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Curriculum Vitae and List of Publications

Mads Meier Jæger

November 2019

Work Address:

Department of Sociology,

University of Copenhagen

Øster Farimagsgade 5, Building 16

1014 Copenhagen K

Phone: +45 3532 3284

Email: mmj@soc.ku.dk

Personal web site: www.madsjaeger.dk.

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3666-8398.

Private Address:

Frederikssundsvej 25, 3rd right

DK-2400 Copenhagen NV

Phone: +45 3023 7882

Date of birth: 9 February 1976

Danish citizen

Married

Two children (Regitze b. 2013 and Erik b. 2017)

Education (year/month):

2007/7 PhD (Sociology), University of Copenhagen. Thesis title: Six Essays on Inequality of

Educational Inequality

2002/6 M.Sc. (Sociology), University of Copenhagen.

Thesis title: Wrestling Goliath and Hammering David: Reforming Unemployment

Compensation in Denmark and Great Britain, 1980-2001

1999/6 B.Sc. (Sociology), University of Copenhagen.

Employment:

Current position: 2016/5- Full Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen

Leave of absence: 2018/4-2018/8 Paternity leave (17 weeks)

2014/1-2014/6 Paternity leave (25 weeks)

Previous positions: 2012/11-

2016/4

Full Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen & the

Danish National Centre for Social Research (Joint Chair)

2009/4-

2012/11

Professor (mso) of Econometrics, Department of Education, Aarhus University

2008/1-

2009/4

Senior Researcher (Associate Professor w. tenure), the Danish National Centre for

Social Research

2007/7-

2007/12

Researcher (Assistant Professor), the Danish National Centre for Social Research

2004/9-

2007/6

PhD student, Department of Sociology (University of Copenhagen) & the Danish

National Centre for Social Research

Research stays abroad:

2009/7-

2010/1

Visiting Fellow, Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course (CIQLE),

Department of Sociology, Yale University

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2006/9-

2006/12

Junior Visiting Scholar, Nuffield College, University of Oxford

Research interests:

Social stratification and mobility

Cultural consumption and inequality

Applied micro-econometrics

Public opinion

Survey design

Ongoing research:

Ongoing projects:

“Family Size and Educational Attainment: Cousins, Contexts and Compensation” (w. Joseph Molitoris

and Ea Hoppe-Blaabæk, revise and resubmit)

“Local Historical Context and Multigenerational Socioeconomic Attainment” (w. Ea Hoppe-Blaabæk,

under review)

“Omnivores Breed Omnivores: Cross-Time Persistence in the Intergenerational Transmission of Cultural

Lifestyles” (w. Ea Hoppe-Blaabæk, working paper)

“Family Culture Dynasties, Cultural Consumption, and Inequality” (w. Rasmus Henriksen Klokker,

working paper)

“Why do Women and Men Differ in their Preferences towards Redistribution? An Analysis of Sibling-

Parent Data in a Most Gender-Egalitarian Context” (w. Achim Goerres, working paper)

Grants, Contracts & Awards:

PI.: Principal Investigator

CI: Co-Investigator

Grants:

2017 “Mozart with Mom? Family Background, Cultural Participation, and Social Inequality.”

Velux Fondens Kernegruppeprogram (Grant No. 00017000), DKK 5.452.019, PI

[2018-2021]

2017 “Inequality, early adult life courses and economic outcomes at mid-life in comparative

context” (EQUALLIVES), NORFACE, €1.430.257, CI (PI = Susan Harkness,

University of Bath) [2017-2019]

2016 “Læringsmiljøer i danske familier,” [Learning environments in Danish families] Den

A.P. Møllerske Støttefond. DKK 6.342.000 (Grant No. 11560), Co-PI w. Jens Peter

Thomsen from the Danish National Centre for Social Research. [2017-2021]

2015 “Religion, Social Mobility, and Preferences for Redistribution,” Danish Council for

Independent Research | Social Sciences (Grant No. 4182-00030B). DKK 475.502, PI

[2015-2017]

2012 “Understanding Intergenerational Transmissions: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach

(UNITRAN),” Starting Grant (Grant No. 312906), European Research Council.

€1.358.389, PI [2013-2018]

2011 “Family Background and Social Marginalization.” Danish Ministry of Social Affairs.

DKK 4.200.000, CI (PI = Lars Benjaminsen) [2011-2014]

2010 “Classroom composition, inclusion, exclusion and learning outcomes (CCIELO).” The

Danish Strategic Research Council. DKK 10.700.000, CI (PI = Anders Holm) [2010-

2014]

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2009 “The Effect of Teacher Competences in Relations Building and Classroom

Management on Pupils’ Learning Outcomes – An Experimental Approach.” Danish

Strategic Research Council. DKK 6.500.000, CI (PI = Anders Holm) [2009-2013]

2009 “Danish Longitudinal Survey of Youth – Children” (DLSY-C). The Danish Social

Science Research Council (Grant No. 275-09-0145). DKK 3.440.000, PI [2010-]. For

more information see www.sfi.dk/dlsy.

2008 “Analyse af effekter af interventioner over for udsatte børn og unge” [Analysis of

effects of interventions for socially vulnerable children], Velfærdsministeriet. DKK

3.500.000, CI (PI = Tine Egelund)

2008 “The economic and social determinants of educational attainment and achievement.”

