Lisa A. Keister | Scholars@Duke

Lisa A. Keister
Professor of Sociology

Lisa A. Keister is professor of sociology and public policy at Duke University and an affiliate of the Duke Network Analysis Center and the Duke Population Research Initiative. Her current research focuses on organization strategy, elite households, the processes that explain extremes in wealth and income inequality, and on group differences in the intergenerational transfer of assets. She has been focusing on the causes and consequences of net worth poverty recently with colleagues from the Sanford school and is currently completing two books: one on America’s wealthiest families, the one percent, and one on net worth poverty.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of Sociology, Sociology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2006
Associate Director of the Rhodes Information Initiative at Duke, Rhodes Information Initiative at Duke, Initiatives 2020
Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2018
Faculty Research Scholar of DuPRI's Population Research Center, Duke Population Research Center, Duke Population Research Institute 2010
Affiliate of the Center for Child and Family Policy, Center for Child and Family Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy 2023
Bass Fellow, Sociology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2018

Contact Information

268 Soc/Psych Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Duke Box 90088, Durham, NC 27708-0088
lkeister@duke.edu (919) 660-5624
Keister CV

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Cornell University 1997
- M.A., Cornell University 1995
- M.A., University of Oklahoma 1991
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Gilhuly Family Assoc Professor, Sociology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2013 - 2018
- Director of the Markets and Management Program, Sociology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2009 - 2012
- Director of the Trinity College Program in Entrepreneurship in the School of Arts and Sciences, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, Duke University 2009 - 2012
Recognition
In the News
- JUN 8, 2016 The Atlantic
  
  Duke sociologists: How blacks and whites spend differently
- JUN 8, 2016 The Atlantic
  
  Duke sociologists: How blacks and whites spend differently
- FEB 5, 2015
  
  Bullock to Retire from Duke Kunshan University
- FEB 5, 2015 Duke Today
  
  Bullock to Retire from Duke Kunshan University
- MAY 5, 2014 ThinkProgress
  
  Lisa Keister: The typical member of the 1 percent is an old white man
- MAY 5, 2014 ThinkProgress
  
  Lisa Keister: The typical member of the 1 percent is an old white man
Expertise
Subject Headings
Global Scholarship
- Expertise
  - China (Country)
  - United States of America (Country)
- Research
  - China (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- Focused Training in Social Networks and Health awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2025
- Net Worth Poverty and Children's Development awarded by National Institutes of Health 2022 - 2024
- Economic security and health disparity in COVID-19: A computational modeling approach. awarded by National Institutes of Health 2022 - 2023
- RAPID: Developing Social Stratification-respecting Disease Transmission Models awarded by National Science Foundation 2020 - 2023
- Testing Multiple Modes of Data Collection with Network Sampling with Memory awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2019
- Inheritance and Wealth Inequality awarded by Russell Sage Foundation 2016 - 2019
- Wealth Ownership and Declining Health in the U.S awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2018
- Chinese American Wealth: Heterogeneity and Adaptation in the First and Second Generations awarded by National Science Foundation 2013 - 2017
- Religion and Inequality: How Religious Belief Contributes to Wealth and Poverty awarded by National Science Foundation 2009 - 2012
- Childhood Family Processes and Adult Wealth Ownership awarded by National Institutes of Health 2006 - 2008
- Ownership and Innovation: Corporate Ownership and Strategy Formation During China's Transition awarded by National Science Foundation 2006 - 2008
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Keister, L. A. Preface: Working with dignity. Vol. 28, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0277-283320160000028019.
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  - Keister, L. A., and V. Roscigno, eds. Working with Dignity: A Festschrift to Randy Hodson, 2016.
  - Keister, L. A., and V. Roscigno, eds. Working with Dignity: A Festschrift to Randy Hodson, 2016.
  - Keister, L. A., and Y. Zhang. Organizations and Management in China. Routledge, 2016.
  - Zhang, Y., and L. A. Keister. Management and organizations in transitional China, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315748429.
