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Chapter 3 Historical Perspectives on Racial Differences in Schooling in the United States

Collins, William J.; Margo, Robert A. - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 1, (pp. 107-154). 2006

In this chapter we present an overview of the history of racial differences in schooling in the United States. We present basic data on literacy, school attendance, educational attainment, various measures of school quality, and the returns to schooling. Then, in the context of a simple model of...

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Subtle discrimination in the rental housing market: Evidence from e-mail correspondence with landlords

Hanson, Andrew; Hawley, Zackary; Taylor, Aryn - In: Journal of Housing Economics 20 (2011) 4, pp. 276-284

We find that landlords practice subtle discrimination in the rental housing market through the use of language …

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Racial Discrimination Among NBA Referees

Price, Joseph; Wolfers, Justin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

The NBA provides an intriguing place to test for taste-based discrimination: referees and players are involved in … crews to basketball games, and the number of repeated interactions allow us to convincingly test for own-race preferences … are called against players when they are officiated by an opposite-race refereeing crew than when officiated by an own-race …

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Nonprofit segregation : the exclusion and impact of white nonprofit networks

Danley, Stephen; Blessett, Brandi - In: Nonprofit and voluntary sector quarterly : journal of … 51 (2022) 3, pp. 507-526

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Racial/ethnic differences in non-work at work

Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Genadek, Katie R.; Burda, Michael C. - In: ILR review : a publication of the New York State School … 74 (2021) 2, pp. 272-292

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The widening racial wealth gap in the United States after the great recession

Weller, Christian E.; Hanks, Angela - In: Forum for social economics 47 (2018) 2, pp. 237-252

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Modelling and Forecasting UK Mortgage Arrears and Possessions

Aron, Janine; Muellbauer, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

This paper presents new models for aggregate UK data on mortgage possessions (foreclosures) and mortgage arrears …

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Chapter 48 Race and gender in the labor market

Altonji, Joseph G.; Blank, Rebecca M. - In: Handbook of labor economics : volume 3, part C, (pp. 3143-3259). 1999

research that relates policy changes to race and gender differentials, including anti-discrimination policy. The chapter …This chapter summarizes recent research in economics that investigates differentials by race and gender in the labor … market. We start with a statistical overview of the trends in labor market outcomes by race, gender and Hispanic origin …

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The Impact of Affirmative Action on the Employment of Minorities and Women over Three Decades: 1973-2003

Kurtulus, Fidan Ana - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2015

What role has affirmative action played in the growth of minority and female employment in U.S. firms? This paper analyzes this issue by comparing the employment of minorities and women at firms holding federal contracts and therefore mandated to implement affirmative action, and at...

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Replication of Hamel & Wilcox-Archuleta (2022): "Black Workers in White Places: Daytime Racial Diversity and White Public Opinion"

Gretton, Jeremy; Roemer, Tobias; Schlüter, Elmar - 2023

In this replication study, we revisit the main empirical claims of Hamel and Wilcox-Archuleta's (HW) 2022 study on the impact of daytime racial diversity on White Americans' voting behavior and racial attitudes. HW introduce a novel zip code level measure of racial diversity that accounts for...

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