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Geography and insolation in 19th century US African-American and white statures

Carson, Scott Alan - 2008

whites, indicating a uniquely 19th century phenomenon may have inhibited black stature growth. It is geography and insolation … that present the most striking attribute for 19th century black and statures, and greater insolation is documented here to …

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Nineteenth century black and white US statures: the primary sources of vitamin D and their relationship with height

Carson, Scott Alan - 2008

solar radiation, skin pigmentation, and nativity. Greater insolation (vitamin D production) is documented here to be … related to insolation. …

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Geography, insolation, and institutional change in 19th century African-American and white stature in southern states

Carson, Scott Alan - 2008

stature growth. It is geography and direct sunlight (insolation) that present a striking attribute of 19th century black and … white statures, and greater insolation is documented here to be associated with taller black and white statures. …

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Demographic, residential, and socioeconomic effects on the distribution of 19th century African-American stature

Carson, Scott Alan - 2008

statures, 19th century blacks were consistently shorter than whites. Greater insolation (vitamin D production), is documented … here to be associated with taller black statures. Consistent with the insolation-hypothesis, mulattos were taller than … darker pigmented blacks, and most of the mulatto-black stature differential was attributable to age and insolation. Black …

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Nineteenth century stature and family size: Binding constraint or productive labor force?

Carson, Scott Alan - 2010

The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in economics. Nevertheless, a neglected area in historical stature studies is the relationship between stature and family size, and statures are documented here to be positively related with family size. The...

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Trust of second generation immigrants: Intergenerational transmission or cultural assimilation?

Moschion, Julie; Tabasso, Domenico - 2013

This paper studies the respective influence of intergenerational transmission and the environment in shaping individual trust. Focusing on second generation immigrants in Australia and the United States, we exploit the variation in the home and in the host country to separate the effect of the...

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Ethnic diversity and attitudes towards redistribution: a review of the literature

Stichnoth, Holger; van der Straeten, Karine - 2009

We review the empirical literature that studies the effect of ethnic diversity on the welfare state and on individual attitudes. The outcome variables that we cover in the survey are on the one hand public spending, and on the other hand individual attitudes and behaviour, including charity...

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Car ownership and the Labor Market of Ethnic Minorities

Gautier, Pieter A.; Zenou, Yves - 2008

We show how small initial wealth differences between low skilled black and white workers can generate large differences in their labor-market outcomes. This even occurs in the absence of a taste for discrimination against blacks or exogenous differences in the distance to jobs. Because of the...

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Immigration Policy and Less-Skilled Workers in the United States: Reflections on Future Directions for Reform

Holzer, Harry J. - 2011

This paper reviews the evidence on the effects of less-skilled immigration to the U.S., and their implications for immigration reform. It begins with a review of the costs of less-skilled immigration, in terms of competition to native-born American workers; and the benefits of such immigration...

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Affirmative action and university fit: Evidence from Proposition 209

Arcidiacono, Peter; Aucejo, Esteban; Coate, Patrick; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 3 (2014), pp. 1-29

Proposition 209 banned the use of racial preferences in admissions at public colleges in California. We analyze unique data for all applicants and enrollees within the University of California (UC) system before and after Prop 209. After Prop 209, minority graduation rates increased by 4.35...

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