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  - Keister, L. A., and D. E. Sherkat, eds. Religion and Inequality. Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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  - Keister, L. A., and D. E. Sherkat, eds. Religion and Inequality. Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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  - Keister, L. A., and D. E. Sherkat. Religion and inequality in America: Research and theory on religion’s role in stratification, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139226479.
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  - . Kathryn R. Religion, Work, and Money. Edited by L. A. Keister, J. McCarthy, and R. Finke, 2012.
  - . Kathryn R. Religion, Work, and Money. Edited by L. A. Keister, J. McCarthy, and R. Finke, 2012.
  - Keister, L. A. Faith and money: How religion contributes to wealth and poverty, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139028547.
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  - Keister, L. A., and D. Southgate. Inequality: A Contemporary Approach to Race, Class, and Gender. Cambridge University Press, 2011.
  - Keister, Lisa A. Social Stratification and Inequality. Cambridge University Press, 2011.
  - Keister, L. A., ed. Work and Organizations in China after Thirty Years of Transition. Emerald Group Publishing, 2009.
  - Keister, L. A., ed. Work and Organizations in China after Thirty Years of Transition. Emerald Group Publishing, 2009.
  - Keister, L. A. Getting rich: America’s new rich and how they got that way, 2005. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511807589.
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  - Keister, L. A., ed. Entrepreneurship. Greenwich, CT: Elsevier, 2005.
  - Keister, Lisa A. Research in the Sociology of Work: Entrepreneurship. Vol. 14. JAI Press, 2005.
  - Keister, Lisa A. Wealth in America. Cambridge University Press, 2000.
  - Keister, Lisa A. Chinese Business Groups: The Structure and Impact of Interfirm Relations During Economic Development. Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Academic Articles
  - Gibson-Davis, Christina, Courtney E. Boen, Lisa A. Keister, and Warren Lowell. “Net worth poverty and adult health.” Social Science & Medicine (1982) 318 (February 2023): 115614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115614.
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  - Le Barbenchon, C., and L. A. Keister. “Nonprofit Financial Response to Immigration.” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 51, no. 6 (December 1, 2022): 1399–1422. https://doi.org/10.1177/08997640211057433.
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  - Keister, L. A., J. W. Moody, and T. Wolff. “Rural Kids and Wealth.” Rsf 8, no. 4 (May 1, 2022): 155–82. https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2022.8.4.07.
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  - Gibson-Davis, C., L. A. Keister, L. A. Gennetian, and W. Lowell. “Net Worth Poverty and Child Development.” Socius 8 (January 1, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231221111672.
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  - Keister, L. A., S. Thébaud, and J. E. Yavorsky. “Gender in the Elite.” Annual Review of Sociology 48 (January 1, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-soc-020321-031544.
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  - Moody, J. W., L. A. Keister, and M. C. Ramos. “Reproducibility in the Social Sciences.” Annual Review of Sociology 48 (January 1, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-soc-090221-035954.
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  - Moody, J. W., L. A. Keister, and D. K. Pasquale. “Community Effectiveness of Masks and Vaccines.” Socius 7 (November 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231211058026.
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  - Boen, C., L. A. Keister, and N. Graetz. “Household wealth and child body mass index: Patterns and mechanisms.” Rsf 7, no. 3 (August 1, 2021): 80–100. https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2021.7.3.04.
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  - Keister, Lisa A., Chad Stecher, Brian Aronson, William McConnell, Joshua Hustedt, and James W. Moody. “Provider Bias in prescribing opioid analgesics: a study of electronic medical Records at a Hospital Emergency Department.” Bmc Public Health 21, no. 1 (August 2021): 1518. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11551-9.
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  - Gibson-Davis, Christina, Lisa A. Keister, and Lisa A. Gennetian. “Net Worth Poverty in Child Households by Race and Ethnicity, 1989-2019.” Journal of Marriage and the Family 83, no. 3 (June 2021): 667–82. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12742.
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  - Keister, L. A., M. Li, and H. Y. Lee. “Do You Need Business Assets to Be Rich?” Socius 7 (January 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231211031684.
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  - Keister, L. A., H. Y. Lee, and J. E. Yavorsky. “Gender and Wealth in the Super Rich: Asset Differences in Top Wealth Households in the United States, 1989-2019.” Sociologica 15, no. 2 (January 1, 2021): 25–55. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1971-8853/12394.
