| Deciphering Prometheus: Temporal change in the skill level of work KI Spenner American Sociological Review, 824-837, 1983 | 465 | 1983 |
| Skill: meanings, methods, and measures KI Spenner Work and occupations 17 (4), 399-421, 1990 | 425 | 1990 |
| Achievement ambitions KI Spenner, DL Featherman Annual review of sociology 4, 373-420, 1978 | 367 | 1978 |
| The upgrading and downgrading of occupations: Issues, evidence, and implications for education KI Spenner Review of Educational Research 55 (2), 125-154, 1985 | 186 | 1985 |
| Technological change, skill requirements, and education: The case for uncertainty KI Spenner The new modern times: Factors reshaping the world of work, 81-137, 1995 | 178 | 1995 |
| Occupational sex segregation and women's early career job shifts RA Rosenfeld, KI Spenner Work and Occupations 19 (4), 424-449, 1992 | 155 | 1992 |
| Temporal changes in work content KI Spenner American Sociological Review, 968-975, 1979 | 147 | 1979 |
| Does affirmative action lead to mismatch? A new test and evidence P Arcidiacono, EM Aucejo, H Fang, KI Spenner Quantitative Economics 2 (3), 303-333, 2011 | 143 | 2011 |
| Social stratification, work, and personality KI Spenner Annual Review of Sociology 14 (1), 69-97, 1988 | 127 | 1988 |
| A test of leading explanations for the college racial-ethnic achievement gap: Evidence from a longitudinal case study ND Martin, KI Spenner, SA Mustillo Research in Higher Education 58, 617-645, 2017 | 105 | 2017 |
| Class and the Socialization of Children:: Constancy, Change, or Irrelevance? DL Featherman, KI Spenner Child Development in a Life-Span Perspective, 67-90, 2013 | 99 | 2013 |
| Career lines and careers KI Spenner, LB Otto, VRA Call (No Title), 1982 | 76 | 1982 |
| Occupational characteristics and classification systems: New uses of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles in social research KI Spenner Sociological Methods & Research 9 (2), 239-264, 1980 | 76 | 1980 |
| The black-white achievement gap in the first college year: Evidence from a new longitudinal case study KI Spenner, C Buchmann, LR Landerman Research in social stratification and mobility 22, 187-216, 2004 | 72 | 2004 |
| Tracking respondents: A multi-method approach VRA Call, LB Otto, KI Spenner (No Title), 1982 | 72 | 1982 |
| Women, work, and identities KI Spenner, RA Rosenfeld Social Science Research 19 (3), 266-299, 1990 | 67 | 1990 |
| I gave at the campus: Exploring student giving and its link to young alumni donations after graduation RE Freeland, KI Spenner, G McCalmon Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 44 (4), 755-774, 2015 | 65 | 2015 |
| Capital conversion and accumulation: A social portrait of legacies at an elite university ND Martin, KI Spenner Research in Higher Education 50, 623-648, 2009 | 65 | 2009 |
| Strong legacies and weak markets: Bulgarian state-owned enterprises during early transition KI Spenner, OO Suhomlinova, SA Thore, KC Land, DC Jones American Sociological Review, 599-617, 1998 | 59 | 1998 |
| Work and self-concept: Selection and socialization in the early career KI Spenner, LB Otto Research in sociology of education and socialization 5, 197-235, 1985 | 54 | 1985 |
Peter ArcidiaconoProfessor of Economics, Duke UniversityVerified email at econ.duke.edu
