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Fabian T. Pfeffer
Funded Research:
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)
How Rigid is the Wealth Structure and Why? Intergenerational Correlations in Family Wealth and their Sources. (Russell Sage Foundation)
Wealth after the Great Recession: Who Lost and Who Recovered? (Russell Sage Foundation)
Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center.
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
Research Assistant Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research.
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Social Stratification and social mobility; sociology of education; comparative sociology; labor market and welfare state research; quantitative methods
Select Publications
Journal Articles
Killewald, Alexandra Achen, Fabian T. Pfeffer, and Jared Schachner. Forthcoming. "Wealth Inequality and Accumulation." Annual Review of Sociology. DOI. Abstract.
Hällsten, Martin, and Fabian T. Pfeffer. 2017. "Grand Advantage: Family Wealth and Grandchildren's Educational Achievement in Sweden." American Sociological Review, 82(2): 328-360. DOI. Abstract.
Pfeffer, Fabian T., and Jamie Griffin. 2017. "Determinants of Wealth Fluctuation: Changes in Hard-To-Measure Economic Variables in a Panel Study." methods, data, analyses, 11(1): 87-108. PMCID: PMC5351882. DOI. Abstract.
Pfeffer, Fabian T., and Robert F. Schoeni. 2016. "How Wealth Inequality Shapes Our Future." RSF, 2(6): 2-22. DOI.
Pfeffer, Fabian T., Robert F. Schoeni, A. Kennickell, and P. Andreski. 2016. "Measuring wealth and wealth inequality: Comparing two US surveys." Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 41(2): 103-120. PMCID: PMC5145259. DOI. Abstract.
Pfeffer, Fabian T., and Florian Hertel. 2015. "How has educational expansion shaped social mobility trends in the United States?" Social Forces, 94(1): 143-180. PMCID: PMC4543307. DOI. Abstract.
Pfeffer, Fabian T. 2015. "Equality and quality in education. A comparative study of 19 countries." Social Science Research, 51: 350-368. PMCID: PMC4359749. DOI. Abstract.