Fabian T. Pfeffer

Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center.
Associate Professor, Sociology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
Research Associate Professor, Survey Research Center, ISR.

Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin

Research Interests: Social Stratification and social mobility; sociology of education; comparative sociology; labor market and welfare state research; quantitative methods

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fpfeffer@umich.edu

734-763-6020

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Pfeffer recognized with William Julius Wilson Early Career Award from Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility section of the ASA

Fabian Pfeffer receives Doris Entwisle Early Career Award from American Sociological Association

PSC Researchers & Trainees presenting latest research findings at PAA 2019

Pfeffer and Killewald illustrate racial wealth gap with data visualization

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Pfeffer FT, Waitkus N. The Wealth Inequality of Nations. American Sociological Review. July 2021. doi:10.1177/00031224211027800

Elwert, Felix, and Fabian T. Pfeffer. Forthcoming. "The Future Strikes Back: Using Future Treatments to Detect and Reduce Hidden Bias." Sociological Methods & Research.

Pfeffer, Fabian T., and Alexandra Achen Killewald. 2019. "Intergenerational Wealth Mobility and Racial Inequality." Socius, 5.

Pfeffer, F. T. 2018. "Growing Wealth Gaps in Education." Demography, 55(3): 1033-1068.

Pfeffer, Fabian T., and Alexandra Achen Killewald. 2018. "Generations of Advantage. Multigenerational Correlations in Family Wealth." Social Forces, 96(4): 1411-1442.

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Effects of Social Mobility on Individual Well-Being, Attitudes, and Behavior: Full and Partial Identification (NSF)

Training Program in Causal Inference in Education Policy Research at the University of Michigan (Education, U.S. Department of )

Training Program in Causal Inference in Education Policy Research at the University of Michigan (Education, U.S. Department of )

Poverty Dynamics in the United States (Peter G. Peterson Foundation)

Continuity and Change in American Economic and Social Life: The PSID 2017 - 2020 (NSF)

Health, Wealth, and Time Use Over the Life Course and Across Generations (NIA)

Transition to Adulthood within its Life Course & Intergenerational Family Context (NICHD)

Family Dynamics, Fertility, and Investments in Children Across Generations (NICHD)

Linking 1940 U.S. Census Data for Five Modern Surveys on Health and Aging (NIA)

How Accessible is the Top? The Changing Rigidity of High Incomes and Earnings (Russell Sage Foundation)

Asset Poverty in Canada over Time and in Comparison to the United States (SSHRC)

PSID, CDS, and TA: Data Enhancements and User Training, Support, and Outreach (NICHD)

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