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The External Effects of Black-Male Incarceration on Black Females

Mechoulan, Stéphane - 2007

This paper examines how the increase in the incarceration of Black men and the sex ratio imbalance it induces shape young Black women's behaviors. Combining data from the BJS and the CPS to match incarceration rates with individual observations, I show that Black-male incarceration lowers the...

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Did the Black Death cause economic development by "inventing" fertility restriction?

Edwards, Jeremy S. S.; Ogilvie, Sheilagh C. - 2018

Voigtländer and Voth argue that the Black Death shifted England towards pastoral agriculture, increasing wages for unmarried women, thereby delaying female marriage, lowering fertility, and unleashing economic growth. We show that this argument does not hold. Its crucial assumption is...

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Incarceration of African American Men and the Impacts on Women and Children

Liu, Sitian - 2021

This paper investigates the causal effects of black male incarceration on black women’s marriage and labor market outcomes, and black children’s family structure and long-run economic outcomes. To establish causality, I construct an instrumental variable for the incarceration rate, which...

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A new cost-benefit and rate of return analysis for the Perry Preschool Program : a summary

Heckman, James J.; Moon, Seong Hyeok; Pinto, Rodrigo; … - 2010

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Early life environment and racial inequality in education and earnings in the United States

Chay, Kenneth Y.; Guryan, Jonathan; Mazumder, Bhashkar - 2014

Chay, Guryan and Mazumder (2009) found substantial racial convergence in AFQT and NAEP scores across cohorts born in the 1960's and early 1970's that was concentrated among blacks in the South. We demonstrated a close tracking between variation in the test score convergence across states and...

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Early Life Environment and Racial Inequality in Education and Earnings in the United States

Chay, Kenneth Y. - 2014

Chay, Guryan and Mazumder (2009) found substantial racial convergence in AFQT and NAEP scores across cohorts born in the 1960s and early 1970s that was concentrated among blacks in the South. We demonstrated a close tracking between variation in the test score convergence across states and...

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Migration and loving

Gevrek, Deniz - 2010

This paper explores the relationship between anti-miscegenation laws, interracial marriage and black males' geographical distribution in the U.S. during and after the Great Migration. The U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of Loving v. Virginia in 1967, which forced the last 16 Southern...

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Sunshine, Fertility and Racial Disparities

Conway, Karen Smith; Trudeau, Jennifer - 2018

This research investigates the effect of sun exposure on fertility, with a special focus on how its effects and consequences for birth outcomes may differ by race. Sun exposure is a key mechanism for obtaining Vitamin D, but this process is inhibited by skin pigmentation. Vitamin D has been...

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The role of race and birth place in welfare usage among comparable women : evidence from the US

Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth; Oyolola, Maharouf - In: The review of black political economy 39 (2012) 3, pp. 285-297

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The Role of Race and Birth Place in Welfare Usage Among Comparable Women : Evidence from the US

Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2011

to use welfare, it becomes useful to consider welfare usage among women. A-priori welfare programs are set up in such a … way that welfare usage should be based primarily on economic needs and health concerns. However, it is possible that an …, differences in welfare usage will exist for individuals with similar characteristics but different experiences. We explore this …

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