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  - Agius Vallejo, J., and L. A. Keister. “Immigrants and wealth attainment: migration, inequality, and integration.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 46, no. 18 (November 2, 2020): 3745–61. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2019.1592872.
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  - Keister, L. A., J. Agius Vallejo, and P. B. Smith. “Investing in the Homeland: cross-border investments and immigrant wealth in the U.S.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 46, no. 18 (November 2, 2020): 3785–3807. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2019.1592875.
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  - Boen, Courtney, Lisa Keister, and Brian Aronson. “Beyond Net Worth: Racial Differences in Wealth Portfolios and Black-White Health Inequality across the Life Course.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 61, no. 2 (June 2020): 153–69. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022146520924811.
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  - Park, S. H., Y. Zhang, and L. A. Keister. “Governance innovations in emerging markets.” Academy of Management Perspectives 34, no. 2 (May 1, 2020): 226–39. https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2017.0177.
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  - Aronson, B., and L. A. Keister. “Overwork, Specialization, and Wealth.” Journal of Marriage and Family 81, no. 5 (October 1, 2019): 1053–73. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12596.
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  - Keister, L. A., R. A. Benton, and J. W. Moody. “Cohorts and wealth transfers: Generational changes in the receipt of inheritances, trusts, and inter vivos gifts in the United States.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 59 (February 1, 2019): 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2019.01.002.
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  - Yavorsky, J. E., L. A. Keister, Y. Qian, and M. Nau. “Women in the One Percent: Gender Dynamics in Top Income Positions.” American Sociological Review 84, no. 1 (February 1, 2019): 54–81. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003122418820702.
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  - Eagle, D., L. A. Keister, and J. G. Read. “Household Charitable Giving at the Intersection of Gender, Marital Status, and Religion.” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 47, no. 1 (February 1, 2018): 185–205. https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764017734650.
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  - Benton, Richard A., and Lisa A. Keister. “The lasting effect of intergenerational wealth transfers: Human capital, family formation, and wealth.” Social Science Research 68 (November 2017): 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2017.09.006.
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  - Keister, L. A., and H. Y. Lee. “The double one percent: Identifying an elite and a super-elite using the joint distribution of income and net worth.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 50 (August 1, 2017): 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2017.03.004.
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  - Keister, L. A., and H. Y. Lee. “The One Percent: Ascribed and Achieved Traits in Determining Membership in Three Top Groups (In preparation),” 2017.
  - Read, J., L. A. Keister, and D. Eagle. “Religion, Marital Status and Charitable Giving: Household Generosity as a Window into the Undoing of Gender (In preparation),” 2017.
  - Keister, Lisa A., and Brian Aronson. “Immigrants in the one percent: The national origin of top wealth owners.” Plos One 12, no. 2 (January 2017): e0172876. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172876.
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  - Chénier, R. C., J. J. Fink, and L. A. Keister. “Race and Consumption: Black and White Disparities in Household Spending.” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 3, no. 1 (May 9, 2016): 50–67.
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  - Freeland, R. E., and L. A. Keister. “How Does Race and Ethnicity Affect Persistence in Immature Ventures?” Journal of Small Business Management 54, no. 1 (January 1, 2016): 210–28. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsbm.12138.
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  - Keister, L. A., R. Benton, and J. W. Moody. “A Person-Centered Approach to Saving: Financial Types and Their Relationship to Household Saving Behavior (In preparation),” 2016.
  - Keister, L. A., and J. A. Vallejo. “Chinese Immigrant Wealth: Heterogeneity in Adaptation. (In preparation),” 2016.
  - Keister, Lisa A., Richard Benton, and James Moody. “Lifestyles through Expenditures: A Case-Based Approach to Saving.” Sociological Science 3 (January 2016): 650–84. https://doi.org/10.15195/v3.a28.
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  - Keister, Lisa A., Jody Agius Vallejo, and E Paige Borelli. “Mexican American Mobility: Early Life Processes and Adult Wealth Ownership.” Social Forces; a Scientific Medium of Social Study and Interpretation 93, no. 3 (March 2015): 1015–46. https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/sou102.
