whether the immigrant share of the workforce of an employment …
Socioeconomic Achievements of Siblings in the Life Course: New Findings from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study
Hauser, Robert, Jennifer Sheridan, and John Warren Working paper no. 1998-02 Abstract About 8500 graduates of Wisconsin high schools and a randomly selected brother or sister have been followed from 1957 through the early 1990s. …
Low Socioeconomic Status and Mental Disorders: A Longitudinal Study of Selection and Causation During Young Adulthood
Miech, Richard Allen, Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt, Bradley E. Wright, and Phil A. Silva Working paper no. 1998-05 Abstract Over the past half century two competing hypotheses in sociological inquiry have provided interpretations of …
Social Class Indicators and Health at Midlife
Miech, Richard Allen, and Robert Hauser Working paper no. 1998-06 Abstract There are several competing schemes for the measurement of social and economic standing in studies of health and well-being. We address the predictive validity …
Mental Ability and the Sources of Occupational Success
Hauser, Robert Working paper no. 1998-07 Abstract Students of social stratification often ignore cognitive ability. By ignoring it, they are open to the accusation that they have failed to consider the full range of factors …
The Intergenerational Relationship of Welfare Participation
Martin, Molly A. Working paper no. 1998-09 Abstract The reasons for the intergenerational association of welfare participation are poorly understood. Past work has examined what portion of the intergenerational association of welfare participation is due …
Intergenerational Economic Mobility in the United States: Measures, Differentials, and Trends
Hauser, Robert Working paper no. 1998-12 Abstract Economic research on intergenerational mobility has tended to focus on the extremes of the distribution of economic well-being—either on the inheritance of wealth or on the persistence of …
Socioeconomic Status and Depression in Life Course Perspective
Miech, Richard Allen, Michael J. Shanahan, and Glen H. Elder Jr. Working paper no. 1998-24
The Sexual Networks of Migrant Serere Women and the Spread of HIV in Senegal
Velyvis, Kristen Working paper no. 1998-26 Abstract This study looks at the sexual networks of migrant women from the Serere ethnic group in Senegal, West Africa. These women were identified as likely to be at …