Department of Sociology

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Webpage: http://www.unc.edu/~jebrand/

Research:
My research focuses on social stratification and mobility, including relative mobility. My specific research interests include the effects of and relationship between (1) social background / social capital, (2) educational attainment / human capital, and (3) labor market processes / job conditions on socioeconomic attainment and well-being, including levels of relative attainment and well-being, across the life course.

Selected Publications:

Brand, Jennie E. 2006. The Effects of Job Displacement on Job Quality: Findings from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 24: 275-298.

Brand, Jennie E. and Charles N. Halaby. 2006. Regression and Matching Estimates of the Effects of Elite College Attendance on Education and Career Achievement. Social Science Research 35: 749-770.

Selected Courses:
SOC 239A/B: Quantitative Research in Social Stratification and Mobility