The Danish Strategic Research Council (Grant No. 2139-08-0020). DKK 16.000.000,

CI (PI = Paul Bingley)

2008 “Effects of qualifications tracks and measures within tertiary education on enrolment

and completion of tertiary education.” The Danish Strategic Research Council (Grant

No. 2139-08-0022). DKK 1.540.000, CI (PI = Anders Holm)

2007 Post Doc project “Accumulated Disadvantage and the Dynamics of Social

Reproduction.” The Danish Social Science Research Council (Grant No. 275-07-0046).

DKK 1.725.000, PI

2007 ”Undersøgelse af den sociale stofmisbrugsbehandling i Danmark” [A study of the social

treatment for drug abusers in Denmark], Servicestyrelsen. DKK ~ 5.000.000, CI

2004 PhD project “Social origins and intergenerational educational mobility in Denmark.”

The Danish Social Science Research Council (Grant No. 24-04-0130). DKK 1.597.572,

PI

Honors and Awards:

2019- Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters

2008 Young Elite Researcher Award, The Danish Council for Independent Research (Det Frie

Forskningsråd). DKK 200.000

Professional Service:

2018- Member of Cross-Faculty Review Panel, University of Copenhagen

2018- Member of Editorial Board, Sociology of Education

2017 Reviewer for Promotion Board at LSE

2016- Coordinator of Research Group on Welfare, Inequality, and Mobility (UCPH)

2016 External Reviewer of ERC Consolidator Grant, European Research Council (ERC)

2015/1-

2020/12

Member of The Danish Fund for Independent Research | Social Sciences (Head of

Sociology Section and member of Steering Committee 2019)

2013-2014 Associate Editor, European Sociological Review

2013/2-2016/5 Member of Internal Research Council at the Danish National Centre for Social Research

2012 Reviewer of research proposal for the University of Leuven

2011 Reviewer of research proposals for the Israel Science Foundation

2011 Reference group member for Professorship, Leeds Metropolitan University

2011- Consulting Editor, Acta Sociologica

2011- Member of Expert advisory group on VIDA project (randomized controlled trial), Aarhus

University,

2010-2013 Member of Reference Group for SUNSTRAT (Stockholm University SIMSAM Node for

Stratification Research) Project.

2010 Reviewer of research proposals for the Research Foundation Flanders

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2009- Member of Program of Excellence on Welfare and Marginalization at the Department of

Sociology, University of Copenhagen

2009-2010 Chair of Expert Group on Social Mobility and Social Cohesion, The Council of Europe

Nov. 2007-

Apr. 2009

Co-Director of SFI’s Strategic Research Program on Causality and Effect Evaluation

(research program with 25+ researchers; duties included day-to-day management,

organizing seminars, educational activities, and international cooperation)

2005- Member of RC28 on Social Stratification and Mobility under the International Sociological

Association

Supervision:

Current PhD students:

2018/8- Ea Hoppe Blaabæk (University of Copenhagen)

2016/9- Anne Sofie Tegner Anker (Rockwool Foundation Research Unit)

Completed PhDs:

2018/5 Asta Breinholt Lund (Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen). Project

title: “The Role of Parenting in the Intergenerational Transmission of Education.”

Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Michigan (DFF International

Postdoc)

2016/9 Anders Hjorth-Trolle (Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen). Project

title: “Parental Investments and the Reproduction of Socioeconomic Status. Four

Empirical, Methodological, and Theoretical Essays on Intergenerational

Transmissions.” Current position: Researcher, Rockwool Foundation

2016/3 Ida Gran Andersen (Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen). Project title:

“Unequal Learning Opportunities in the Classroom.” Current position: Assistant

Professor, Department of Education, Aarhus University.

2015/7 Lars Højsgaard Andersen (Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen).

Project title: “Essays on causal effects of structural and societal issues on crime.”

Current position: Senior Researcher, Rockwool Foundation.

2015/2 Peter Fallesen (Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen). Project title:

“Unwanted exit-strategies. Essays on the relationship between formal and informal

social institutions and individual behavior.” (Recipient of Scholarship from Danmark-

Amerika Fondet). Current position: Senior Researcher, Rockwool Foundation.

2013/10 Kristian Karlson (Department of Education, Aarhus University). Project title:

“Educational decisions, social class, and beliefs about returns to education.” (Recipient

of Fulbright Scholarship). Current position: Associate Professor, University of

Copenhagen.

Membership of PhD committees:

2016 Sofie Dencker Larsen (University of Copenhagen, Chair)

2013 Christine Isakson (Business, Copenhagen Business School)

2011 Tor Georg Jakobson (Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and

Technology, Trondheim)

2011 Lena Janys (Economics, ASB, Aarhus School of Business)

Post Doc/Assistant Professor Mentoring:

Kristian Karlson, Joseph Molitoris, Lisbeth Trille Gylling Loft, Rikke Fuglsang Olsen, Ditte Andersen.

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B.Sc./M.Sc. theses supervision:

B.Sc. 3

M.Sc. 10+

Teaching:

Summary of Courses Taught

Title Semester/year Level Institution Course evaluation

(where available)*

Welfare, Inequality and

Mobility

S17, S19 B.Sc. U.

