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Social Stratification across Three Generations: New Evidence from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study

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Warren, John, and Robert HauserWorking paper no. 1995-05 Abstract Research on intergenerational social and economic mobility is almost always limited to mobility across two generations. While two-generation studies provide important insights into the ways in which social and economic advantages and disadvantages are passed from one generation to the next, much less attention focuses on …

Does the Gender Composition of Sibships Affect Educational Attainment?

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Hauser, Robert, and Hsiang-Hui Daphne KuoWorking paper no. 1995-06 Abstract Data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, the November 1989 Current Population Survey, and the National Longitudinal Study of Women suggest that women with sisters have completed less schooling than women without sisters. This hypothesis follows a long tradition of theories about the effects …

Socioeconomic Indexes for Occupations: A Review, Update, and Critique

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Hauser, Robert, and John Warren Working paper no. 1996-01 Abstract Following a review of the history and sources of socioeconomic indexes for occupations, we estimate a new set of indexes for 1990 Census occupation lines, based on relationships between the prestige ratings obtained by Nakao and Treas in the 1989 General Social Survey and characteristics …

Choosing a Measure of Occupational Standing: How Useful are Composite Measures in Analyses of Gender Inequality in Occupational Attainment?

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Warren, John, Jennifer T. Sheridan, and Robert Hauser Working paper no. 1996-10 Abstract We ask whether and how indexes or scales of occupational socioeconomic standing affect inferences about gender differences in occupational success and occupational attainment processes. To address these questions, we report parallel analyses of the role of gender in the process of occupational …

Occupational Status, Education, and Social Mobility in the Meritocracy

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Hauser, Robert, John Warren, Min-Hsiung Huang, and Wendy Y. Carter Working paper no. 1996-18 Abstract Following a brief review of the concept of occupational status, we review trends in occupational standing, using data from the 1962 and 1973 Occupational Changes in a Generation Surveys (OCG), the 1986-88 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), and …