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The Rise of Female Professionals: Are Women Responding to Skill Demand?
Juhn, Chinhui; Black, Sandra E. - In: American Economic Review 90 (2000) 2, pp. 450-455
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005563451
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Why the apple doesn't fall far : understanding intergenerational transmission of human capital
Devereux, Paul J.; Black, Sandra E.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 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/10011269293
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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
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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 - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 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/10005778503
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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. - 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
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Can You Leave High School Behind?
Black, Sandra E.; Lincove, Jane Arnold; Cullinane, Jenna; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
In recent years, many states, including California, Texas, and Oregon, have changed admissions policies to increase access to public universities for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. A key concern, however, is how these students will perform. This paper examines the relationship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951183
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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 - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 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 …'and children's education are due primarily to family characteristics and inherited ability and not education spillovers. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005720750
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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 - 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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011106168
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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 - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114862
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Beyond the Incidence of Training: Evidence from a National Employers Survey
Lynch, Lisa; Black, Sandra E. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1995
This paper seeks to provide new insight into how school and post school training investments are linked to employer workplace practices and outcomes using a unique nationally representative survey of establishments in the U.S., the Educational Quality of the Workforce National Employers Survey...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005710416