2026 Robert M. Hauser: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	77	450	386	212	179	235	29554

Research.com Recognitions

2013 - Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association
2003 - Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award, American Sociological Association
1984 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1984 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1984 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1977 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Robert M. Hauser is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their work spans various fields related to social sciences, particularly focusing on intergenerational and educational inequality, social policy and reform, and employment and welfare studies.

Their recent publications include:

Breaking barriers: Robert Denis Mare and research on social stratification (2023), Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
What Is the Matter with America's Schools? (2020), Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge
Conclusion: About Evidence and the Use and Misuse of Data (2023), Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society and the History of Science (2024), Razón y fe

They also contributed to a paper titled "Genes, Gender Inequality, and Educational Attainment" published in 2025 by UNC Libraries, co-authored with Pamela Herd.

Frequent co-authors in their work include Pamela Herd, Jeremy Freese, Kamil Sicinski, Benjamin W. Domingue, and Kathleen Mullan Harris.

Robert M. Hauser's publications appear in various venues, with the most frequent being:

Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
UNC Libraries
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
Razón y fe

Their work crosses multiple subfields including sociology and political science, political science and international relations, and general health professions.

Robert M. Hauser has been recognized with several honors throughout their career. These include:

Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (2013)
Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (2008)
Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award, American Sociological Association (2003)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1984)
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1984)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1984)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1977)

Best Publications

The Decomposition of Effects in Path Analysis

Duane F. Alwin;Robert M. Hauser

2281
Citations
Education, occupation, and earnings: Achievement in the early career

William Hamilton Sewell;Robert Mason Hauser

2201
Citations
Opportunity and Change

David L. Featherman;Robert Mason Hauser

2105
Citations
Socioeconomic Indexes for Occupations: A Review, Update, and Critique

Robert M. Hauser;John Robert Warren

1519
Citations
High stakes : testing for tracking, promotion, and graduation

Jay Philip Heubert;Robert Mason Hauser

1506
Citations
The Process of Stratification: Trends and Analyses

Robert Mason Hauser;David L. Featherman

910
Citations
Measuring Socioeconomic Status in Studies of Child Development.

Robert M. Hauser

676
Citations
Causes and Consequences of Higher Edueation: Models of the Status Attainment Process

William H. Sewell;Robert M. Hauser

668
Citations
Sex schooling and occupational status.

William H. Sewell;Robert M. Hauser;Wendy C. Wolf

645
Citations
The Treatment of Unobservable Variables in Path Analysis

Robert M. Hauser;Arthur S. Goldberger

623
Citations
An assessment of the construct validity of Ryff’s Scales of Psychological Well-Being: Method, mode, and measurement effects

Kristen W. Springer;Kristen W. Springer;Robert M. Hauser

622
Citations
Assumptions of social mobility research in the U.S.: The case of occupational status☆

David L Featherman;F Lancaster Jones;Robert M Hauser

491
Citations
COMPARATIVE SOCIAL MOBILITY REVISITED: MODELS OF CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE IN 16 COUNTRIES*

David B. Grusky;Robert M. Hauser

475
Citations
Context and Consex: A Cautionary Tale

Robert M. Hauser

473
Citations
Education, Occupation and Earnings.

Patrick M. Horan;William H. Sewell;Robert M. Hauser

459
Citations
Equality of Schooling: Trends and Prospects.

Robert M. Hauser;David L. Featherman

452
Citations
A Model of Stratification with Response Error in Social and Psychological Variables

Robert M. Hauser;Shu-Ling Tsai;William H. Sewell

419
Citations
A Structural Model of the Mobility Table

Robert M. Hauser

382
Citations
Do birth cohorts matter? Age-period-cohort analyses of the obesity epidemic in the United States

Eric N. Reither;Robert M. Hauser;Yang Yang

361
Citations
Most Reported Genetic Associations With General Intelligence Are Probably False Positives

Christopher F. Chabris;Benjamin M. Hebert;Daniel J. Benjamin;Jonathan P. Beauchamp

359
Citations
Opportunity and Change.

Gary D. Sandefur;David L. Featherman;Robert M. Hauser

15
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David L. Featherman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

William H. Sewell University of Wisconsin–Madison

Jeremy Freese Stanford University

John Robert Warren University of Minnesota

Christopher F. Chabris Geisinger Health System

Daniel J. Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles

Nicholas A. Christakis Yale University

David Cesarini New York University

James M. Raymo Princeton University

Alberto Palloni University of Wisconsin–Madison

External Links

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