variation in the effects of highest education of parents on family's ability to scale poverty, defined as the household's income … nationally representative telephone survey that included 86,537 parents of children 0-17 years old. The sample was composed of … parents. The dependent variable was household poverty status (income-to-needs ratio). Race was the focal moderator. Linear …

better at graduating more-prepared students while other institutions are better at graduating less-prepared students and that … 209 led to a more efficient sorting of minority students, explaining 18% of the graduation rate increase in our preferred … specification. Further, there appears to have been behavioral responses to Prop 209, by universities and/or students, that explain …

credit for income-generating purposes, evidence of its impact on poverty has been mixed. Even if there is no direct impact of … invest in their children's education. In this paper, I describe a study undertaken to gauge the impact of microcredit … availability on education expenditures for children of clients of a South Indian microfinance institution. I first look at some …

This paper examines the significance of income and career chances in the firm for attitudes regarding social justice … the social structure of a society is first shown. This is justified by the fact that income and career chances in the firm … are to be understood as collective goods, with the consequence that mere membership of a firm opens up or closes income …

In this paper we look at the income distribution by cohort in Chile. We construct a synthetic panel from cross section … surveys and estimate the income distribution for cohorts born between 1902 and 1978. We then decompose the evolution of these … be the consequence of a flattening of the income-age profile and hence a reduction in the returns to experience. …