Fabian T. Pfeffer

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., 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

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Pfeffer: Wealth provided some Americans a "private safety net" during economic recovery

Pfeffer on the growing wealth gap in college attainment

Pfeffer comments on Fed report that reveals 20-year decline in net worth among American families

Pfeffer charts family wealth's impact on social advantage over multiple generations in Sweden

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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.

Prix, Irene, and Fabian T. Pfeffer. 2017. "Does Donald need Uncle Scrooge? Extended family wealth and children's educational attainment in the United States." In Social Inequality across the Generations edited by Erola, Jani and Kilpi-Jakonen, Elina. Edward Elgar.

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.

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