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Like Father, Like Son? A Note on the Intergenerational Transmission of IQ Scores

Black, Sandra E. - 2008

More able parents tend to have more able children. While few would question the validity of this statement, there is … estimated elasticity of intergenerational transmission of income of approximately .2 …

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From the Cradle to the Labor Market? The Effect of Birth Weight on Adult Outcomes

Black, Sandra E. - 2005

of children from poorer families …

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Who Goes to College? Differential Enrollment by Race and Family Background

Black, Sandra E. - 2002

While trends in college enrollment for blacks and whites have been the subject of study for a number of years, little attention has been paid to the variation in college enrollment by socioeconomic status (SES). It is well documented that, controlling for family background, blacks are more...

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Under Pressure? The Effect of Peers on Outcomes of Young Adults

Black, Sandra E. - 2010

A variety of public campaigns, including the "Just Say No" campaign of the 1980s and 1990s that encouraged teenagers to "Just Say No to Drugs", are based on the premise that teenagers are very susceptible to peer influences. Despite this, very little is known about the effect of school peers on...

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Sibling Spillovers

Black, Sandra E. - 2017

employ data from the universe of children born in Florida between 1994 and 2002 and in Denmark between 1990 and 2001, which …

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Efficacy vs. Equity : What Happens When States Tinker with College Admissions in a Race-Blind Era?

Black, Sandra E. - 2014

College admissions officers face a rapidly changing policy environment where court decisions have limited the use of affirmative action. At the same time, there is mounting evidence that commonly used signals of college readiness, such as the SAT/ACTs, are subject to race and socioeconomic bias....

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Born to Lead? The Effect of Birth Order on Non-Cognitive Abilities

Black, Sandra E. - 2017

occupational sorting; first-born children are more likely to be managers, while later-born children are more likely to be self …-employed. We also find that earlier born children are more likely to be in occupations that require leadership ability, social … evidence of lower parental human capital investments in later-born children …

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