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Fabian T. Pfeffer
Funded Research:
Wealth after the Great Recession: Who Lost and Who Recovered? (Russell Sage Foundation)
Stockholm University Visitor Exchange Program 2012 (Stockholm University)
A Multi-Generational Approach to Trends in Social Mobility (HHS-NIH)
Education and Social Mobility in the United States and Abroad (Spencer Foundation)
Education's Contribution to An Open Society (NSF)
Wealth and Opportunity in Sweden, the United States, and Germany (Freedman)
Faculty Research Fellow, Survey Research Center.
Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center.
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Social Stratification and social mobility; sociology of education; comparative sociology; labor market and welfare state research; quantitative methods
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
Pfeffer, Fabian T. 2011. "Persistent Inequality in Educational Attainment and Its Institutional Context." European Sociological Review, 24(5): 543-565. DOI. Abstract.
Goldrick-Rab, Sara, and Fabian T. Pfeffer. 2009. "Beyond Access. Explaining Socioeconomic Differences in College Transfer." Sociology of Education, 82(2): 101-125. DOI. Abstract.
Chapters
Pfeffer, Fabian T. 2011. "Status Attainment and Wealth in the United States and Germany." In Persistence, Privilege, and Parenting: The Comparative Study of Intergenerational Mobility edited by T. Smeeding, R. Erikson, and M. Jäntti. Russell Sage. Abstract.
PSC Reports
Pfeffer, Fabian T. 2012. "Equality and Quality in Education." PSC Research Report No. 12-774. September 2012. Abstract. PDF.
Pfeffer, Fabian T., and Martin Hällsten. 2012. "Mobility Regimes and Parental Wealth: The United States, Germany, and Sweden in Comparison." PSC Research Report No. 12-766. July 2012. Abstract. PDF.