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  - Borelli, E. P., and L. A. Keister. “Enduring Advantages: Explaining the Chinese and Indian Immigrant Wealth Advantage in the U.S.,” 2015.
  - Keister, L. A., and D. Eagle. “Religion and Inequality: The Role of Status Attainment and Social Balance Processes (In preparation).” Social Theory and Research 4, no. 1 (2015): 41–74.
  - Keister, L. A., and J. W. Moody. “Editorial.” Socius 1 (January 1, 2015). https://doi.org/10.1177/2378023115596525.
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  - Keister, Lisa A. “Financial Asset Ownership: The Case of Chinese and Indian Immigrants to the United States.” Business and Economics Journal 6 (January 2015): 184.
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  - Keister, Lisa A., and Hang Young Lee. “The One Percent: Wealth and Income Concentration.” Sociological Currents, March 2014.
  - Keister, L. A., and H. Y. Lee. “The one percent: Top incomes and wealth in sociological research.” Social Currents 1, no. 1 (February 1, 2014): 13–24. https://doi.org/10.1177/2329496513510900.
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  - Keister, L. A. “The one percent.” Annual Review of Sociology 40 (January 1, 2014): 347–67. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-soc-070513-075314.
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  - Keister, L. A., and E. P. Borelli. “Market transition: An assessment of the state of the field.” Sociological Perspectives 55, no. 2 (June 1, 2012): 267–94. https://doi.org/10.1525/sop.2012.55.2.267.
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  - Keister, Lisa A. “Religion and Attainment.” Sociological Focus 44 (February 2011): 354–83.
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  - Keister, Lisa A. “Business Groups in China.” American Behavioral Scientist, 2010.
  - Keister, L. A. “Organizational research on market transition: A sociological approach.” Asia Pacific Journal of Management 26, no. 4 (October 1, 2009): 719–42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-008-9113-4.
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  - Keister, L. A. “Interfirm relations in China: Group structure and firm performance in business groups.” American Behavioral Scientist 52, no. 12 (August 1, 2009): 1709–30. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764209331534.
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  - Keister, L. A. “Wealth Inequality.” Georgetown Law Journal, 2009.
  - Keister, L. A., and Benjamin Cornwell. “The Origin of Influence Hierarchies: The Role of Visible and Obscure Status Characteristics in the Emergence of Elite Social Hierarchies.” Sociological Analysis, 2009.
  - Keister, Lisa A., and Wenhong Chen. “Financial Markets during Transition.” The Encyclopedia of Modern China, 2009.
  - Keister, Lisa A., and Yanlong Zhang. “8 Organizations and Management in China.” The Academy of Management Annals 3, no. 1 (January 2009): 377–420. https://doi.org/10.1080/19416520903047368.
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  - McGrath, D. M., and L. A. Keister. “The effect of temporary employment on asset accumulation processes.” Work and Occupations 35, no. 2 (May 1, 2008): 196–222. https://doi.org/10.1177/0730888407312275.
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  - Keister, L. A. “Conservative protestants and wealth: How religion perpetuates asset poverty.” American Journal of Sociology 113, no. 5 (March 1, 2008): 1237–71. https://doi.org/10.1086/525506.
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  - Keister, Lisa A. “Value clusters and Inequality,” 2008.
  - Keister, Lisa A., and Benjamin Cornwell. “Community Elite Status Hierarchy: An Investigation into the Duality of Status Attainment and Attribution,” 2008.
  - Keister, Lisa A., and Randy Hodson. “Chinese Enterprises, their Competitive Structure, and their Integration with Global Markets,” 2008.
  - Keister, L. A. “Upward wealth mobility: Exploring the Roman Catholic advantage.” Social Forces 85, no. 3 (March 1, 2007): 1195–1225. https://doi.org/10.1353/sof.2007.0044.
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  - Aldirch, H. E., P. Kim, and L. A. Keister. “Access (Not) Denied: The Impact of Financial, Human, and Cultural Capital on Entrepreneurial Entry in the United States.” Small Business Economics, 2007.
