The family moved from Chicago to the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, DC, in 1949 and to Silver Spring, Maryland in 1954.
[8] It was selected by the American Sociological Association for publication in the Arnold and Caroline Rose Monograph series, appearing as Socioeconomic background and educational performance (1971).
[2][3] He worked with William H. Sewell and others to develop the Wisconsin model of status attainment, described as "paradigmatic in its influence on an entire subfield of the discipline.
[4] Hauser has developed and used statistical methodology and data analysis techniques for the study of educational effects.
[13][14] Hauser's research examines trends in educational progression and social mobility[2] in the US due to race, ethnicity and gender.