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Trond Petersen
Professor


 

Curriculum Vitae


Education

University of Wisconsin–Madison, PhD (January 1987) Prelimary examinations were taken in the following areas of specialization: Class Analysis and Historical Change (January 1984)Methods and Statistics (August 1983)Social Stratification (January1983)

University of Oslo, Norway

Economics (Masters, Cand. Oecon.)1982

Mathematics (Minor)1981

Philosophy (Major, Mellomfag)1981

Sociology (Masters, Mag. Art.)1980

Economics (undergraduate, 1. avdeling)1979

Economics (undergraduate, støttefag)1977

Sociology (undergraduate, minor, Mellomfag)1976

Sociology (undergraduate, minor, Grunnfag)1974

Philosophy (undergraduate, minor, Grunnfag)1974

 

Employment

1988–: Assistant to Associate to Full Professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1988–1995: 100% in Business School, 1995–2000: 50% in Sociology and 50% in Business School, 2000–: 100% in Sociology and 0% Business School

1996–1997: Professor, University of Oslo, Department of Sociology.

1992–1993: Professor, University of Oslo, Department of Sociology.

1986–1988: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Harvard University.

1986: Visiting Assistant Professor (for the Summer School), Department of Sociology, University of North–Carolina, Chapel Hill.

1985: Instructor, Department of Sociology, Harvard University.

1982–1984: Research fellow ofthe Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities.

1983–1984: Research assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin–Madison.

1982: Instructor (Vitenskapelig Assistent). Department of Economics, University of Oslo, Norway.

1981: Researcher. Norwegian Ministryfor Long–Term Planning. Oslo, Norway.

1980–1981: Research associate. Institute for Applied Social Research. Oslo, Norway.

1979: Project associate. Norwegian Ministryfor Long–Term Planning. Oslo, Norway.

1978: Research assistant. Institute for Applied Social Research. Working with Natalie Rogo Ramsøy.

Oslo, Norway. 1975–1976: Research assistant. Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research. Oslo, Norway

 

Boards, Directorships

On Advisory Board for the Center for the Study of Inequality, Cornell University, 2000–. Research Director, Center for Organizational and Human Resource Eectiveness (COHRE). Institute of Industrial Relations. University of California, Berkeley, 2000–.

 

Honors

2002: Elected fellow, Center for Advanced Studyin Behavioral Sciences.

2002: Earl F. Cheit Teaching Award, Haas School of Business, for doctoral–level teaching.

2000: Elected member European Academy of Sociology, limited to 50 members.

1994: Earl F. Cheit Teaching Award, Haas School of Business, for doctoral–level teaching academic year 1993–1994. 1993: Elected member to Sociological Research Association (elected membership limited to up to 150 members). 1992: Earl F. Cheit Teaching Award, Haas School of Business, for doctoral–level teaching academic year 1991–1992.

 

Teaching experience 1985–2002

Courses taught at University of California, Berkeley:

Integral Concepts in Research and Theory in Business Administration (BA 292B, PhD level course, Fall 1989, 1990, 1991)

Research and Theory in Business: Applied Behavioral Science Methods (BA 292D, PhD level course, Fall 1998, Spring 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998).

Organization Behavior (BA 258, MBA level course, Spring 1989, 1990, 1991)

Introduction to Data Analysis and Statistics (BA 200, MBA level course, Fall 1993, Fall 1994)

Topics in Organizational Behavior (BA 159, undergraduate course, Fall 1991).

Organizations and Inequality (SOC 180, undergraduate seminar, Spring 1996).

Intermediate Quantitative Methods (SOC 271C, PhD level course, Spring 1996, Spring 1998, Spring 1999, Spring 2000, Spring 2001). Various topics. Categorical dependent variables, event history analysis, regression analysis, panel data and data with group structure.

Introduction to Quantitative Methods (SOC 271C, PhD level course, Spring 1998, Spring 1999, Spring 2000).

Social Stratification (SOC 130, undergraduate lecture course, to be taught Fall 1998 and Fall 2001). About 120 enrolled students.

Social Stratification, Spring 2002. PhD level class. SOC 280G.

 

Courses taught at Harvard University:

Complex Organizations (SOC 125, Fall 1986 and 1987, for undergraduates)

Careers in a Bureaucratic Organization (SOC 98, Spring 1986 and 1987, for undergraduates)

Methods of Quantitative Sociological Research (SOC 303, Spring 1987, required course for graduates)

Economic Sociology (SOC 253, Fall 1986, for graduates) Analysis of Longitudinal Data (SOC 263, Spring 1986 and Spring 1988, for graduates students

 

Courses taught at the University of Oslo:

Analyse av longitudinelle Data. (Forskerkurs ved Universitet i Oslo, 19.–24. september, 1988).

Analyse av kategoriske avhengige variable (Nasjonalt forsker– og doktorgradskurs ved Høyskolen BI og Universitet i Oslo, 13–15. juni, 1990).

Økonomisk organisasjonsteori. (Nasjonalt forsker– og doktorgradskurs ved Universitet i Oslo, April 29–30, 1991, and as Ph.D. and MA level course, Fall 1992, Spring 1993).

Analyse av forløpsdata. (Nasjonalt forsker– og doktorgradskurs for NORAS Trygdeforskningsforskningsprogram, ved Universitet i Oslo, June 3–5, 1991).

Analyse av kategoriske avhengige variable (Nasjonalt forsker– og doktorgradskurs ved Høyskolen BI og Universitet i Oslo, June 13–15, 1991).

Analyse av forløpsdata. (Nasjonalt forsker– og doktorgradskurs, December 1991).

Analyse av kategoriske avhengige variable. Universitet i Oslo, June 13–15, 199?).

Analyse av forløpsdata. (Nasjonalt forsker– og doktorgradskurs, December 199?).

 

PhD Thesis Advising (partial list), No Undergraduate Advising Included

Harvard University

Chair of the PhD oral committee for Martha O’Hara, May 26, 1987

Member of the PhD oral committee for Mauricio Contreras, Spring 1998

Member of the PhD oral committee for Karl Eschbach, Spring 1998

Member of the PhD oral committee for Kun Lee, Spring 1998.