  - Keister, Lisa A., and Donald McGrath. “Nonstandard Workers and Asset Accumulation.” Work and Occupations, 2007.
  - Yamokoski, A., and L. A. Keister. “The Wealth of Single Women: Marital Status and Parenthood in the Asset Accumulation of Young Baby Boomers in the United States.” Feminist Economics 12 (2006): 167–94.
  - Keister, Lisa A., and Alexis Yamokoski. “Single Females and Inequality: The Role of Asset Accumulation in Female Poverty Rates.” Feminist Economics, 2006.
  - Keister, L. A., and J. Lu. “Financial resources and product market development: Strategic choice and institutional processes during China's transition.” Sociological Forum 19, no. 2 (June 1, 2004): 229–54. https://doi.org/10.1023/B:SOFO.0000031981.07348.89.
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  - Keister, L. A. “Race, Family Structure, and Wealth: The Effect of Childhood Family on Adult Asset Ownership.” Sociological Perspectives 47, no. 2 (January 1, 2004): 161–87. https://doi.org/10.1525/sop.2004.47.2.161.
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  - Keister, L. A. “Capital structure in transition: The transformation of financial strategies in China's emerging economy.” Organization Science 15, no. 2 (January 1, 2004): 145–58. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1040.0043.
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  - Keister, Lisa A. “Sharing the wealth: the effect of siblings on adults' wealth ownership.” Demography 40, no. 3 (August 2003): 521–42. https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2003.0026.
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  - Keister, L. A. “Religion and Wealth: The Role of Religious Affiliation and Participation in Early Adult Asset Accumulation.” Social Forces 82, no. 1 (January 1, 2003): 175–207. https://doi.org/10.1353/sof.2003.0094.
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  - Keister, Lisa A. “Religion and Wealth: The Role of Religious Affiliation and Participation in Early Adult Asset Accumulation.” Social Forces 82 (2003): 173–205.
  - Keister, Lisa A. “Repealing the Estate Tax: A Recipe for More Inequality?” Contexts 2 (2003): 42–49.
  - Keister, L. A. “Adapting to radical change: Strategy and environment in piece-rate adoption during China's transition.” Organization Science 13, no. 5 (January 1, 2002): 459–74. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.13.5.459.7811.
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  - Keister, L. A. “Corporate labor policies and practices during China's transition: An exploration of implications for social stratification.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 19, no. C (January 1, 2002): 171–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0276-5624(02)80041-5.
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  - Keister, L. A. “Financial Markets, Money, and Banking.” Annual Review of Sociology 28 (2002): 39–61.
  - Keister, Lisa A. “Banking and Financial Markets in Sociology.” Annual Review of Sociology 28 (2002): 39–61.
  - Keister, Lisa A. “Corporate Labor Policies and Practices During China’s Transition: An Exploration of Implications for Stratification.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 19 (2002): 169–85.
  - Keister, Lisa A. “Money, Wealth, and Economic Sociology.” Accounts: A Newsletter of Economic Sociology 2 (2002).
  - Keister, Lisa A., and Howard E. Aldrich. “Is There a Wealth Affect? Financial and Human Capital as Determinants of Business Startups.” Entrepreneurship Research, 2002.
  - Keister, L. A., and N. Deeb-Sossa. “Are baby boomers richer than their parents? Intergenerational patterns of wealth ownership in the United States.” Journal of Marriage and Family 63, no. 2 (May 1, 2001): 569–79. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2001.00569.x.
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  - Keister, L. A. “Exchange structures in transition: Lending and trade relations in Chinese business groups.” American Sociological Review 66, no. 3 (January 1, 2001): 336–60. https://doi.org/10.2307/3088883.
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  - Keister, L. A., and V. G. Nee. “The rational peasant in China: Flexible adaptation, risk diversification, and opportunity.” Rationality and Society 13, no. 1 (January 1, 2001): 33–69. https://doi.org/10.1177/104346301013001002.
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  - Keister, Lisa A., and Victor Nee. “The Rational Peasant in China: Flexible Adaptation, Diversified Risks, and Market Opportunity.” Rationality and Society 13 (2001): 33–69.
