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cognitive abilities


Journal Articles


Flynn, Kathryn E. and Maureen A. Smith. 2007. "Personality and Health Care Decision-Making Style " Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences 62B:261-267.  Publication
Freese, Jeremy, Salvador Rivas, and Eszter Hargittai. 2006. "Cognitive Ability and Internet Use among Older Adults." Poetics 34:236-249.  Publication
Seltzer, M. M., F. J. Floyd, J. S. Greenberg, J. Lounds, M. Lindstrom, and J. Hong. 2005. "Life Course Impacts of Mild Intellectual Deficits." American Journal on Mental Retardation 110:451-468.  Publication
Seltzer, Marsha Mailick, Jan S. Greenberg, Frank J. Floyd, and Jinkuk Hong. 2004. "Accommodative Coping and Well-Being of Midlife Parents of Children With Mental Health Problems or Developmental Disabilities." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 74:187-195.  Publication
Halaby, Charles N. 2003. "Where Job Values Come From: Family and Schooling Background, Cognitive Ability, and Gender." American Sociological Review 68:251-278.  Publication
Krahn, Dean, Jeremy Freese, Robert M. Hauser, Kristen Barry, and Brian Goodman. 2003. "Alcohol Use and Cognition at Mid-Life: The Importance of Adjusting for Baseline Cognitive Abilitiy and Educational Attainment." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 27:1162-1166.  Publication
Zax, Jeffrey S. and Daniel I. Rees. 2002. "IQ, Academic Performance, Environment, and Earnings." The Review of Economics and Statistics 84:600-616.  Publication
Seltzer, M. M., J. S. Greenberg, F. J. Floyd, Y. Pettee, and J. Hong. 2001. "Life Course Impacts of Parenting a Child With a Disability." American Journal on Mental Retardation 106:265-286.  Publication
Huang, Min-Hsiung. 2001. "Cognitive Abilities and the Growth of High-IQ Occupations." Social Science Research 30:529-551.  Publication
Hauser, Seth M. 2000. "Education, Ability, and Civic Engagement in the Contemporary United States." Social Science Research 29:556-582.  Publication
Hauser, Robert M., Jennifer Sheridan, and John Robert Warren. 1999. "Socioeconomic Achievements of Siblings in the Life Course: New Findings from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study." Research on Aging 21:338-378.  Publication
Retherford, Robert D. and William H. Sewell. 1992. "Four Erroneous Assertions Regarding the Accuracy of the Confluence Model." American Sociological Review 57:136-137.  Publication
Retherford, Robert D. and William H. Sewell. 1991. "Birth Order and Intelligence: Further Tests of the Confluence Model." American Sociological Review 56:141-158.  Publication
Zajonc, R. B., G. B. Markus, M. L. Berbaum, J. A. Bargh, and R. L. Moreland. 1991. "One Justified Criticism Plus Three Flawed Analyses Equals Two Unwarranted Conclusions: A Reply to Retherford and Sewell." American Sociological Review 56:159-165.  Publication
Hauser, Robert M. 1991. "On 'Simple Models of Sibling Resemblance' (Reply to Michael Gillespie's Comment)." American Journal of Sociology 97:206-209.  Publication
Retherford, Robert D. and William H. Sewell. 1989. "How Intelligence Affects Fertility." Intelligence 13:169-185.  Publication
Retherford, Robert D. and William H. Sewell. 1988. "Intelligence and Family Size Reconsidered." Social Biology 35:1-40.  Publication
Hauser, Robert M. and William H. Sewell. 1985. "Birth Order and Educational Attainment in Full Sibships." American Educational Research Journal 22:1-23.  Publication
Hauser, Robert M. and Thomas N. Daymont. 1977. "Schooling, Ability, and Earnings: Cross-Sectional Evidence 8 to 14 Years After High School Graduation." Sociology of Education 50:182-206.  Publication
Coleman, James S., Thomas F. Pettigrew, William H. Sewell, and Thomas W. Pullum. 1973. "Review Symposium on Jencks 'Inequality'." American Journal of Sociology 78:1523-1544.  Publication
Wegner, Eldon L. and William H. Sewell. 1970. "Selection and Context as Factors Affecting the Probability of Graduation from College." American Journal of Sociology 75:665-679.  Publication
Sewell, William H. and Vimal P. Shah. 1967. "Socioeconomic Status, Intelligence, and the Attainment of Higher Education." Sociology of Education 40:1-23.  Publication

Working Papers


Freese, Jeremy. 2006. "Cognitive Skills and Survey Nonresponse: Evidence from Two Longitudinal Studies." CDE Working Paper No. 2006-10, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication
Freese, Jeremy and Salvador Rivas. 2006. "Cognition, Personality, and Individual Response to Technological Change: The Case of the Internet Adoption." CDE Working Paper No. 2006-07, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication
Zax, Jeffery S. and Daniel I. Rees. 1998. "Environment, Ability, Effort and Earnings." CRESP Paper No. 9801, Center for Research on Economic and Social Policy, University of Colorado-Denver, Denver, CO.  Publication
Hauser, Robert M. 1998. "Mental Ability and the Sources of Occupational Success." CDE Working Paper No. 98-07, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication
Retherford, Robert D. and William H. Sewell. 1989. "Further Tests of the Confluence Model." EWC Working Paper No. 60, East-West Population Institute, East-West Center, Honolulu, HI.  Publication
Retherford, Robert D. and William H. Sewell. 1987. "How Intelligence Affects Fertility." EWC Working Paper No. 53, East-West Population Institute, East-West Center, Honolulu, HI.  Publication
Grusky, David B. 1983. "Who Gets Prestige, Power, Property, and Privileged Industry Location? Allocation to a Multidimensional Structure of Inequality." CDE Working Paper No. 83-47, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication
Hauser, Robert M., William H. Sewell, and Brian R. Clarridge. 1982. "The Influence of Family Structure on Socioeconomic Achievement: A Progress Report." CDE Working Paper No. 82-59, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication
Hauser, Robert M. 1980. "The Structure of Social Relationships: Cross-Classifications of Mobility, Kinship, and Friendship." CDE Working Paper No. 80-15, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.  Publication

Master's Theses


Rainwater, Elizabeth D. 2005. "Access or Ability: What's Behind the Relationship Between Early Socioeconomic Status and Adult Mortality." Master's Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Richards, Rosanda. 1966. "Parental Stress on College, High School Achievement, Measured Intelligence and College Plans." Master's Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication

Doctoral Dissertations


Kim, Hisam. 2006. "Three Essays Using Longitudinal Sibling Data." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Gathman, Cabell. 2004. "Complimenting the Respondent: How Interviewers Handle Performances on Cognitive Tasks on the Survey." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin - Madison.  Publication
Huang, Min-Hsiung. 1996. "Historical Changes in the Effects of Verbal Ability on Socioeconomic Success in the United States." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Campbell, Richard T. 1973. "Social Class and College Graduation: A Replication and Extension." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication
Jesudason, Victor. 1972. "Socioeconomic Background and Educational Attainment of High Ability Wisconsin High School Students." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.  Publication

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