Copenhagen

Generalized Linear Models F08, S09, S11,

S13, S15, F16,

F18

M.Sc. U. Copenhagen,

U. Haifa (S11)

4.62

Introduction to Generalized

Linear Models

F10, S11 PhD Aarhus U.,

Aalborg U.

Multilevel models S10/F10 PhD Tilburg U.

Kill Your Darlings: A Critical

Review of Classic Theories and

Ideas in Sociology

F13 M.Sc. U. Copenhagen 4.66

Social Inequality, Education, and

Competence

F12 M.Sc. Aarhus University

Note: S = Spring semester; F = Fall semester. * Mean of student rating on 1-5 scale.

Selected by student instructors to give lecture at freshman intro trip 2014-2019.

Nominated for the “Best Teacher Award” at the University of Copenhagen, 2017.

Best Teacher Award, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, 2017.

Statistical programming experience: For statistical analysis: Stata, SAS, SPSS, GAUSS, Mplus, LISREL

Occasional reviewer for:

American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, American Political Science

Review, Demography, Sociology of Education, Journal of Marriage and Family, European Journal of

Political Research, European Sociological Review, British Journal of Sociology, Comparative European

Politics, Journal of Social Policy, International Sociology, Dansk Sociologi, Journal of European Social

Policy, Acta Sociologica, European Societies, Comparative Political Studies, Social Science Quarterly,

Social Science Research, Scandinavian Political Studies, Higher Education, Socio-Economic Review,

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Poetics, Politica, Sociological Focus, Journal of Applied

Econometrics.

Administrative experience:

2019 Member of evaluation committee for Ph.D.-fellowships, University of Oslo

2017 Member of Search Committee for Professor, University of Copenhagen

2017 Head of evaluation committee for Honorary Professor, University of Copenhagen

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2015 Head of evaluation committee for Research Professor, the Danish National Centre for Social

Research

2014 Member of promotion committee for assistant, associate, and full professors at Statistics Norway

2012 Member of search committee for post doc, Swedish Institute for Social Research/Stockholm

University

2011 Member of search committee for Associate Professor, Aalborg University

2010 Member of search committee for Senior Researcher (tenured Associate Professor) position at the

SFI - Danish National Centre for Social Research

2010- Member of group of external examiner in sociology at the University of Copenhagen, Aalborg

University, and Danish School of Education, Aarhus University.

2008 Member of search committee for PhD positions in sociology, University of Copenhagen and SFI

- Danish National Centre for Social Research

Conference presentations:

2019 Integrating Genetics and the Social Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, 3-4 October 2019.

Poster presentation: “School Made Me Like It! The Effect of Education on Culture and Leisure

Consumption”

2017 RC28 Summer Meeting, Columbia University, 8-10 August. Paper: “Historical Context and

Multigenerational Socioeconomic Attainment”

2017 RC28 Spring Meeting, University of Cologne, 30 March 1 April. Paper: “Super(Diluted) Cultural

Omnivores: Cultural Consumption and Family Background”

2016 RC28 Spring Meeting, University of Bern, 29-31 August. Paper: “Family Size and Children’s

Educational Success: Identification from the Extended Family”

2016 Nordic Sociological Association Conference, University of Helsinki, 10-13 August. Paper:

“Family Size and Children’s Educational Success: Identification from the Extended Family”

2015 RC28 Spring Meeting, Tilburg University, 28-30 May. Paper “Cultural Capital, Teacher Bias,

and Educational Inequality: New Evidence from Monozygotic Twins”

2013 Danish Sociology Congress, Roskilde University, Denmark 24-25 January. Paper: “Women’s

Preference for Highbrow Culture Does Not Begin in the Family: Comparing Cultural

Participation among Brothers and Sisters”

2012 RC28 Summer Meeting, University of Virginia, 13-15 August. Paper “A Dynamic Model of

Cultural Reproduction”

2012 Meeting of the Strategic Research Advisory Board, Denmark 7-8 June. Paper: “A Dynamic

Model of Cultural Reproduction”

2012 Danish Sociology Congress, Aarhus, Denmark 19-20 January. Paper: “A Dynamic Model of

Cultural Reproduction”

2011 ESPAnet Conference, Valencia, Spain. 8-10 September. Paper: “Macroeconomic and Social

Conditions and Popular Demand for Redistribution”

2011 RC28 conference, University of Essex, UK. No paper.

2011 Danish Sociology Congress, Aalborg, Denmark. Paper: “In There a Causal Effect of Cultural

Capital on Academic Achievement? New Evidence from Combined Sibling and Panel Data”

2010 ISA/RC28 conference, Gothenburg, Sweden. Paper: “Does Cultural Capital Really Affect

Academic Achievement? New Evidence from Combined Sibling and Panel Data”

2010 RC28 Spring Meeting, University of Haifa, Israel. Paper: “Extending the Family Tree: The Effect

of the Extended Family on Children’s Educational Success”

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2010 Danish Sociology Congress, Copenhagen Denmark. Paper: “In There a Causal Effect of Cultural

Capital on Academic Achievement? New Evidence from Combined Sibling and Panel Data”

