differ between women with college and postgraduate education. Likewise, black-white fertility differentials among women with … college and post-graduate education, in particular among recent birth cohorts, have not yet been addressed in the literature … college and post-graduate education for birth cohorts 1931-1980. Our findings show a significant postponement of the first …

the racial pay gaps, but none of the gender pay gaps. Random effects models test for race and gender differences in the … wage returns to education. Men of both races receive higher wage returns relative to women, while black women receive lower … attainment would reduce racial pay gaps, whereas equalizing wage returns to education would reduce gender pay disparities …

-2000 period. Our main conclusion is that race, rather than political institutions and education policies, is the main force …-9), as well as the impact of voting registration on education outcomes at different points in time, namely in 1917 and in the …

We study the evolution of racial educational inequality across US states from 1940 to 2000. We show that throughout … initial racial gap in education and that slavery affects growth indirectly through this channel. …

previously unexploited dataset on voter registration by race covering the counties of Mississippi in 1896, shortly after the … majority represents a threat to the de facto power of white elites. Moreover, the effect of race becomes stronger after 1890 …

Meritocratic fairness justifies inequality when it stems from performance. Yet performance is influenced by one … generating performance inequality. In an incentivized online experiment, impartial spectators can redistribute the earnings that … generating performance inequality. …

, altruism and concern for inequality. We find that decision makers who are selected democratically are generally more efficiency …

Can inequality in rewards result in an erosion in broad-based support for meritocratic norms? We hypothesize that …

meritocracy became the basis for recruitment of elites. Although meritocratic selection should result in the best being chosen, we …