 

University of California, Berkeley

Orals Committee Member, James Wade, Ph.D. thesis, 1991.

Orals Committee Member, Susan Sassalos, Ph.D. thesis, 1991.

Orals Committee Member, Thomas Cottrell, Ph.D. thesis, 1993.

Orals Committee Member, Brian Silverman, Ph.D. thesis, 1994.

Orals Committee Member, Kyle Lundstedt, Ph.D. thesis University of California, Berkeley, 1998.

Orals Committee Member, Lyda Bigelow, Ph.D. thesis University of California, Berkeley, 1998.

Orals Committee Member, Lindy Archambeau, Ph.D. thesis University of California, Berkeley, 1999.

Orals Committee Member, Olga Khessina, Ph.D. thesis University of California, Berkeley, 2001.

Committee Member, Anand Swaminathan, Ph.D. thesis, completed December 1992.

Committee Member, Mita Giacomini, Ph.D. thesis, Schoolof Public Health, completed December 1993.

Committee Member, Robert Friedland, Ph.D. thesis, Department of Sociology, completed May1994.

Committee Member, Thomas Cottrell, Ph.D. thesis, Haas School of Business, completed 1996.

Committee Member, Jackson Nickerson, Ph.D. thesis, Haas School of Business, completed 1997.

Committee Member, Charlotte Chiu, Ph.D. thesis, Department of Sociology, completed May1998.

Committee Member, Karen Shore, Ph.D. thesis, School of Public health, completed May 1998.

Committee Member, NancyLatham, Ph.D. thesis, Department of Sociology, completed Spring2001.

Committee Member, Lindy Archambeau, Ph.D. thesis, Haas School of Business, completed Spring 2002.

Committee Member, Alicia Boisner, Ph.D. thesis, Haas Schoolof Business, expectedcompletion Spring 2003.

Committee Member, Scarlett Lam, Ph.D. thesis, Haas School of Business, expected completion Spring 2003.

Committee Member, Olga Khessina, Ph.D. thesis, Haas Schoolof Business, expectedcompletion Spring 2003.

Committee Member, JeremySchulz, Ph.D. thesis, Departmentof Sociology,expectedcompletion Spring 2004.

Chair, Kenneth W. Koput, Ph.D. thesis, Haas School of Business, completed May 1992.

Chair, Doug Creed, Ph.D. thesis, Haas School of Business, completed August 1994.

Chair, Ishak Saporta, Ph.D. thesis, Haas School of Business, completed January 1995.

Chair, Laurie Morgan, Ph.D. thesis, Haas School of Business, completed January 1995.

Chair, Marta Elvira, Ph.D. thesis, Haas School of Business, completed Fall 1995.

Chair, Bruce Heiman, Ph.D. thesis, Haas School of Business, completed Spring 2002.

Chair, Michael Hanson, Ph.D. thesis, Haas School of Business, expected completion Spring 2003.

Chair, Andrew Noymer, Ph.D. thesis , Department of Sociology, expected completion Spring 2004.

 

At Norwegian Universities

Chair, Berit Bringedal, Ph.D. thesis, University of Bergen, Department of Sociology, completed Spring 1997.

Chair, Peder Inge Furseth, Ph.D. thesis, University of Oslo, Department of Sociology, completed Spring 1999.

Chair, Ove Langeland, Ph.D. thesis, University of Oslo, Department of Sociology, completed Spring 2000.

Chair, Christer Thrane, Ph.D. thesis, University of Oslo, Department of Sociology, completed Spring 2001.

 

Administrative and committee service

I served as Ph.D.–student advisor in the group Organizational Behavior and Industrial Relations in the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, Fall 1989–Spring 1992, Fall 1993–Spring 1996, Spring 1998.

At the University of California, Berkeley, I have served at some university committees: outside tenure appointments (2), graduate fellowship committee (1995–1996), internal promotion to full professor (1), Chair of the University Senate Committee for Status of Women and Ethnic Minorities

(2001–2002, 2002–2003), Member of University Near–Term Strategic Planning Committee (2002), Member of the Divisional Council of the Academic Senate (2001–2002, 2002–2003).

In the Haas School of Business I have served at various committees: tenure committees (2), midcareer committees (1), computer committee, renewal of appointments to lecturerships (2), faculty contact for GSIs (1996).

In the Department of Sociology I have served at various committees: tenure committee (2), graduate admissions committee (1998, chair 2000), chair of junior faculty search committee for 1 (2001) and 3 positions (2002), chair of committee for external appointment to 1 full professor position (2002), member of promotion committee to full professor (2003).

I have served on a number of committees for appointments to tenured positions and chairs at European universities: University of Oslo (1994, 1996), University of Trondheim (1995), Stockholm University (1996, 1997, 1998, 2002), Uppsala University (1997), for chairs in demography, economic sociology, level of living studies, and general sociology.

I served on the Junior Faculty Search Committee during the Academic Year 1986–1987, Department of Sociology, Harvard University.

 

Editorial and Reviewing Activities

Occasional reviewer for:

Acta Sociologica, Administrative Science Quarterly, American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Annals of Statistics, Childhood, Comparative Social Research, Demograpy, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Historical Methods, Industrial and Corporate Change, Industrial Relations, Journal of American Statistical Association, Journal of Business, Economics, and Statistics, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Journal of Marriage and the Family, Journal of Mathematical Sociology, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Socio-Economics, Life–Span Development and Behavior, Psychological Methods, Rationality and Society, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning, Social Science Research, Social Forces, Social Problems, Sociological Forum, Sociological Methods and Research, Sociological Methodology, Sociological Theory, Sociological Perspectives, Sociological Quarterly, Sosiologisk˚Arbok, Strategic Management Journal.

 

Editorial Boards:

Consulting Editor, American Journal of Sociology 1988–1990.

On the editorial board of Sociological Methods and Research, beginning Fall 1988.

