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parents, varies across race. Using education data linked to tax records, we find that the income-achievement gap is small for … the variation in the gap across race. Our results suggest that the large income-achievement gap for Indigenous students … may be rooted in inequality in special needs status. …
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Access to higher education begins with a student's decision whether and where to apply to college. This paper examines … than just matching their academic ability to the institution, and prefer institutions with a large proportion of same race … students and campuses where same race students from their high school have been successful in the past. …
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We study racial bias and the persistence of first impressions in the context of education. Teachers who begin their …
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In this paper I demonstrate, both theoretically and empirically, that the interpretation of regression estimates of between-group differences in economic outcomes depends on the relative sizes of subpopulations under study. When the disadvantaged group is small, regression estimates are similar...
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Using a representative longitudinal survey of U.S. teenagers, we investigate how peer racial composition in high school affects individual turnout of young adults. We exploit across-cohort, within-school differences in peer racial composition. One within-school standard deviation increase in the...
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observed college success gaps by race, it does point toward pre-college interventions as being better targeted at their …
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Differences in college and post-graduate degree attainment alone explain less than half of Black-White and Hispanic-White wealth gaps in a standard wealth regression. Differences in family structure and measures of luck such as income windfalls and inheritances explain even less. Measures of...
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inequality in health outcomes and housing conditions. Our findings on incomeachievement gaps across race could partially explain …We study racial disparities in economic opportunity during childhood. Using education data linked to tax records, we … show there is variation in the income-achievement gap across race. The gap is small for East Asian children while it is …
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allocation. In this paper, we make two contributions: (1) we examine the depiction of race and gender in award-winning children …
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Rotter score, and Deming’s (2017) Social score—are shown to impact education, income, and homeownership levels achieved in … mediator variables, education, and income. The AFQT scores in early adulthood is shown to be highly predictive of homeownership …
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