  - Keister, L. A. “Race and Wealth Inequality: The Impact of Racial Differences in Asset Ownership on the Distribution of Household Wealth.” Social Science Research 29, no. 4 (December 1, 2000): 477–502. https://doi.org/10.1006/ssre.2000.0677.
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  - Keister, L. A., and S. Moller. “Wealth inequality in the United States.” Annual Review of Sociology 26 (January 1, 2000): 63–81. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.soc.26.1.63.
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  - Keister, Lisa A. “Chinese Business Groups: The Role of Conglomerates in the Remaking of China’s Economy.” Journal of Business in Developing Nations 4 (2000).
  - Keister, Lisa A. “Family Structure, Race, and Wealth Ownership.” The Jerome Levy Economics Institute Bulletin, 2000.
  - Keister, Lisa A. “Where Do Strong Ties Come From? A Dyad Analysis of the Strength of Interfirm Exchange Relations During China’s Economic Transition.” International Journal of Organizational Analysis 7 (1999): 5–24.
  - Keister, L. A. “Engineering growth: Business group structure and firm performance in China's transition economy.” American Journal of Sociology 104, no. 2 (January 1, 1998): 404–40. https://doi.org/10.1086/210043.
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  - Clarke, Graham, Steven Caldwell, and Lisa A. Keister. “Modeling Regional Changes in US Household Income and Wealth.” Environment and Planning C 16 (1998): 707–22.
  - Keister, Lisa A. “Social Ties and the Formation of Chinese Business Groups.” Sociological Analysis 1 (1998): 99–118.
  - Keister, L. A., and J. A. Vallejo. “Chinese American Wealth: Heterogeneity and Adaptation (In preparation),” n.d.
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- Book Sections
  - Keister, L. A. “Religion and the Formation of a Latino Middle Class.” In Religion and Inequality, edited by L. Keister and D. Sherkat. Cambridge University Press, 2014.
  - Keister, L. A. “Religion and the Formation of a Latino Middle Class.” In Religion and Inequality, edited by L. Keister and D. Sherkat. Cambridge University Press, 2014.
  - Keister, L. A. “Religion and Wealth Ownership across Generations.” In Research in the Sociology of Work: Religion and Stratification, edited by L. Keister, J. McCarthy, and R. Finke. Emerald, 2012.
  - Keister, L. A. “Religion and Wealth Ownership across Generations.” In Research in the Sociology of Work: Religion and Stratification, edited by L. Keister, J. McCarthy, and R. Finke. Emerald, 2012.
  - Keister, L. A., J. McCarthy, and R. Finke. “Introduction,” 23:xi–xvi, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1108/s0277-2833(2012)0000023003.
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  - Keister, L. A., and E. P. Borelli. “Religion and wealth mobility: The case of American Latinos.” In Religion and Inequality in America: Research and Theory on Religion’s Role in Stratification, 119–45, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139226479.009.
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  - Keister, L. A. “Childhood religious denomination and early adult asset accumulation.” In Religion, Families, and Health: Population-Based Research in the United States, 164–85, 2010.
  - Keister, L. A., and Randy Hodson. “Ownership and Innovation during Economic Development: Corporate Ownership and Strategy Formation in China.” In Work and Organizations in China, Research in the Sociology of Work, 2009.
  - Keister, Lisa A., and Lane Destro. “Wealth and Inequality.” Scribner, 2009.
  - Keister, L. A. “I’d Rather Be Rich.” In Inequalities and Societies Reader. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2008.
  - Keister, Lisa A. “Market Transition.” In Handbook of Rational Choice Sociology, edited by Victor Nee, Tom Snijders, and Rafael Wittek. Russell Sage, 2008.
  - Yamokoski, Alexis, and Lisa A. Keister. “The Wealth of Single Women: Marital Status and Parenthood in the Asset Accumulation of Young Baby Boomers in the United States.” In Women and Wealth. Routledge, 2007.
  - Keister, L. A., and S. Moller. “Wealth Inequality in the United States.” In Social Stratification: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences, edited by D. Inglis and J. Bone. London: Routledge, 2006.