On the editorial board of Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning, Oslo, Norway, beginning Fall 1989 through Fall 1992.

On the editorial board of European Sociological Review, beginning Fall 1990 through Fall 1993.

On the editorial board of Acta Sociologica, beginning Spring 1991 through Fall 1994.

On the editorial board of Administrative Science Quarterly, beginning Spring 1991, through Fall 1994.

Guest editor of Special Issue of Sociological Methods and Research.

On the editorial board of Contemporary Sociology, beginning Spring 1992, through Fall 1994.

On the editorial board of Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, beginning Spring 1994.

On the editorial board of Rationality and Society, beginning Fall 1995.

Deputy Editor for American Sociological Review, Spring 1994–Fall 1996.

International Editor for Acta Sociologica, 1995–1997.

On the editorial board of Sociological Methodology, 1998–2001.

 

Occasional reviewer for granting agencies:

Norges Almenvitenskapelige Forskningsr ad

Svenska forskningsfonden (Swedish Research Foundation)

The Sociology Program of the U.S. National Science Foundation

The National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences

 

Discipline Service:

Elected Council Member of the Methodology Section of the American Sociological Association, starting Fall 1990, for the period 1990–1993.

Discussant at the Quantitative Methods Section at the 83rd Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, Georgia, August 24–28, 1988.

Coorganizer of the Session on Quantitative Methodology at 84th Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, August 1989.

Discussant at the Special Session on Unemployment (organized by Christopher Winship) at the 85th Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August, 1990.

Chair of session at the Annual Meetings of Public Choice Society, New Orleans, LA, March 19–21, 1992.

Chair of session at the Behavioral Decision Research in Management Conference, University of California, Walter A. Haas School of Business, May 29–31, 1992.

Discussant of paper at the Conference on New Institutionalism in Economic Sociology. Russell Sage Foundation, New York, NY. May 5–7, 1995.

Organizer of Section on Quantitative Methdology, American Sociological Association. Washington, D.C., August 18–23, 1995.

Discussant of paper at 20th Anniversary for publication of OliverWilliamson, Markets and Hierarchies. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. October 6–8, 1995.

 

Membership in professional organizations

American Sociological Association

British Sociological Association

Norwegian Sociological Association

Scandinavian Sociological Association

Population Association of America

American Statistical Association

Norwegian Economic Association

American Economic Association

Econometric Society

Academy of Management

 

Professional talks and papers presented at professional meetings

“Mobility in internal and external labor markets.“ Paper presented at the meeting of the International Sociological Association, Paris, April 27–30, 1981. Oslo: Institute for Applied Social Research. “Class and gender: A note on class structure in Norwayand the US.” With Lars Mjøset. Paper presented at a seminar in Economic Sociology, Gol, Norway, May 25–27, 1981.

Arsaksmodeller i samfunnsvitenskapene. Noen tanker om rekursive og interdependente modeller.” Oslo: Institute of Applied Social Research, Working Paper #5, 1982. Accepted for publication in Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning. Revised version of a paper first presented at a seminar in Economic Sociology, Gol, Norway, May25–27, 1981.

“Incorporatingtime dependent covariates in models for analysis of duration Data.”Paper presentedat the 79th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in San Antonio, Texas, August 27–31, 1984. Section on Methodology.

“Simultaneous equation models for analysis of duration data.” Invited paper presented at a conference “On Longitudinal Methodology“ arranged by the National Institute of Aging, Palo Alto, California, May25–27, 1985.

“Endogenous regressors in models for analysis of duration data.” Paper presented at the 80th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in Washington, D.C., August 27–31, 1985. Section on Methodology.

“Departures from a hierarchical organization“. Invited lecture given at the Max Planck Institut, West– Berlin, FRG, June 5, 1986.

“Incentive structures in formal organizations.” Paper presented at the 81th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in New York, September 1–3, 1986. Section on Social Stratification.

“Individual, Collective and Systems Rationality in Work Groups: Dilemmas and Solutions.” Given at the Business School, University of California, Berkeley, February 18, 1987.

“Simultaneous equation models for analysis of duration data.”Paper presentedat th Economic Demography Workshop prior to the Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, Chicago, Illinois, April 28, 1987.

“Individual, Collective and Systems Rationality in Work Groups: Dilemmas and Solutions.” Paper presentedat the 82th Annual Meetings ofthe American Sociological Association, Chicago, Illinois, August 17–22, 1987.

“A New Approach to Studying Change over Time in Continuous Dependent Variables.” Paper presented at the 82th Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, Illinois, August 17–22, 1987.

“Individuell, kollektiv, og system rasjonalitet i arbeidsgrupper: Dilemmaer og løsninger.” Presentation given at LOS conference, Oslo, Norway, October 29, 1987.

“Analyse av forløpsdata.” Talk given at the Institute for social research, Oslo, Norway, June 8, 1988.

“Individuell, kollektiv, og system rasjonalitet i arbeidsgrupper: Dilemmaer og løsninger.” Talk given at the Institute for social research, Oslo, Norway, June 9, 1988.

“Job–quits from an internal labor market.” Paper presented at the 83rd Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, Georgia, August 24–28, 1988.

“The Earnings Functions in Sociological Studies of Earnings Inequality: The Issues of Functional Form and Hours Worked.” Paper presented at the 84th Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, California, August 15–19, 1989.

“Group Based Reward Systems.” Paper presented at an International Conference at the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen, Norway, June 12–13, 1989.

“Simultaneous equation models for analysis of duration data.” Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, Toronto, Canada, May 3–5, 1990.

“Reward Systems in Formal Organization.” Paper presented at the Norwegian School of Management. June 10, 1990.

“Time Aggregation Bias in Continuous Time Hazard Rate Models.” Paper presented at the 85th Annual Meetings ofthe American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August 11–15, 1990.

“Reward Systems and Inequality.”Paper presentedat the Conference on the New Science of Organization. The conference was organized by Oliver Williamson at the Universityof California, Berkeley, January18–20, 1991. Presenters at the conference were: Kenneth Arrow, James Coleman, Bengt Holmstrom, Paul Joskow, Trond Petersen, TerryMoe, David Teece, Jean Tirole, and Oliver Williamson.

