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Sample Selectivity and the Validity of International Student Achievement Tests in Economic Research
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2010
Critics of international student comparisons argue that results may be influenced by differences in the extent to which countries adequately sample their entire student populations. In this research note, we show that larger exclusion and non-response rates are related to better country average...
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Gender and Race Heterogeneity : The Impact of Increases in Students with Limited English on Native Students' Performance
Diette, Timothy M. - 2014
achievement level lead us to explore in this paper whether the increased immigration has differential effects by gender and race …
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The Role of Race and Birth Place in Welfare Usage Among Comparable Women : Evidence from the US
Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2011
possibility among women and investigate if race/ethnicity and birthplace still have a role to play in the decision to use welfare … even after controlling for income, health and other demographic factors like employment. We find that race does not matter …
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Women's Age at First Marriage and Marital Instability in the United States : Differences by Race and Ethnicity
Lehrer, Evelyn L. - 2017
differences by race/ethnicity have not been examined. We use data from the 2006-2010 National Survey of Family Growth to examine … differences by race/ethnicity in the shape of the curve relating women's age at entry into first marriage to marital instability … other – can lead to misleading conclusions. Our findings underscore the desirability of conducting separate analyses by race …
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'Can't Get Enough' : Prejudice, Contact Jobs and the Racial Wage Gap in the US
Laouénan, Morgane - 2014
The wage gap between African-Americans and white Americans is substantial in the US and has slightly narrowed over the past 30 years. Today, blacks have almost achieved the same educational level as whites. There is reason to believe that discrimination driven by prejudice plays a part in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057458
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Happiness Inequality in the United States
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2021
This paper examines how the level and dispersion of self-reported happiness has evolved over the period 1972-2006. While there has been no increase in aggregate happiness, inequality in happiness has fallen substantially since the 1970s. There have been large changes in the level of happiness...
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The Impact of Education on Unemployment Incidence and Re-Employment Success : Evidence from the U.S. Labour Market
Riddell, W. Craig - 2011
This study investigates the causal effects of education on individuals' transitions between employment and unemployment, with particular focus on the extent to which education improves re-employment outcomes among unemployed workers. Given that positive correlations between education and labour...
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Trends in Quality-Adjusted Skill Premia in the United States, 1960-2000
Carneiro, Pedro Manuel - 2010
This paper presents new evidence that increases in college enrollment lead to a decline in the average quality of college graduates between 1960 and 2000, resulting in a decrease of 6 percentage points in the college premium. We show that although a standard demand and supply framework can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136303
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Immigration and Status Exchange in Australia and the United States
Choi, Kate - 2011
, notably race and ethnic membership, has regained traction in the social stratification literature. Most studies that consider …
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Ageing and Literacy Skills : Evidence from Canada, Norway and the United States
Green, David A. - 2012
We study the relationship between age and literacy skills in Canada, Norway and the U.S. – countries that represent a wide range of literacy outcomes – using data from the 1994 and 2003 International Adult Literacy Surveys. In cross-sectional data there is a weak negative partial...
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