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Elections in Black and White : Race, Perceptions, and Voting Behavior In U.S. House Elections

Jacobsmeier, Matthew L. - 2012

Election Studies data and a non-linear systems of equations approach to estimation, I show that race-based misperceptions of …While there is a strong scholarly consensus that race continues to play a central role in American politics, research … on the effects of the race of candidates on electoral behavior have been decidedly mixed. Using American National …

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Racial and Ethnic Diversity—Why Not Measure It? Diversity in Large Urban Areas in the U.S., 1980-2010

Ottensmann, John R. - 2019

An index of diversity is developed and used to measure the racial and ethnic diversity for 4 groups—white, African American, Latino, and Asian and Pacific Islander—for 59 large urban areas in the United States for the census years from 1980 to 2010. Examination of the percentages of the...

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Chapter 3 Historical Perspectives on Racial Differences in Schooling in the United States

Collins, William J.; Margo, Robert A. - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 1, (pp. 107-154). 2006

In this chapter we present an overview of the history of racial differences in schooling in the United States. We present basic data on literacy, school attendance, educational attainment, various measures of school quality, and the returns to schooling. Then, in the context of a simple model of...

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Racial Differences in Health in the United States

Boustan, Leah; Margo, Robert A. - 2015

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Tax expenditures by race and hispanic ethnicity : an application of the U.S. Treasury Department's race and hispanic ethnicity imputation

Cronin, Julie-Anne; DeFilippes, Portia; Fisher, Robin - 2023

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Persistent racial inequality in the United States

Bottorff, Eric; Logan, Trevon D.; Naidu, Suresh - 2022

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What Drives Racial Diversity on U.S. Corporate Boards?

Bogan, Vicki L.; Potemkina, Ekaterina; Yonker, Scott E. - 2021

We investigate the trends and drivers of racial diversity on U.S. corporate boards. We document that U.S. boards are persistently racially homogenous, but that this is changing. About 10% of directors on the average board during our sample are non-white, however, new director appointments of...

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Affirmative Action and Racial Diversity in U.S. Law Schools, 1980-2021

Brooks, Richard R. W.; Rozema, Kyle; Sanga, Sarath - 2023

We study racial diversity in American law schools and the impact of state-level bans on affirmative action. To do this, we assembled data on the number of students by minority status at every ABA-approved law school from 1980 to 2021. During this time, the share of minority law students tripled...

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Disparities in psychological traits and income : race, ethnicity, and gender in the U.S.

Dariel, Aurélie; Ham, John C.; Nikiforakis, Nikos; … - 2024

and significant portion of all five race-gender income gaps with White men. …

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Heterogeneity in Black-White Economic Disparities in the United States

Adames, Alexander - 2023

In this dissertation, three studies examine how taken-for-granted assumptions around how researchers measure race …-adulthood, highlighting race-based variations in life-cycle biases.In chapter 4, I examine the effect of college sector on wealth and debt …

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