Prof. Felix Elwert, Ph.D.

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Portrait Foto Prof. Felix Elwert, Ph.D. (David Ausserhofer)
David Ausserhofer

Kontakt

felwert [at] ssc.wisc.edu
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Sociology
Ehemaliger Gastwissenschaftler der Abteilung
Ehemaliger Leiter der beendeten Abteilung

Forschungsthemen

Soziale Ungleichheit | Sozialdemographie | Methoden kausalen Schließens

Lebenslauf

09 2015 - 08 2016 Kommissarischer Direktor der Abteilung “Ungleichheit und Sozialpolitik”, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)

2014 – 2015 Karl W. Deutsch-Professor, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)

seit 2013 Associate Professor (Affiliated) of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

seit 2012 Vilas Associate Professor der Soziologie, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

2007 – 2012 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

2007 Ph.D. in Soziologie, Harvard University

2006 A.M. in Statistik, Harvard University

1999 M.A. in Soziologie, New School for Social Research, USA

1997 Vordiplom in Soziologie, Freie Universität Berlin

Ausgewählte Publikationen

Wodtke, Geoffrey T., David J. Harding, and Felix Elwert (2016): "Neighborhood Effect Heterogeneity by Family Income and Developmental Period". In: American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 121, No. 4, S. 1168-1222.

Elwert, Felix/Winship, Christopher (2014): "Endogenous Selection Bias: The Problem of Conditioning on a Collider Variable". In: Annual Review of Sociology, Vol. 40, S. 31-53.

O’Malley, James A./Elwert, Felix/Rosenquist, Niels/Zaslavsky, Alan M./Christakis, Nicholas A. (2014): "Estimating Peer Effects in Longitudinal Dyadic Data Using Instrumental Variables". In: Biometrics, Vol. 70, No. 3, S. 506-515.

Elwert, Felix (2013): "Graphical Causal Models". In: Stephen L. Morgang (Ed.): Handbook of Causal Analysis for Social Research. Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media, S. 245-274.

Sharkey, Patrick/Elwert, Felix (2011): "The Legacy of Disadvantage: Multigenerational Neighborhood Effects on Cognitive Ability". In: American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 116, No. 6, S. 1934-81.

Wodtke, Geoffrey T./ Harding, David J./Elwert, Felix ( 2011): "Neighborhood Effects in Temporal Perspective: The Impact of Long-Term Exposureto Concentrated Disadvantage on High School Graduation". In: American Sociological Review, Vol. 76, No. 5, S. 713-736.

Jin, Lei/Elwert, Felix/Freese, Jeremy/Christakis, Nicholas A. (2010): "Preliminary Evidence Regarding the Hypothesis That the Sex Ratio at Sexual Maturity May Affect Longevity in Men". In: Demography, Vol. 47, No. 3, S. 579-586.

Elwert, Felix/Christakis, Nicholas A. (2008): "Wives and Ex-Wives: A New Test for Homogamy Bias in the Widowhood Effect". In: Demography, Vol. 45, No. 4, S. 851-873.

Elwert, Felix/Christakis, Nicholas A. (2006): "Widowhood and Race". In: American Sociological Review, Vol. 71, No. 1, S. 16-41.