2009 RC28 Summer Meeting, Yale University, USA. Paper: “Returns to Beauty over the Life course”

2008 24th Nordic Sociological Association, Aarhus University, Denmark. Paper: “Habitus in Action:

Cultural Capital and Teacher Ability Rating”

2008 European Science Foundation Conference “Transfer of Resources Across Generations,”

Vadstena, Sweden. Paper: “Habitus in Action: Cultural Capital and Teacher Ability Rating”

2008 RC28 Spring Meeting, European University Institute, Florence, Italy. Paper: “Stillbirth and

caesarean section as natural experiments to identify the causal effect of family size on IQ and

educational attainment”

2008 ESPAnet 4th International Conference, Aalborg, Denmark. Paper: “Do Welfare Regimes Shape

the Variance in Public Support for Redistribution?”

2007 ESPAnet 4th Annual Conference, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Austria, Paper: “Does subjective

left-right position have a causal effect on support for redistribution? A comparative analysis of

Germany, Sweden and Norway”

2007 European Sociological Association Conference, Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland.

Paper: “Confluence Model or Resource Dilution Hypothesis? How Sibship Size Affects

Educational Attainment”

2007 ESPAnet Conference, Aalborg, Denmark. Paper: “Does left-right position have a causal effect on

support for redistribution? A comparative analysis of Germany, Sweden, and Norway”

2006 29th Symposium in Applied Statistics, Department of Economics, Aarhus University. Paper: “Does

Sibship Size Have a Causal Effect on Educational Attainment? New IV Estimates from Exogenous

Variation in Couples’ Reproductive Capacity”

2006 RC28 Spring Meeting, University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Paper: “Cultural Capital and

Educational Attainment: Disentangling the Relationship”

2006 Conference “Globalization and the Political theory of the Welfare State and Citizenship,”

Aalborg University, Denmark. Paper: “Are the ‘Deserving Needy’ Deserving Everywhere?

Analyzing the Impact of Cross-Cultural Heterogeneity on Citizens’ Support for Public

Responsibility for the Old and the Sick in Eight Western Countries”

2005 Research Seminar on Quantitative Sociology, Institute for Local Government Studies (AKF), 26

October 2005. Paper: “Cultural Capital and Educational Attainment: Disentangling the

Relationship”

2005 ESPAnet Conference, University of Friburg, Switzerland. Paper: “Welfare state regimes and

attitudes towards redistribution in 15 western European Countries: Is it really true that

institutional regimes do not matter?”

2005 Danish Sociology Congress, Roskilde University, Denmark. Papers: (1) “Competing rationalities

in educational decision-making? Testing the impact of economic and social rationality beliefs on

the choice of secondary education in Denmark,” and (2): “Intergenerational educational mobility

in the comprehensive Danish welfare state: Testing the primacy of non-monetary social origin

effects”

2005 RC28 Spring Meeting, University of Oslo, Norway. Paper: “Intergenerational educational

mobility in the comprehensive Danish welfare state: Testing the primacy of non-monetary social

origin effects”

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2004 RC11 Conference “Ageing Societies and Ageing Sociology,” University of Surrey, Roehampton,

UK. Paper: “Does retirement hurt psychological well-being? New evidence from a longitudinal,

fixed-effect analysis”

2004 26th Symposium in Applied Statistics, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen.

Paper: “Exploring the dimensions of social capital and their relations to economic and cultural

capital – a social stratification perspective”

Invited talks:

2019 It’s Culture n’est-ce pas? Invited Inaugural Lecture at the Research MA in Sociology and

Demography, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 5 November

Ind i familien: Læringsmiljøer og social ulighed. Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes

Selskab, 24 Oktober

Wealth, Inter Vivos Transfers, and Educational Success in Three Generations, Workshop on

Sibling Correlations, University of Oxford, 17-18 January

2018 Wealth, Inter Vivos Transfers, and Educational Success in Three Generations, INDIRECT

Workshop, University of Turku, 17-18 December

Hello Beautiful? The Effect of Interviewer Physical Attractiveness on Response Rates and

Behavior, Dansk Selskab for Surveyforskning, 6 December

2017 May the Force be With You. Sociologien som slaghammer og gummistempel. Aalborg

University, 12 October

It’s Culture n’est-ce pas? Taking Stock of Bourdieu’s Theory of Cultural Reproduction.

University of Copenhagen, 24 March.

Cultural Capital and Educational Inequality: Theory, Empirics, and Policy. NOS-OS Language

and Social Mobility Workshop, Schæffergården, 24 March

Culture and Multigenerational Socioeconomic Attainment. Rockwool Fondens Forskningsenhed,

20 March

Hvor tidligt kan vi bryde den sociale arv? Konference: Bedre liv for børn og unge i Danmark, 9

January

2016 Culture and Multigenerational Socioeconomic Attainment. Nuffield College, University of

Oxford, 9 November

Culture and Multigenerational Socioeconomic Attainment. University of Amsterdam, 13

September

Social ulighed i uddannelsessystemet. Rådet for Børns Læring, 11. maj.

Social arv og den udvidede familie. Akademiet for Talentfulde Unge, 20. april.

