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Trends in income inequality, pro-poor income growth and income mobility

Jenkins, Stephen; Van Kerm, Philippe - 2003

We provide an analytical framework within which changes in income inequality over time are related to the pattern of … income inequality grew substantially), and also for income growth to have been pro-poor. Income growth was also pro-poor in … Western Germany, more so than in the USA, and inequality did not rise as much. …

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Does Immigration Induce "Native Flight" from Public Schools into Private Schools?

Fairlie, Robert - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2014

The paper tests whether native-born American families respond to inflows of immigrants by sending their children to private school.Â The analysis uses 1980 and 1990 Census data from 132 metropolitan areas.Â For primary school students, no significant relation between immigration and...

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Is There "White Flight" into Private Schools? Evidence from the National Educational Longitudinal Survey

Fairlie, Robert - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2014

Using a recently released confidential dataset from the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES), we find some evidence of "white flight" from public schools into private schools partly in response to minority schoolchildren.Â We also examine whether "white flight" is from all...

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Explaining Ethnic, Racial, and Immigrant Differences in Private School Attendance

Fairlie, Robert - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2014

Using 1990 Census microdata, we explore ethnic, racial and immigrant differences in private school attendance.Â We find high rates of private school attendance among white natives, white immigrants, and Asian natives.Â In contrast, we find low private school rates among black and Hispanic...

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