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 …
Raymo, James, John R. Warren, Megan M. Sweeney, Robert Hauser, and JeongHwa Ho Working paper no. 2008-15 Abstract It is increasingly clear that older Americans will need to work longer in order to ensure their own economic well-being and to reduce projected strains on public transfer programs. It is thus important to understand who does …
Andrew, Megan, Erin Ruel, and Robert Hauser Working paper no. 2008-16 Abstract Researchers have explored the considerable negative effect of an individual’s or his spouse’s poor health on their wealth accumulation. Health selection may also operate across generations, affecting the wealth of children whose parents suffer from poor health. We develop an intergenerational model of …
Hauser, Robert, and David Weir Working paper no. 2009-05
Hauser, Robert Working paper no. 2009-06
Andrew, Megan, and Robert M. Hauser Working paper no. 2009-12 Abstract Educational expectations measure a youth’s plans for further educational attainment and have been dubbed the “strategic center” of a model of educational and occupational outcomes. Research on educational expectations has been invigorated of late with increasing interest in decision-making theories in sociology and economics. …
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 …
Hauser, Robert Working paper no. 2010-08