Felix Elwert
Felix Elwert, PhD, is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he specializes in applications of causal inference in social demography, the sociology of the family, and social inequality. His substantive research includes projects on the causes and consequences of marital dissolution, the social transmission of mortality, neighborhood effects, and the intergenerational transmission of social disadvantage. Current projects delight in strange patterns of old-age mortality and several topics in selection and causation.
Prior to joining the Department of Sociology at Wisconsin, he spent a year as a post-doctoral fellow in the HNL. He obtained an A.M. degree in statistics and his Ph.D. in sociology at Harvard University.
In his spare time, he indulges an unhealthy obsession with high mountains.
Recent Publications
- “Estimating Peer Effects in Longitudinal Dyadic Data Using Instrumental Variables,” Biometrics, Nov 2014
- “Preliminary Evidence Regarding the Hypothesis that the Sex Ratio at Sexual Maturity May Affect Longevity in Men,” Demography, Aug 2010
- “Variation in the Effect of Widowhood on Mortality by the Causes of Death of Both Spouses,” American Journal of Public Health, Nov 2008