  - Keister, Lisa A. “Wealth Distribution.” In The Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology, edited by Jens Beckert and Milan Zafirovski. Routledge, 2006.
  - Keister, L. A. “Introduction,” Vol. 15, 2005. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0277-2833(05)15001-8.
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  - Keister, Lisa A. “Interfirm Relations in Business Groups: Group Structure and Firm Performance in China.” In Networks and Organizations During Transition, edited by Stewart Clegg and Michael Berrell, 2005.
  - Keister, Lisa A. “Who Owns What? The Changing Distribution of Wealth.” In Intersecting Inequalities: Class, Race, Sex, and Sexuality. Prentice Hall, 2005.
  - Haveman, H. A., and L. A. Keister. “The effects of domain overlap and non-overlap on organizational performance, growth, and survival.” In The Sociology of the Economy, 228–64, 2004.
  - Kim, P. H., H. E. Aldrich, and L. A. Keister. “Household income and net worth.” In Handbook of Entrepreneurial Dynamics: The Process of Business Creation, 49–61, 2004. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452204543.n5.
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  - Haveman, Heather A., and Lisa A. Keister. “The Dynamics of Domain Overlap: Effects on Financial Performance, Growth, and Failure.” In Current Issues in Economic Sociology, edited by Frank Dobbin. Princeton University Press, 2004.
  - Keister, Lisa A. “Wealth Distribution.” In Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology. Routledge, 2004.
  - Keister, Lisa A., and Stephanie Moller. “Wealth Inequality in the United States.” In New Developments in Economic Sociology, edited by Richard Swedberg. Elgar Publishing, 2004.
  - Keister, Lisa A. “Wealth Inequality.” In Encyclopedia of Social Issues. M.E. Sharpe, 2003.
  - Keister, Lisa A. “Wealth Distribution.” In Great Divides: Readings in Social Inequality. McGraw-Hill Companies, 2003.
  - Keister, Lisa A. “Wealth Distribution.” In Poverty and Social Welfare in America: An Encyclopedia, edited by Gwendolyn Mink and Alice O. Connor, 2002.
  - Keister, Lisa A. “Wealth Inequality.” In Inequalities and Societies Reader. W. W. Norton and Company, 2002.
  - Keister, Lisa A. “Guanxi in Business Groups: Social Ties and the Formation of Economic Relations.” In Social Connections in China: Institutions, Culture, and the Changing Nature of Guanxi, edited by Thomas B. Gold, Doug Guthrie, and David Wank, 77–96. Cambridge University Press, 2002.
  - Keister, Lisa A. “Friend or Foe? Business Groups During China’s Economic Development.” In Chinese Business History, 2001.
  - Keister, Lisa A. “Insider Lending and Economic Transition: The Structure, Function, and Performance Impact of Finance Companies in Chinese Business Groups.” In Managing Organizational Change in Transition Economies, edited by Daniel Dennison. University of Michigan Press, 2000.
  - Keister, Lisa A., and Steven Caldwell. “The Distribution of Household Wealth in the U.S., 1962-1992: Estimates Using Dynamic Microsimulation.” In Microsimulation in Government Policy and Forecasting, edited by Anil Gupta. Elsevier, 2000.
  - Caldwell, Steven, and Lisa Keister. “Wealth in America: Family Stock Ownership and Accumulation, 1960-1995.” In Microsimulation for Urban and Regional Policy Analysis, edited by Graham Clarke. Pion, 1996.
  - Benton, R., L. A. Keister, and H. Y. Lee. “Real Estate Holdings among the Super Rich (In preparation).” In Cities and the Super Rich: Real Estate, Elite Practices, and Urban Political Economies, edited by R. Forrest, B. Wissink, and S. Y. Koh. Palgrave MacMillan, n.d.
- Other Articles
  - Keister, L. A., and B. Fulton. “Religion and Stratification.” International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. London: Elsevier, 2015.
  - Keister, L. A. “Meet America’s ‘Double Rich',” 2014.
  - Keister, L. A. “The One Percent and Inequality.” Cambridge University Press blog, 2013.
