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A Model of Social Interactions and Endogenous Poverty Traps

Fryer, Roland G, Jr - 2006

This paper develops a model of social interactions and endogenous poverty traps. The key idea is captured in a framework in which the likelihood of future social interactions with members of one's group is partly determined by group-specific investments made by individuals. I prove three main...

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The Academic Achievement Gap in Grades 3 to 8

Clotfelter, Charles T. - 2006

Using data for North Carolina public school students in grades 3 to 8, we examine achievement gaps between white students and students from other racial and ethnic groups. We focus on successive cohorts of students who stay in the state's public schools for all six years, and study both...

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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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The Disappearing Gender Gap : The Impact of Divorce, Wages, and Preferences on Education Choices and Women's Work

Fernández, Raquel - 2011

. The education gender gap was eliminated and married women's LFP averaged 70% over the same ages. In order to evaluate the … family structure changes, we find that a simple change in preferences towards work can account for the remaining change in … LFP. To eliminate the education gender gap requires, on the other hand, for the psychic cost of obtaining higher education …

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