“Reward Systems and the Distribution of Wages.” Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Public Choice Society, March 15–17, 1991, New Orleans, Lousiana.

“Recent Advances Advances in Methodology.” Invited Address at Panel on Methodology organized by Glenn R. Carroll at the Annual Meetings of the Pacific Sociological Association, Irvine, CA, April 12–14, 1991. Panel members: Michael Hout, Trond Petersen, and Nancy B. Tuma.

“The Methodological Profile of Norwegian Sociology: Dierences, Changes, and Prospects.” Invited Address to be given at the Plenary Session of the Second National Conference of Sociological (nasjonal forskerkonferanse) Outside Bergen, Norway, May2–5, 1991.

“Reward Systems and the Distribution of Wages.” Paper presented at the 86th Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Cincinatti, Ohio, August 23–27, 1991.

“Simultaneous equation models for analysis of duration data.” Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Cincinatti, Ohio, August 23–27, 1991.

“Status Inconsistency: A New Model and Some Results.” Paper presented at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Department of Sociology, April 24, 1992.

“Research Design.” Talk given (in Norwegian)at the University of Sogn and Fjordane, Sogndal, Norway, October 2, 1992.

“Occupation–Establishment Sex Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap.” Paper presented at the Norwegian School of Business Administration, Bergen, Norway, October 12, 1992.

“Occupation–Establishment Sex Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap.” Paper presented at the Department of Sociology, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden, November 3, 1992.

“Event History Analysis.” Talk given at the Department of Education and Labor Studies, Reijksuniversitat, Maastricht, Holland, November 17, 1992.

“Occupation–Establishment Sex Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap.” Paper presented at the Department of Sociology, University of Trondheim, Trondheim, April 22, 1993.

“Occupation–Establishment Sex Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap.” Paper presented at meeting ofthe International Sociological Association, Research Committee 28 (Social Stratification), in the Department of Sociology, University of Trondheim, Trondheim, May 21, 1993.

“Trends in Economic Sociology.” Talk given (in Norwegian) at the Fourth National Conference of Sociological (nasjonal forskerkonferanse) in Røros, Norway, June 17, 1993.

“Separate and Unequal: Occupation–Establishment Sex Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap.” Paper presentedat the annualmeetingofthe Amercian Sociological Association, Miami, Florida, August 14, 1993.

“Reward Systems in Formal Organizations.” Talk given (in Norwegian) at the Conference on Internal Labor Markets and Firm Internal Manpower Training at the Institute of Social Research in Oslo, Norway, December 13, 1993.

“Relative Rewards in Organizations and Turnover.” Talk given (in Norwegian) at the Conference on Internal Labor Markets and Firm Internal Manpower Training at the Institute of Social Research in Oslo, Norway, December 13, 1993.

“Occupation–Establishment Sex Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap: The Case of Norway 1985– 1990.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Amercian Sociological Association, Los Angeles, CA, August 5, 1994.

“The New Institutional Sociology.” Presentation at the Conference on New Institutionalism in Economic Sociology. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. October 7–9, 1994.

“Occupation–Establishment Sex Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap: The Case of Norway 1985– 1990.” Paper presented at Stanford University, November 10, 1994.

“Separate and Unequal: Occupation–Establishment Sex Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap.” Paper presented to the Department of Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle, December 12, 1994.

“Styles of Research in Economic Sociology.” Presentation at the Conference on New Institutionalism in Economic Sociology. Russell Sage Foundation, New York, NY. May5–7, 1995.

“Are Female Workers Less Productive Than Male Workers? Productivity and the Gender Wage Gap“ Paper presented at Stanford University, May 23, 1996.

“The Closing of the Gender Gap.” Plenary presentation at National Conference in Sociology, Voss, Norway, September 7–9, 1996.

“The Closing of the Gender Gap.” Plenary presentation at LOS Conference, Oslo, Norway, October 31, 1996.

“Within–Job Wage Discrimination and the Gender Wage gap, the Case of Sweden 1970–1990.” Paper presented at the Institute for Social Research, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden. October 24, 1997.

“Within–Job Wage Discrimination and the Gender Wage gap, the Case of Sweden 1970–1990.” Paper presented at the Department of Economics, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden. October 25, 1997.

“Within–Job Wage Discrimination and the Gender Wage gap, the Case of Sweden 1970–1990.” Paper presented at the Institute of Industrial Research, Stockholm, Sweden. October 28, 1997.

“Within–Job Wage Discrimination and the Gender Wage gap, the Case of Sweden 1970–1990.” Paper presented at the Institute of Industrial Research (IUI), Stockholm, Sweden. October 28, 1997.

“Within–Job Wage Discrimination and the Gender Wage gap, the Case of Sweden 1970–1990.” Paper presented at the Central Labor Union Research Center (FIEF), Stockholm, Sweden. October 28, 1997.

“Within–Job Wage Discrimination and the Gender Wage gap, the Case of Sweden 1970–1990.” Paper presented at the Department of Sociology, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden. October 29, 1997.

“Oering a Job: Meritocracyand Social Networks.”(Trond Petersen, Ishak Saporta, and Marc–David Seidel.) Presented by Ishak Saporta, June 29, 1998. TIMS meetings, Tel Aviv, Israel.

“Functional Form for Continuous Dependent Variables: Raw Versus Logged Form“. Presented at Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, Illinois. August 7, 1999.

“Oering a Job: Meritocracyand Social Networks.”(Trond Petersen, Ishak Saporta, and Marc–David Seidel.)Presented byTrond Petersen, November 29, 1999. Northwestern University.

“Oering a Job: Meritocracyand Social Networks.”(Trond Petersen, Ishak Saporta, and Marc–David Seidel.)Presented byTrond Petersen, December 6, 1999. Yale University.

“Oering a Job: Meritocracyand Social Networks.”(Trond Petersen, Ishak Saporta, and Marc–David Seidel.)Presented byTrond Petersen, March 20, 2000. Columbia University.

