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Fast Times at Ridgemont High? : The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Births

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2004

their children. We know that low-educated women are more likely to have a teenage birth, but does this imply that policies …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262157

Why the apple doesn't fall far : understanding intergenerational transmission of human capital

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2003

Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. However, is this because parental … relationship between parents? education and children?s education, despite significant OLS relationships. We find 2SLS estimates … children?s education are due primarily to family characteristics and inherited ability and not education spillovers. …

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Why the Apple Doesn’t Fall Far: Understanding Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. However, is this because parental … relationship between parents’ education and children’s education, despite significant OLS relationships. We find 2SLS estimates … children’s education are due primarily to family characteristics and inherited ability and not education spillovers. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822163

Fast Times at Ridgemont High? The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Births

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

their children. We know that low-educated women are more likely to have a teenage birth, but does this imply that policies …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566799

Efficacy vs. Equity: What Happens When States Tinker with College Admissions in a Race-Blind Era?

Black, Sandra E.; Cortes, Kalena E.; Lincove, Jane Arnold - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

College admissions officers face a rapidly changing policy environment where court decisions have limited the use of affirmative action. At the same time, there is mounting evidence that commonly used signals of college readiness, such as the SAT/ACTs, are subject to race and socioeconomic bias....

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Apply Yourself: Racial and Ethnic Differences in College Application

Black, Sandra E.; Cortes, Kalena E.; Lincove, Jane Arnold - 2015

Access to higher education begins with a student's decision whether and where to apply to college. This paper examines racial and ethnic differences in college application behavior of high school graduates, using two recent graduation cohorts from Texas. We estimate racial and ethnic differences...

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Patterns, Determinants, and Consequences of Ability Tracking: Evidence from Texas Public Schools

Antonovics, Kate; Black, Sandra E.; Cullen, Julie Berry; … - 2022

Schools often track students to classes based on ability. Proponents of tracking argue it is a low-cost tool to improve learning since instruction is more effective when students are more homogeneous, while opponents argue it exacerbates initial differences in opportunities without strong...

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Taking It to the Limit: Effects of Increased Student Loan Availability on Attainment, Earnings, and Financial Well-Being

Black, Sandra E.; Denning, Jeffrey T.; Dettling, Lisa J.; … - 2023

Growing reliance on student loans and repayment difficulties have raised concerns of a student debt crisis in the United States, but little is known about the effects of student borrowing on human capital and long-run financial well-being. We use variation induced by recent expansions in federal...

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Efficacy vs. Equity: What Happens When States Tinker with College Admissions in a Race-Blind Era?

Black, Sandra E.; Cortes, Kalena E.; Lincove, Jane Arnold - 2014

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481633

Under pressure? The effect of peers on outcomes of young adults

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2010

A variety of public campaigns, including the Just Say No campaign of the 1980s and 1990s that encouraged teenagers to Just Say No to Drugs, are based on the premise that teenagers are very susceptible to peer influences. Despite this, very little is known about the effect of school peers on the...

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