A Brief Introduction to Latent Variable Models, KORA, 2 March

2015 Flere unge med i fællesskabet, Venstre, Christiansborg, 28. februar

2014 Cultural Capital, Teacher Bias, and Educational Success. University of Turku, 12. December

Hello Beautiful? The Effect of Interviewer Physical Attractiveness on Response Rates and

Behavior, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, 1 December

Status på social arv, Rigsrevisionen, 21. november

Skønhed og ulighed, Sociologirusserne, Hundested, 26. august

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2013 To Be or Not to Be … en smuk interviewer – og gør det nogen forskel? SFI Survey

Interviewermøder, Roskilde og Vejle, 26. og 27. November

The Long and Winding Road. Erfaringer med at søge (og få) et ERC Starting Grant. Department

of Political Science, Aarhus University, 27 September

Social arv: Udfordringer og mekanismer. SFI – Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd, 10.

september

Social arv, udsatte boligområder og indikatorer for velfærd. 7 By Netværket, 28. Februar

2012 Women’s preference for highbrow culture does not begin in the family: Comparing cultural

participation among brothers and sisters, SUNSTRAT Project Meeting, Stockholm University,

12 December

Hvordan finder man gode instrumentvariable?, Selskabet for Surveyforskning, 8. november.

Artikelskrivning – en kampsport, Ph.d.-seminar, Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd –

SFI, 28. august

The devil is in the design: Eksperimentel logik og årsagssammenhænge i samfundsvidenskabelig

forskning, Forum for Samfundsvidenskabernes Filosofi, 12. april

2011 A Dynamic Model of Cultural Reproduction, SUNSTRAT Project Meeting, Stockholm

University, 13 December

Latent Variable Models, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, 7 December

Publicering: Flid, fedt og snyd, The Danish National Centre for Social Research, 28 November

A Dynamic Model of Cultural Reproduction, Department of Sociology, Oxford University, 10

October

A Dynamic Model of Cultural Reproduction, Turku University, 1 September

The Devil is in the Detail. Experimental Logic and Causal Inference in Social Science Research,

Summer workshop Life Course Dynamics and The Mechanisms of Social Inequality, Turku

University, 31 August

Macroeconomic and Social Change and Popular Demand for Redistribution. Department of

Sociology and Human Geography, Oslo University, 10 May

Invited commentator at SocLife Graduate Seminar, University of Cologne, 26 January

2010 Off the Beaten Track: The Effect of Upper Secondary Education on the Transition to Tertiary

Education in Denmark. SUNSTRAT Meeting, Stockholm University

Improving Social Mobility. Council of Europe Conference Promoting Social Mobility as a

Contribution to Social Cohesion, Leeds Metropolitan University, 8 December

All the Extended Family: Effects of the Extended Family on Children’s Educational Success,

Copenhagen Business School, 28 September

The Devil is in the Design: Eksperimentel logik og kausale sammenhænge i

uddannelsesforskningen, Dansk Evaluerings Selskabs Årskonference 2010, Hotel Nyborg

Strand, 10. september

Hvaffor en karriere? Sociologisk Institut, Københavns Universitet, 25 May

2009 All the Extended Family: Effects of the Extended Family on Children’s Educational Success,

Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course, Yale University, 23 October

Returns to Beauty over the Life Course, Rockwool Foundation Research Unit, 4 June

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Social arv og uddannelse: It’s the culture stupid, Department of Political Science, University of

Southern Denmark, 14 April

United but Divided: Welfare Regimes and the Level and Variance in Public Support for

Redistribution, Network for Quantitative Political Science, Department of Political Science,

University of Copenhagen, 19 March

2008 Cultural capital and teacher ability rating, Department of Sociology, University of Haifa, Israel,

16 December

Kausalitet og effekt … gave eller suspekt?, Forskningsgruppen for Børn og Familie, SFI,

Tisvildeleje, 31. oktober

En (glad) brugers oplevelse af Dansk Data Arkiv, Dansk Data Arkiv, Rudkøbing, 25 september

A Brief Introduction to Latent Variable Models, Institute for Local Government Studies (AKF),

12 March

2007 What Works? A Researcher’s Perspective, Nordisk Campbell Center

Does Family Size Have a Causal Effect on Educational Attainment? New Evidence from

Exogenous Variation in Stillbirth and Caesarean Section, 31 October 2007, Institute for Local

Government Studies (AKF)

Uddannelsesulighed i Danmark, September 29 2007, Frit Forum Århus

2006 The Scandinavian Welfare Model, The Rectorate, University of Copenhagen

Social arv og mobilitet - sociologisk set, 23 October 2006, The Danish Economic Council

Consultancy:

Methodological consultant on the development of a Safety Index for Copenhagen.

Copenhagen Municipality, October 2008 - January 2009.