“Oering a Job: Meritocracyand Social Networks.”(Trond Petersen, Ishak Saporta, and Marc–David Seidel.)Presented byTrond Petersen, November 22, 2000. Stanford University.

“Getting the Oer: Gender Discrimination in Hiring.” Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Americal Sociological Association. Anaheim California, August 19, 2001.

“From Studying Structure to Studying Process: Aage Sørensen’s Contribution to Quantitative Metho-dology.”Paper presente at the Annual Meetings ofthe Americal Sociological Association. Session on Aage Sørensen’s Contribution to Quantitative Methodology. Anaheim California, August 19, 2001.

“The Past, Present, and Future of Hiring Discrimination.” Talk given at the Symposium on the Declining Significance of Gender, at the Center for the Study of Inequality, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. October 26, 2001. Presenters at Symposium: Paula England, Claudia Goldin, Heidi Hartmann, Robert Max Jackson, Trond Petersen, and Barbara Reskin.

“The Past, Present, and Future of Hiring Discrimination.” Talk given at the Institute of Industrial Relations. University of California Berkeley. Spring 2002.

“The Past, Present, and Future of Hiring Discrimination.”Talk given at SCANCOR, Stanford University. May 22, 2002.

“The Retrospective Life History Study: New Data, New Methods, and New Questions.” Talk given at Memorial Symposium for Natalie Rogo Ramsøy, NOVA, Universityof Oslo, Friday September 6, 2002.

“Getting the Oer: Sex Discrimination in Hiring.” With Thea Togstad. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Assocation, Atlanta, Georgia. August 16, 2003.

“Career Patterns at a Large Research University, 1979–2001.” With Andrew Noymer. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Assocation, Atlanta, Georgia. August 19, 2003.

 

Scheduled talks 2003–2004:

“Research on firm-level gender inequality.” Workshop on firm-level gender inequalities in transitional societies. Yale University. Center for Comparative Research. December 6, 2003.

“Measurement of firm-level inequalities in post-communist societies.” Workshop on firm-level gender inequalities in transitional societies. Yale University. Center for Comparative Research. December 6, 2003.

“Plans for Future Research” Workshop on firm-level gender inequalities in transitional societies. Yale University. Center for Comparative Research. December 7, 2003.

“The HiringProcess.”Sloan Schoolof Management. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. December 2003.

“Mechanisms in Social Research.” Spring 2004. Department of Sociology, Cornell University.

“Can Family Policies Lead to Gender Equality?” Spring 2004. Department of Sociology, Cornell University.

“Can Family Policies Lead to Gender Equality?” Spring 2004. Wharton School of Management, University of Pennsylvania. “Can Family Policies Lead to Gender Equality?” Spring 2004. Department of Sociology, University of Arizona. “Firm-Level Processes in Norway.” April 2004. Institut fur Arbeitsmarkt-und Berufsforschung. Nuremberg, Germany.

Doctoral dissertation: Incentives and Wage Inequality. University of Wisconsin–Madison, January 1987.

 

Publications and papers

A. Publications and papers accepted for publication

A1. “Frivillige of ufrivillige jobbskifter.”(In Norwegian) Plan og arbeid nr. 1, 1980.

A2. “Lønns– oginntektsulikhet blant arbeidere.”(In Norwegian) Sosiologi i dag 12(2):43–62, 1982.

A3. “Mobilitet i interne og eksterne arbeidsmarkeder.”(In Norwegian) Plan og Arbeid 1–2, 1982.

A4. “Lønnsendringer ved frivillige og ufrivillge jobbskifter.”(In Norwegian) Plan og Arbeid 5, 1982.

A5. “Hva skal vi med standardiserte regresjonskoeffisienter? En kritisk kommentar.”(In Norwegian) Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning 24(3):243–259, 1983.

A6. “Standardisert brukav standardiserte regresjons–koeffisienter.” (In Norwegian)Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning 24(3): 389–391, 1983. With Petter Laake.

A7. “Class and gender: Anote on class structure in Norwayandthe US.” Acta Sociologica 26(1):49–60, 1983. With Lars Mjøset.

A8. “Timelønnsforskjeller mellom heltidssysselsattte kvinner ogmenn: En empiriskanalyse.” (In Norwegian) Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning 25(4):415–432, 1984.

A9. “A comment on presenting results from logit and probit models.” American Sociological Review 50(1):130–131, 1985 (February).

A10. “Estimating fully–parametric hazard rate models with time–dependent covariates. Use of maximum likelihood.” Sociological Methods and Research 14(3):219–246, 1986 (February).

A11. “Incitamenter og lonnsulikhet: Selgere i Varemagasin.” (In Norwegian) Sociologisk Forskning 23(1):49–64, 1986.

A12. “Fitting fully parametric survivalmodels withtime–dependentcovariates withthe methodofmaximum likelihood.” Journalofthe Royal Statistical Society, Series C (Applied Statistics)35(3):281– 288, 1986.

A13. “Markers of aging: Modelling the clocks that time us.” Research on Aging 8(3):339–365, 1986 (September). (David L. Featherman and Trond Petersen).

A14. “Studying change over time in a continuous dependent variable: Specification and Estimation of Continuous State Space Hazard Rate Models“. Pp. 137–164 in Sociological Methodology 1988, Volume 18. Cliord Clogg (editor), San Francisco: Jossey–Bass.

A15. “The Structure of Employment Termination Among Lower–Level Clerical Employees from an Internal Labor Market.”(Trond Petersen Seymour Spilerman, and Svenn–Age Dahl.) Acta Sociologica 32(4): 319–338, 1989.

A16. “The Earnings Functions in Sociological Studies of Earnings Inequality: The Issues of Functional Form and Hours Worked.” 1989. In Research on Social Stratification and Mobility 8:220–249. Edited by Arne L. Kalleberg, JAI Press, 1989 volume.

A17. “Analysis of event histories.” 1990. Pp. 259–288 (chap. 7) in Alexander von Eye (ed.), New Statistical Analysis Methods in Longitudinal Research, Volume 2. Orlando, FL: Academic Press.

