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This paper studies to what extent the transfer of US managerial technologies to Europe after World War II contributed … promoted management training trips for European managers at US firms. Through the analysis of reports compiled by UK, France …
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This paper asks whether elite colleges help students outside of historically advantaged groups reach top positions in … discontinuity design based on admissions rules at elite business-focused degree programs in Chile. The 1.8% of college students …
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This paper begins the task of explaining why the American business elite has remained white, male and mostly native … that this demographic group makes the best business managers. I suggest that this in turn is not because they are …
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This paper replicates a classic study of the American business elite. The older study done a half-century ago, reported … the composition of the" American business elite has changed. As in the earlier study, the business elite is compared to a …" sample of political leaders. I find that democratization of the business elite has progressed only" slightly in the past …
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individual has been a member of an elite team than when he has been a member of lower level teams. The conclusion is borne out by … who joined elite teams after an exogenous shift in the number of foreign players participating on top club teams …, performance of players on national teams in the year just before and the year just after they join an elite club team, and …
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This paper examines how child maltreatment is affected by the economic circumstances of parents. 'Child maltreatment' encompasses a wide range of behaviors that adversely affect children. It includes neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and other forms of abuse or neglect. Using state-level...
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This handbook chapter focuses on important interactions between the family and culture. We discuss the wide range of global variation in family institutions, variation which is in part sustained by cultural differences, and important recent changes in family structures. The chapter discusses why...
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The share of children living in a two-parent family has declined sharply in the past 40 years, driven by a decline in marriage among parents without a four-year college degree. This paper presents a number of facts about these trends, drawing on US Census data, the Current Population Survey, the...
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In this paper, another aspect of optimizing behavior is considered. Specifically, it asks whether variations in levels of attained schooling across groups can be explained by a model that assumes that capital markets are perfect and that individuals maximize wealth. The logic of the analysis...
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This paper investigates the health of white adolescents, focusing particularly on the roles of family background and preventive medical care. This emphasis is motivated in part by our desire to study adolescent health in the context of the nature-nurture controversy. The findings indicate first,...
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