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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Articles in peer-reviewed journals:

Breinholt, Asta, and Mads Meier Jæger. Forthcoming. “Cultural Capital, Teacher Bias, and

Educational Performance.” British Journal of Sociology

Hjorth-Trolle, Anders, Anders Holm, and Mads Meier Jæger. 2019. “Signals, Educational Decision

Making, and Inequality.” European Sociological Review 35(4): 447-460. [DOI:

https://academic.oup.com/esr/article/35/4/447/5381107]

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2019. “Religion, Religiosity, and Popular Support for Redistribution.” Acta

Sociologica 62(3): 251-269. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0001699318768380]

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2019. “Hello Beautiful? The Effect of Interviewer Physical Attractiveness on

Cooperation Rates and Survey Responses.” Sociological Methods and Research, 48(1):156-184

[DOI: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0049124116672677]

Kristensen, Vibeke T. and Mads Meier Jæger. 2018. “Weight and social comparison: Does the weight

of a stranger affect a person’s perception of their own weight?” Health Psychology Open, July-

December 2018: 1-9 [Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1177/2055102918819260]

Jæger, Mads Meier and Kristian Karlson. 2018. “Cultural Capital and Educational Inequality: A

Counterfactual Analysis.” Sociological Science, 5: 775-795 [Open Access:

https://www.sociologicalscience.com/articles-v5-33-775/)

Jæger, Mads Meier and Stine Møllegaard. 2017. “Cultural capital, teacher bias, and educational

success: New evidence from monozygotic twins.” Social Science Research, 65: 130-144 [DOI:

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2017.04.003]. Media coverage in Education Next:

http://educationnext.org/cultural-activity-matters-academic-success-field-trips-theater/

Jæger, Mads Meier and Richard Breen. 2016. “A Dynamic Model of Cultural Reproduction.”

American Journal of Sociology, 121(4): 1079-1115. [DOI: 10.1086/684012; link:

http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/684012]

Etcoff, Nancy, Nabanita Datta-Gupta, and Mads Meier Jæger. 2016. “Beauty in Mind: The effects of

physical attractiveness on psychological well-being and distress.” Journal of Happiness Studies,

17(3): 1313-1325. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10902-015-9644-6]

Møllegaard Pedersen, Stine, and Mads Meier Jæger. 2015. “The Effect of Grandparents’ Economic,

Cultural, and Social Capital on Grandchildren’s Educational Success.” Research in Social

Stratification and Mobility, 42: 11-19 [Open Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2015.06.004]

Jæger, Mads Meier and Tally Katz-Gerro. 2015. “Does Women’s Preference for Highbrow Culture

Begin in the Family? Comparing Leisure Participation Among Brothers and Sisters.” Leisure

Sciences, 37(5): 415-430 [Open Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01490400.2014.995326]

Andersen, Ida Gran and Mads Meier Jæger. 2015. “Cultural Capital in Context: Heterogeneous

Returns to Cultural Capital across Schooling Environments.” Social Science Research, 50: 177-

188. [Open Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2014.11.015]

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Breen, Richard, Herman van de Werfhorst, and Mads Meier Jæger. 2014. “Deciding under Doubt: A

Theory of Risk Aversion, Time Discounting Preferences and Educational Decision Making.”

European Sociological Review, 30(2): 258-270.

Dinesen, Peter T. and Mads Meier Jæger. 2013. “The Effect of Terror on Institutional Trust: New

Evidence From the 11/3 Madrid Terrorist Attack.” Political Psychology, 34(6): 917-926.

Holm, Anders, Mads Meier Jæger, Kristian Karlson, and David Reimer. 2013. “Incomplete

Equalization: The Effect of Tracking in Secondary Education on Educational Inequality.” Social

Science Research, 42(6): 1431-1442.

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2013. “The effect of macroeconomic and social conditions on the demand for

redistribution: A pseudo-panel approach.” Journal of European Social Policy, 23(2): 147-161.

Katz-Gerro, Tally and Mads Meier Jæger. 2013. “Top of the Pops, Ascend of the Omnivore, Defeat of

the Couch Potato: Modeling Change in Cultural Consumption.” European Sociological Review,

29(2): 243-260.

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2012. “The Extended Family and Children’s Educational Success.” American

Sociological Review, 77(6): 903-922.

(Honorable Mention for the 2013 James Coleman Award for the Best Article in the field of

Sociology of Education, American Sociological Association)

Tutenges, Sébastien, Mads Meier Jæger, and Morten Hesse. 2012. “The influence of guides on alcohol

consumption among young tourists at a nightlife resort.” American Journal of Addictions 21: S72-

S76.

Jæger, Mads M. and Anders Holm. 2012. “Conformists or Rebels? Relative Risk Aversion,

Educational Decisions, and Social Class Reproduction.” Rationality and Society, 24(2): 221-253.

Karlson, Kristian B. og Mads Meier Jæger. 2011. “Kassen, kulturen og kontakterne: Økonomisk,

kulturel og social kapital i to generationer.” [Money, Culture, and Contacts: Economic, Cultural,

and Social Capital in Two Generations] Dansk Sociologi, 22(3): 61-80

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2011. “Does Cultural Capital Really Affect Academic Achievement? New

Evidence from Combined Sibling and Panel Data.” Sociology of Education 84(4): 281-298.

(Reprinted in Murphy, M. 2013. (Ed.). Social Theory and Education Research, Vol. 1.

London: Sage.)

Holm, Anders and Mads Meier Jæger. 2011. “Dealing with Selection Bias in Educational Transition

Models: The Bivariate Probit Model.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 29(3): 311-

322.