A18. “Job–quits from an internal labor market“. (Trond Petersen and Seymour Spilerman.) Chap. 4 (pp. 69–95)in Karl–Ulrich Mayer and Nancy B. Tuma (editors), Event History Analysis in Life Course Research, Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1990.

A19. “Analyzing Continuous State Space Failure Time Processes: Two Further Results.” Journal of Mathematical Sociology 15(3–4): 247–257, 1990.

A20. “Om a Presentere Resultater fra Logit– og Probit Modeller.” (In Norwegian). Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning 31(1): 56–58, 1990.

A21. “Guest Editor’s Introduction to Special Issue on Event History Analysis.” Sociological Methods and Research 19(3): 267–269, 1991 (February). Special Issue on Event HistoryAnalysis edited by Trond Petersen.

A22. “The Statistical Analysis of Event Histories.” Sociological Methods and Research, 19(3): 270–323, 1991 (February). Special Issue on Event HistoryAnalysis edited byTrond Petersen.

A23.“Density Dependence in Organizational Mortality: Legitimacy or Unobserved Heterogeneity.” (Trond Petersen and Kenneth W. Koput.) American Sociological Review, 56(3): 399–409, 1991 (June).

A24.“Unobserved Heterogeneity or Legitimacy in Density Dependence: A Reply to Hannan, Barron, and Carroll.” (Trond Petersen and Kenneth W. Koput.)American Sociological Review, 56(3): 416, 1991 (June).

A25. “Time–aggregation bias in continuous–time hazard–rate models.” Chap. 9 (pp. 263–290)in Sociological Methodology 1991, Volume 21 (edited byPeter V. Marsden). Oxford, UK: Basil Blackwell, for the American Sociological Association.

A26. “Reward Systems andthe Distribution of Wages.” Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 7 (Special Issue): 130–158, 1991.

A27. “Individual, Collective, and Systems Rationality in Work Groups: Dilemmas and Nonmarket Solutions.” Rationality and Society, Volume 4(3): 332–355, 1992 (July).

A28. “Payment Systems and the Structure of Inequality: Conceptual Issues and an Analysis of Salespersons in Department stores.” American Journal of Sociology, Volume 98(1): 67–104, 1992 (July).

A29. “Time–Aggregation Bias in Hazard–Rate Models with Covariates.” (Trond Petersen and Kenneth W. Koput). Sociological Methods and Research 21(1): 25–51, 1992 (August).

A30. “Individual, Collective, and Systems Rationality in Work Groups: Dilemmas and Market–type Solutions.” American Journal of Sociology, Volume 98(3): 469–510, 1992 (November).

A31. “Recent Advances in Longitudinal Methods.” Annual Review of Sociology 19: 425–454, 1993. Palo Alto, CA: Annual Reviews, Inc.

A32. “Recent Developments in The Economics of Organization: The Principal–Agent Relationship.” Acta Sociologica 36(3): 277–293, 1993 (September).

A33. “Lønnsforskjeller mellom Kvinner og Menn i Privat Sektor.”(In Norwegian) (Trond Petersen, Lars–Erik Becken, and Vemund Snartland). Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning 35(2): 155–189, March 1994.

A34. “Transaction Costs Economics.” Pp. 17–46 (chap. 2) in An Introduction to Economic Approaches to Organization. Edited by Pal Foss. Aldershot, UK: Dartmouth University Press, 1995. A35. “The Principal–Agent Relationship in Organizations.” Pp. 187–212(chap. 9)in An Introduction to Economic Approaches to Organization. Edited by Pal Foss. Aldershot, UK: Dartmouth University Press, 1995.

A36. “Analysis of Event Histories.” Chapter 9 (pp. 453–517) in Handbook of Statistical Modeling for the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Edited by G. Arminger, C. C. Clogg, and M. E. Sobel. New York: Plenum Press, 1995.

A37. “Separate and Unequal: Occupation–Establishment Sex Segregation andthe Gender Wage Gap.” (Trond Petersen and Laurie Morgan.) American Journal of Sociology 101(2): 329–365, 1995 (September).

A38. “Models for Interdependent Event History Data: Specification and Estimation.” Sociological Methodology 1995, Volume 25, pages 317–375. (Edited by Peter V. Marsden.) Oxford, UK: Basil Blackwell, for the American Sociological Association.

A39. “Ar kvinnor utsatta for l¨onediskriminering?”(In Swedish). 1997. Ekonomisk Debatt 25(1): 17–23. (Eva Meyersson and Trond Petersen).

A40. “Svar til ˚ofstr¨Asa L¨om.”(In Swedish). 1997. Ekonomisk Debatt 25(3): 173–174. (Eva Meyersson and Trond Petersen).

A41. “Olika betalt for lika arbete—En myt? (In Swedish). 1997. Ekonomiska Samfundets Tidskrift Nr. 1, 1997, pp. 39–49. (The Journal of the Economic Society of Finland. Helsinki, Finland.) (Eva Meyersson and Trond Petersen).

A42. “Likestilling i lønn ogopprykk.” (In Norwegian.)Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning 38(2): 258–267, 1997. A43. “Sluttreplikk.”(In Norwegian.) Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning 38(2): 274–275, 1997.

A44. “Within–Job Wage Discrimination and the Gender Wage Gap, The Case of Norway.” (Trond Petersen, Vemund Snartland, Lars–Erik Becken, and Karen Modesta Olsen.)European Sociological Review 13(2): 199–213.

A45. “Lika l¨or lika arbete.”(In Swedish). (Eva M. Meyerson and Trond Petersen.)Chap. 4 (pp.on fo (Eds.), Kvinnors och m¨oner – varfor s104–125)Inga Persson and Eskil Wadensj¨ans l¨a olika?. SOU 1997, No. 136. Stockolm, Sweden: Fritzes. A46. “Fins det glastak for kvinnor? En studie av svenska arbetsplatser i privat n¨aringsliv 1970–1990.” (In Swedish). (Eva M. Meyerson and Trond Petersen.)Chap. 5 (pp. 109–135)in Inga Persson and Eskil Wadensj¨aggar? Den k¨o (Eds.), Glastak och glasv¨onssegregerade arbetsmarknaden. SOU 1997, No. 137. Stockolm, Sweden: Fritzes. A47. “Organizational Structure, Determinants of Promotion, and Gender Dierences in Attainment.” (Seymour Spilerman and Trond Petersen). Social Science Research 28(2): 203–227, 1999 (June).

