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Hatred and Profits : Getting Under the Hood of the Ku Klux Klan

Fryer, Roland G. - 2010

The Ku Klux Klan reached its heyday in the mid-1920s, claiming millions of members. In this paper, we analyze the 1920s Klan, those who joined it, and the social and political impact that it had. We utilize a wide range of newly discovered data sources including information from Klan membership...

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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Child Safety Seats and Seat Belts in Protecting Children from Injury

Doyle, Joseph J. - 2010

Young children are required to use child safety seats, and the age threshold at which children can legally graduate to … seat belts has steadily increased. This paper tests the relative effectiveness of child safety seats, lap-and-shoulder seat … injury categories for children in child safety seats versus lap-and-shoulder belts. Child safety seats provide a …

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Parental Incentives and Early Childhood Achievement : A Field Experiment in Chicago Heights

Fryer, Roland G. - 2015

rewarded for attendance at early childhood sessions, completing homework assignments with their children, and for their child …

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Testing for Racial Differences in the Mental Ability of Young Children

Fryer, Roland G.; Levitt, Steven D. - 2021

On tests of intelligence, Blacks systematically score worse than Whites, whereas Asians frequently outperform Whites. Some have argued that genetic differences across races account for the gap. Using a newly available nationally representative data set that includes a test of mental function for...

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Introducing Cogx : A New Preschool Education Program Combining Parent and Child Interventions

Fryer, Roland G.; Levitt, Steven D.; List, John A.; … - 2021

We present the results of a novel early childhood intervention in which disadvantaged 3-4-year- old children were randomized to receive a new preschool and parent education program focused on cognitive and non-cognitive skills (CogX) or to a control group that did not receive preschool...

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Evidence that Seat Belts are as Effective as Child Safety Seats in Preventing Death for Children Aged Two and Up

Levitt, Steven D. - 2021

Over the last thirty years, the use of child safety seats in motor vehicles has increased dramatically, fueled by well … regarding the efficacy of child safety seats relative to the much cheaper alternative of traditional seat belts. Using data from … the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) on all fatal crashes in the United States from 1975-2003, I find that child …

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