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2011. “‘A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever’? Returns to Physical Attractiveness

over the Life Course.” Social Forces, 89(3): 983-1003.

Jæger, Mads Meier and Tally Katz-Gerro. 2010. “The Rise of the Eclectic Cultural Consumer in

Denmark, 1964-2004.” The Sociological Quarterly, 51(3): 460-483.

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2009. “United but divided: Welfare regimes and the level and variance in public

support for redistribution.” European Sociological Review, 25(6): 723-737.

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Jæger, Mads Meier. 2009. “Equal Access but Unequal Outcomes: Cultural Capital and Educational

Choice in a Meritocratic Society.” Social Forces, 87(4): 1943-1971.

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2009. “Sibship Size and Educational Attainment: A Joint Test of the Confluence

Model and the Resource Dilution Hypothesis.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility,

27(1): 1-12.

Holm, Anders and Mads Meier Jæger. 2008. “Does Relative Risk Aversion Explain Educational

Inequality? A Dynamic Choice Approach.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 26(3):

199-219.

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2008. “Do large sibships really lead to lower educational attainment? New

evidence from quasi-experimental variation in couples’ reproductive capacity.” Acta Sociologica,

51(3): 217-235.

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2008. “Does Left-Right Orientation have a Causal Effect on Support for

Redistribution? Causal Analysis with Cross-Sectional Data using Instrumental Variables.”

International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 20(3): 363-374.

Holm, Anders and Mads Meier Jæger. 2008. “Livsformer i Danmark: Udbredelse og

udviklingstendenser 1981-2005.” [Life Modes in Denmark: Frequency and Change 1981-2005]

Dansk Sociologi, 19(1): 31-53.

Fridell, Mats, Morten Hesse, Mads Meier Jæger, and Eckart Kühlhorn. 2008. “Antisocial personality

disorder as a predictor of criminal behaviour in drug abusers.” Addictive Behaviors, 33(6): 799-

811.

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2007. “Economic and Social Returns to Educational Choices: Extending the

Utility Function.” Rationality and Society, 19(4): 451-483.

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2007. “Educational mobility across three generations: The changing impact of

social class, economic, cultural, and social capital.” European Societies, 9(4): 527-550.

Jæger, Mads Meier and Anders Holm. 2007. “Does Parents’ Economic, Cultural, and Social Capital

Explain the Social Class Effect on Educational Attainment in the Scandinavian Mobility Regime?”

Social Science Research, 36: 719-744.

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2006. “What makes people support public responsibility for welfare provision:

Self-interest or political ideology?” Acta Sociologica, 49(3): 321-338.

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2006. “Welfare regimes and attitudes towards redistribution: The regime

hypothesis revisited.” European Sociological Review, 22(2): 157-170.

Jæger, Mads M. and Anders Holm. 2004. “Penge, (ud)dannelse, forbindelser eller brains: En test af

fire forældreressourcers betydning for unges uddannelsesvalg i Danmark.” [Money, Education,

Connections, or Brains: A Test of the Impact of Four Types of Parental Resources on Educational

Choices in Denmark] Dansk Sociologi, 15(3): 67-84.

Jæger, Mads Meier and Jon Kvist. 2003. “Pressures on State Welfare in Post-industrial Societies: Is

More or Less Better?” Social Policy and Administration, 37(6): 555-572.

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2000. “T. H. Marshall og det moderne medborgerskab.” [T.H. Marshall and

Modern Citizenship] Tidsskrift for Velferdsforskning, 3(4): 219-233.

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Kvist, Jon and Mads Meier Jæger. 2000. “The Eclipse of the Welfare State.” Governance, 13(3): 419-

424.

Jæger, Mads Meier og Jon Kvist. 2000. “Skiftende forestillinger om velfærdsstatens kriser.”

[Changing Perceptions of the Crises of the Welfare State] Nordisk Social Arbeid, 20(4): 218-226.

Monographs and book chapters:

Holm, Anders and Mads Meier Jæger. 2013. “Dentist, Driver, or Dropout. Primary and Secondary

Effects of Family Background on Choice of Secondary Education in Denmark,” in Jackson, M.

(ed.). Determined to Succeed? Performance, Choice and Education. Stanford: Stanford University

Press, pp. 272-304.

Katz-Gerro, Tally and Mads Meier Jæger. 2012. “Religion, Religiosity, and Cultural Stratification:

Theoretical Links and Empirical Evidence” Research in the Sociology of Work 23: 337-366.

(Editors: Lisa A. Keister, John McCarthy, and Roger Finke).

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2011. “Do we all (dis)like the same welfare state? Configurations of public

support for the welfare state in comparative perspective,” in Kvist, J., Fritzell, J., Hvinden, B. and

Kangas, O. (eds.). Changing Social Inequality: The Nordic Model in the 21st Century. Bristol:

Policy Press, pp. 45-68.

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2007. “Cross-cultural heterogeneity and public support for the ‘deserving needy’

in eight Western countries,” in Mau, S. and Veghte, B. (eds.). Social Justice, Legitimacy and the

Welfare State. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 73-94.

Jæger, Mads Meier og Anders Holm. 2007. “Social arv og mønsterbrydere: Hvem er de og hvilke

opvækstfaktorer gør en forskel?” in Ploug, Niels (red.). Social arv - empiri og teori. København:

Hans Reitzels Forlag, pp. 179-208.