A48. “More Glory and Less Injustice: The Glass Ceiling in Sweden 1970–1990.”(Trond Petersen and Eva M. Meyersson.) Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 1999, Vol. 17: 199–261. Editor Kevin T. Leicht.

A49. “Oering a Job: Meritocracy and Social Networks.”(Trond Petersen, Ishak Saporta, and Marc– David Seidel.)1998. American Journal of Sociology Vol. 106(3): 763–817, November 2000.

A50. “The Within–Job Gender Wage Gap.”(Trond Petersen and Laurie A. Morgan.)Pp. 734–742 in David B. Grusky (Ed.), Social Stratification in Sociological Perspective, Class, Race, and Gender. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2001.

A51. “Endogeneity.”Pp. 4511–4513 in the International Encyclopedia of the Social & and Behavioral Sciences. Elsevier Science Ltd., 2001.

A52. “Equal Pay for Equal Work? Evidence from Sweden and a Comparison with Norway and the U.S.” Scandinavian Journal of Economics 103(4): 559–583, 2001. (Eva M. Meyersson Milgrom, Trond Petersen, and Vemund Snartland.)

A53. “Pay, Risk, and Productivity. The Case of Finland, 1980–1996.”(Eva M.Meyersson Milgrom, Trond Petersen, and Rita Asplund.) Finnish Economic Papers 15(1): 3–23, 2002 (Spring).

A54. “Likestilling i arbeidsmarkedet.”(In Norwegian.) Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning 43(4): 443– 478, 2002. With discussion, three discussants and a rejoinder in volume 44(3), 2003. See item A56 below.

A55. “The Within–Job Gender Wage Gapin Sweden.”(Trond Petersen, Eva M. Meyersson Milgrom, and Vemund Snartland.) Research in Sociology of Organizations 20: 319–353, 2003. Special Issue The Governance of Relations in Markets and Organizations, edited by Vincent Buskens, Werner Raub, and Chris Snijders.

A56. “Fra tvang til valg”. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning 44(3): 447–454, 2003. Reply to three discussants of A54. Discussants’ articles published in same issue of journal, 44(3): 417–425, 427–434, 435–446 , 2003.

A57. “Det norske likestillingsparadokset. Kjønn ogarbeid ivelferdssamfunnet”(in Norwegian). (Gunn E. Birkelund and Trond Petersen.) Chapter 5 (pp. 126–153) in Det Norske Samfunnet, edited by Ivar Frønes and Lise Kjølsrød, Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 2003.

A58. “Ulik lønn for likt arbeid?-Lønnsforskjellene mellom kvinner og menn under det statistiske mik-roskop”(RoyA. Nielsen, Geir Høgsnes, Trond Petersen) Sosiologisk tidsskrift 12(1): 51–79, 2004.

A59. “The Opportunity Structure for Discrimination.” (Trond Petersen and Itzhak Saporta.) 2004. American Journal of Sociology 109(4): 852–901, 2004 (January).

A60. “AnalyzingPanel Data: Fixed– and Random–Eects Models.”Chapter 15 (pp. 331–345)in Alan Bryman and Melissa Hardy (Eds.), Handbook of Data Analysis. London: Sage Publications Inc. 2004.

A61. “Discrimination, Social Measurements in.”Chapter in Encyclopedia of Social Measurement. Edited byKimberlyKempf-Leonard. New York: Academic Press, 2004.

A62. “ Aage B. Sørensen’s Contribution to Modeling Social Inequality: From Studying Structure to StudyingProcess.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 21: 27–44, 2004. Special Issue on Inequality: Structures, Dynamics and Mechanisms: Essays in Honour of Aage B. Sørensen, edited byArne L. Kalleberg, Steven L. Morgan, John Myles, and Rachel A. Rosenfeld.

A63. “Firms, Wages, and Incentives: Incentive Systems and Their Impacts on Wages, Productivity, and Risks.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 21: 255–288, 2004. Special Issue on Inequality: Structures, Dynamics and Mechanisms: Essays in Honour of Aage B. Sørensen, edited byArne L. Kalleberg, Steven L. Morgan, John Myles, and Rachel A. Rosenfeld.

A64. “Getting Hired: Gender Dierences.”(Trond Petersen, Ishak Saporta, and Marc–David Seidel.) To appear in Industrial Relations 2005.

A65. “Is There a The Glass Ceiling in Sweden, 1970–1990? A Panel Analysis of Lifecycle and Cohort Eects”(Eva-Marie Meyersson Milgrom and Trond Petersen.) Forthcomingin The DeclingSignificance of Gender, Edited byFrancine Blau, MaryBrinton, and David Grusky. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2005.

 

B. Working papers

I have also written a number of working papers, many of which have been published in a dierent form, some of which have not been published. Here I include only recent working papers, but not papers that later have been published or papers written some time ago that have yet to be published.

B1. “Exogeneity, Endogeneity, and Interpretation in Models for Analysis of Interdependent Event History Data.”Manuscript, Universityof California, Berkeley, September 1994. Revise andresubmit from Sociological Methodology.

B2. “Are Female Workers Less Productive Than Male Workers?” (Trond Petersen, Vemund Snartland, and Eva Meyersson.) 1998. Revised 2001.

B3. “Functional Form for Continuous Dependent Variables: Raw Versus Logged Form“. 2004. Revise and Resubmit from Sociological Methods & Research.

B4. “Gettingthe Oer: Sex Discrimination in Hiring.” (Trond Petersen and Thea Togstad.)2001, 2004. Submitted to Work, Employment & Society.

