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Trond Petersen
Professor and Chair


 

Publications

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– og inntektsulikhet 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 ufrivillige 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 bruk av standardiserte regresjons–koeffisienter.” (In Norwegian) Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning 24(3): 389–391, 1983. With Petter Laake.

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

A8. “Timelønnsforskjeller mellom heltidssysselsattte kvinner og menn: En empirisk analyse.” (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 with time–dependent covariates with the method of maximum likelihood.” Journalof the 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. Clifford 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 å 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 History Analysis 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 History Analysis edited by Trond 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 by Peter V. Marsden). Oxford, UK: Basil Blackwell, for the American Sociological Association.

A26. “Reward Systems and the 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 and the 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 og opprykk.” (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 Differences 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. “Offering 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 og arbeid i velferdssamfunnet” (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 mikroskop”(Roy A. 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. “Analyzing Panel Data: Fixed– and Random–Effects 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 by Kimberly Kempf-Leonard. New York: Academic Press, 2004.

A62. “ Aage B. Sørensen’s Contribution to Modeling Social Inequality: From Studying Structure to Studying Process.” 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 by Arne 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 by Arne L. Kalleberg, Steven L. Morgan, John Myles, and Rachel A. Rosenfeld.

A64. “Getting Hired: Gender Differences.” (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.) Forthcoming in The Decling Significance of Gender, Edited by Francine Blau, Mary Brinton, and David Grusky. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2005.

A66. “Getting the Offer: Sex Discrimination in Hiring.” (Trond Petersen and Thea Togstad.) 2006. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 24 (2006): 239–257.

B. Working papers

I have also written a number of working papers, many of which have been published in a different 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 and resubmit 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.


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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