. Adjusting the scores for racial/ethnic differences in education at the time the test is taken reduces their role in accounting … for the wage gaps. We also consider evidence on parental and child expectations about education and on stereotype …

This paper examines minority-white wage gaps. Neal and Johnson (1996) show that controlling for ability measured in the …. Their study has been faulted because minority children and their parents may have pessimistic expectations about receiving … outcomes, minority parents and children have more pessimistic expectations about child schooling relative to white children and …

. Adjusting the scores for racial/ethnic differences in education at the time the test is taken reduces their role in accounting … for the wage gaps. We also consider evidence on parental and child expectations about education and on stereotype …

This paper examines minority-white wage gaps. Neal and Johnson (1996) show that controlling for ability measured in the …. Their study has been faulted because minority children and their parents may have pessimistic expectations about receiving … outcomes, minority parents and children have more pessimistic expectations about child schooling relative to white children and …

This paper estimates a dynamic model of schooling attainment to investigate the sources of discrepancy by race and … ethnicity in college attendance. When the returns to college education rose, college enrollment of whites responded much more … college students that account for the differential response by race and ethnicity to the new labor market for skilled labor …

This paper estimates a dynamic model of schooling attainment to investigate the sources of discrepancy by race and … ethnicity in college attendance. When the returns to college education rose, college enrollment of whites responded much more … college students that account for the differential response by race and ethnicity to the new labor market for skilled labor …