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An Empirical Analysis of 'Acting White'
Fryer, Roland G, Jr - 2005
There is a debate among social scientists regarding the existence of a peer externality commonly referred to as 'acting white.' Using a newly available data set (the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health), which allows one to construct an objective measure of a student's popularity,...
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Mechanisms and Impacts of Gender Peer Effects at School
Lavy, Victor - 2007
examine whether gender peer effects work through changes in classroom learning and social environment, teaching methods and …The consequences of gender social and learning interactions in the classroom are of interest to parents, policy makers …, and researchers. However, little is known about gender peer effects in schools and their operational channels. In this …
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Gender Differences in Completed Schooling
Charles, Kerwin Kofi - 2002
mask two interesting patterns: (a) gender difference at the cohort level had vanished by the early 1950 birth cohort and …
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