  - Keister, L. A. “Religion and Wealth.” Huffington Post, October 2011.
  - Keister, L. A., and W. Chen. “Financial Markets.” Edited by D. Pong. Encyclopedia of Modern China. Detroit: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2009.
  - Keister, L. A., and L. Destro. “Saving.” Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development. Scribner, 2008.
  - Keister, L. A. “Wealth Distribution.” Edited by J. Beckert and M. Zafirovski. The Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology. New York: Routledge, 2006.
  - Keister, L. A. “Wealth Inequality.” Encyclopedia of Social Issues. New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2003.
  - Keister, L. A. “Money, Wealth, and Economic Sociology.” Accounts: A Newsletter of Economic Sociology, 2002.
  - Keister, L. A. “Wealth Distribution.” Edited by G. Mink and A. O’Connor. Poverty and Social Welfare in America: An Encyclopedia, 2002.
  - Keister, Lisa A. “Is the Estate Tax a Modern Robin Hood?” The American Prospect, May 2001.
  - Keister, L. A. “Friend or Foe? Business Groups During China's Economic Development.” Chinese Business History, 2001.
  - Keister, Lisa A. “China’s Financial Market and the Asian Crisis.” University of Michigan Center for Society and Economy Policy Newsletter, 2001.
  - Keister, L. A. “Attitudes toward Inequality.” New York Times Opinion Pages, n.d.
- Book Reviews
  - Keister, L. A. “Locked in Place: State-Building and Late Industrialization in India by Vivek Chibber.” American Journal of Sociology, 2006.
  - Keister, L. A. “The New Economic Sociology: Developments in an Emerging Field by Mauro Guillen, Randall Collins, Paula England, and Marshall Meyer.” Work and Occupations, 2004.
  - Keister, L. A. “The Making of the Chinese Industrial Workplace by Mark W. Frazier.” Contemporary Sociology, 2002.
  - Keister, L. A. “Management and Organizations in the Chinese Context by J. T. Li, Anne S. Tsui, and Elizabeth Weldon.” Administrative Science Quarterly, 2002.
  - Keister, L. A. “Between Politics and Markets: Firms, Competition, and Institutional Change in Post-Mao China by Yi-min Lin.” The American Journal of Sociology, 2001.
  - Keister, L. A. “How to Enter China: Choices and Lessons by Yadong Luo.” Journal of Asian Studies, 2001.
  - Keister, L. A. “Commercial Cultures: Economies, Practices, Spaces by Peter Jackson, Michelle Lowe, Daniel Miller, and Frank Mort.” Journal of Consumer Culture. Sage Publications, 2001.
  - Keister, L. A. “Dragon in a Three-Piece Suit: The Emergence of Capitalism in China by Doug Guthrie.” Contemporary Sociology, 2001.
  - Keister, L. A. “The New Dollars and Dreams by Frank Levy.” Contemporary Sociology, 2000.
  - Keister, L. A. “Commodifying Communism: Business, Trust, and Politics in a Chinese City by David L. Wank.” Contemporary Sociology, 1999.
  - Keister, L. A. “Gender and the South China Miracle: Two Worlds of Factory Women by Ching Kwan Lee.” Social Forces, 1999.
  - Keister, L. A. “Parental Priorities and Economic Inequality by Casey Mulligan.” Contemporary Sociology, 1999.
  - Keister, L. A. “Inheritance and Wealth in America by Robert K. Miller, Jr. and Stephen J. McNamee.” Contemporary Sociology, 1998.
  - Keister, L. A. “Power Plays: Critical Events in the Institutionalization of the Tennessee Valley Authority by Richard Colignon.” Social Forces, 1998.
- Reports
  - Keister, Lisa A., and Ting Xu. “Inland Development in China.” National Bureau of Asian Research Analysis, 2005.
  - Keister, Lisa A., and Jin Lu. “The Transformation Continues: The Status of Chinese State Owned Enterprises, 2001.” National Bureau of Asian Research Analysis, 2001.
- Conference Papers
  - Keister, L. A. “Religion and wealth across generations.” In Research in the Sociology of Work, 23:131–50, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0277-2833(2012)0000023009.
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