 

C. Smaller Publications (Mostly in Norwegian Journals)

C1. “Lønnsforskjeller mellom kvinner og menn – hva skyldes de? (In Norwegian.) Søkelys p°a arbeidsmarkedet 9(2): 134–142, 1992. (Trond Petersen and Laurie Morgan).

C2. “Kjønnssegregering og lønnsgapet mellom kvinnelige og mannlige funksjonærer.” (In Norwegian.) Søkelys p°a arbeidsmarkedet 10(1): 54–64, 1993. (Trond Petersen, Lars–Erik Becken, and Vemund Snartland.)

C3. “Mindre Lønnsforskjeller Mellom Mannlige og Kvinnelige Arbeidere.” (In Norwegian) (Lars–Erik Becken, Vemund Snartland, and Trond Petersen.) Samfunnsspeilet 7(3): 27–31, 1993.

C4. “Avgangsrater blant ansatte i seks statlige bedrifter.” (In Norwegian.) Søkelys p°a arbeidsmarkedet 10(2): 107–115, 1993. (Karen Modesta Olsen and Trond Petersen.)

C5. “Lønnsforskjeller mellom kvinner og menn i bank og forsikring.” (In Norwegian.) Søkelys p°a arbeidsmarkedet 11(1): 47–56, 1994. (Vemund Snartland, Lars–Erik Becken, and Trond Petersen.)

C6. “Resultatbaserte belønningssystemer.” (In Norwegian). Praktisk økonomi og Ledelse 12(2): 75–81, 1996. (Trond Petersen and Vemund Snartland.)

C7. “Lønnsforskjeller mellom kvinner og menn—en rapport fra Sverige.” (In Norwegian.) Søkelys p°a arbeidsmarkedet 14(1): 75–80, 1997. (Vemund Snartland, Eva Meyersson, and Trond Petersen.)

C8. “Strukturelle betingelser for kvinner i ledelse.” (In Norwegian.) Søkelys p°a arbeidsmarkedet 14(2): 113–119, 1997. (Trond Petersen and Katrine Teigen.)

C9. “Diskriminering i ansettelser.” (In Norwegian). Søkelys p°a arbeidsmarkedet 19(1): 85–93, 2002. (Thea Togstad, Geir Høgsnes, and Trond Petersen.)

C10. “Lønnsgapet mellom kvinner og menn – en oppdatering.” (In Norwegian). Søkelys p°a arbeidsmarkedet 20(2): 215–222, 2003. (Roy A. Nielsen, Geir Høgsnes, and Trond Petersen.)

 

D. Review Essays

D1. “Class and exploitation: Description and ethics. Notes on John Roemer A General Theory of Exploitation and Class.” Acta Sociologica 27(4):323–337, 1984.

D2.“Alternative Approaches to Modelling Mobility.” In Symposium in celebration of 25th year appearance of P. Blau and O. D. Duncan, The American Occupational Structure. Contemporary Sociology 21(5): 636–639, 1992 (September).

D3. “The Promise of Game Theory in Sociology.”Symposium on Game Theoryin Sociology. Contemporary Sociology 23(3): 498–502, 1994 (July).

D4. “Yrkeshistorieundersøkelsen —Nye data, nye metoder, nye resultater.” Pp. 47–58 in Natalie Rogo Ramsøy. En pioner i norsk og internasjonal sosiologi. Edited by John Eriksen and Lars Gulbrandsen. Oslo, Norway: Norsk institutt for forskning om oppvekst, velferd og aldring, NOVA Rapport 10/2003.

 

E. Book Reviews

E1. “Prestisje og stratifikasjon. Bokmelding.”(In Norwegian) Sosiologi i dag 11(2): 79–83, 1981.

E2. “Review of G. Farkas and P. England: Sociological and Economic Perspectives on the Labor Market. Industries, Occupations, and Jobs. Contemporary Sociology 19(3): 384–386, May1990.

E3. “Review of H.–P. Blossfeld, A. Hamerle, and K. U. Mayer. Event HistoryAnalysis. Psychometrika 57(1): 158–159, March 1992.

E4. “Review of Helen A. Tsiganou, Workers’Participative Schemes. The Experience of Capitalist and Plan–based Societies. 1991. American Journal of Sociology Volume 97(5): 1499–1500, March 1992.

E5. “Review of C. C. Clogg, Sociological Methodology, 1989, 1990. European Sociological Review 8(2): 195–197, September 1992.

E6. “Review of P. V. Marsden, Sociological Methodology 1994, Volume 24.” Contemporary Sociology 24(6): 831–833, 1995 (November).

E7. “Review of John Roemer, Theories of Distributive Justice 1995.” Contemporary Sociology 26(5): 656, 1997.

E8. “Ny doktoravhandlingom innvandrere: Mellom faktiske og forestilte forskjeller –synlige minoriteter pa arbeidsmarkedet.” (Review in English) Norsk tidsskrift for migrasjonsforskning 2(1): 73–81, 2001. (Yngve Lithman, Trond Petersen, and BjørgAase Sørensen.)

 

F. Edited volumes

F1. Special Issue of Sociological Methods and Research on Analysis of Event Histories,withcontributions from Alfred Hamerle, Trond Petersen, David Strang, NancyTuma, and Lawrence Wu. Volume 19, # 3, February1991.

 

Book Manuscript

Based on the work done on gender inequality in organizations I have a draft of a book that draws together the analysis of the U.S., Norwegian, and Swedish cases. I have not circulated this to university presses yet, but a series editor at Stanford University press has contacted me wanting to issue a contract for the book.

 

Selected Newspaper Articles

“L¨onediskriminering.” In Swedish. (Eva Meyersson and Trond Petersen) Article in Dagens Nyheter, Monday October 28, 1996, page 4.

“Full Likestilling Er Oppn°add.” In Norwegian. Article in Aftenposten, Monday March 17, 1997.

“Fins det et glastak f¨or kvinnor.” In Swedish. (Eva Meyersson and Trond Petersen) Article in Dagens Nyheter, December 1997.

 

 


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