Jæger, Mads Meier 2006. “Skaleringsteknikker - at se det skjulte i data,” in Bjerg, O. og Villadsen, K.

(red.): Sociologiske metoder - Fra teori til analyse i kvantitative og kvalitative studier.

Frederiksberg: Samfundslitteratur, pp. 49-66.

Jæger, Mads Meier. and Jon Kvist. 2004. “Pressures on State Welfare in Post-industrial Societies: Is

More or Less Better?” in Taylor-Gooby, P. (ed.): Making a European Welfare State? Conflicts and

Convergences over European Social Policy. London: Blackwell, pp. 17-34.

Jæger, Mads M. og Jon Kvist. 2004. “Det sociale medborgerskab,” in Ida Elisabeth Koch og Hatla

Thelle (red.). Sociale menneskerettigheder. København: Akademisk Forlag, pp. 54-71.

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2004. “Exploring the dimensions of social capital and their relations to economic

and cultural capital – a social stratification approach,” in Holm, A. (red.): Symposium i anvendt

statistik. København: Sociologisk Institut, KU, pp. 154-70.

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2003. “Kvantitative metoder i sociologisk forskning om social arv. Perspektiver

og problemer i multivariate grafiske metoder til analyse af kategoriserede data,” in Kærgård, N.

(red.). Symposium i Anvendt Statistik. København: Landbohøjskolen, pp. 251-68.

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2002. “Opbakning til velfærdsstaten,” in Kvist, J. (red.). Velfærdspolitik i et nyt

Europa. København: Socialforskningsinstituttet, pp. 52-67.

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Non-refereed papers:

Holm, Anders og Mads Meier Jæger. 2011. “Effektmåling af uddannelse.” Samfundsøkonomen, Marts

2011 – nr. 1: 18-24.

Jæger, Mads Meier, Jon Kvist og Anders Holm. 2009. “Quo Vadis? Forskningens kvalitet og

kvantitet.” Dansk Sociologi, 20(4): 107-111.

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2008. “Kulturel ulighed bag social arv i uddannelse.” Social Forskning, April

2008. København: SFI - Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd.

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2007. “Kvantitative metoder i dansk sociologi.” Dansk Sociologi, 17(3+4): 97-

103.

Anmeldelse: Jespersen, Astrid, Riegels Melchior, Marie og Sandberg, Marie. 2006. (red.): “Verden

over. En introduktion til stats- og livsformsanalysen og dens aktuelle anvendelse i etnologien.”

Dansk Sociologi, 17(3+4): 121-22.

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2006. “Hvem støtter velfærdsstaten.” Social Forskning, december 2006.

København: Socialforskningsinstituttet.

Ploug, Niels og Mads Meier Jæger. 2005. “Underskud på ‘uddannelsesbalancen’,” in Bryderup, Inge

M. (red.). Social ulighed - et festskrift i anledning af professor Erik Jørgen Hansens 70 års

fødselsdag. København: Danmarks Pædagogiske Universitets Forlag (pp. 125-134).

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2004. “Sociale uligheder over livsforløbet – stabilitet og forandring.” Tandhjulet,

13(1): 18-19.

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2003. “Social ulighed over livsforløbet.” Social Forskning, oktober 2003.

København: Socialforskningsinstituttet.

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2003. “Om nytten af begreberne ’social arv’ og ’mønsterbrydere’ i

samfundsvidenskabelig forskning.” Social Politik, No. 3 2003: 15-17.

Kvist, Jon og Mads Meier Jæger. 2002. “Velfærdsstaten – problembarn eller redningsmand.” in Ploug,

N. (red.). Velfærd i Europa. København: Socialforskningsinstituttet, pp. 45-49.

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2002. “Medborgerskab under forandring,” in Ploug, N. (red.). Velfærd i Europa.

København: Socialforskningsinstituttet, pp. 5-7.

Jæger, Mads Meier og Jon Kvist. 2002. “Syv udfordringer til velfærdssamfundet,” in Ploug, N. (red.).

Velfærd i Europa. København: Socialforskningsinstituttet, pp. 37-44.

Jæger, Mads Meier og Jon Kvist. 2001. “Kriser i velfærdsstaten – Ja, nej eller måske?” Social

Forskning, marts 2001. København: Socialforskningsinstituttet.

Reports:

Jæger, Mads Meier. 2008. Mere attraktive almene boliger? Effektevaluering af Omprioriteringsloven

2000. SFI - Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd, rapport 08:02.

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Fridberg, Torben og Mads Meier Jæger. 2007. Frivillige i hjemmeværnet. København: SFI - Det

Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd, rapport 07:18.

Kvist, Jon and Mads Meier Jæger. 2004. Changing the social rights and obligations of citizenship in

Europe – The case of unemployment compensation, social assistance, and family benefits in the

1990s. National Report for the ISSA initiative: Strengthening the Security in Social Security.

Jæger, Mads Meier, Niels Ploug og Martin D. Munk. 2003. Ulighed og livsløb – analyser af

betydningen af social baggrund. København: Socialforskningsinstituttet.