Analysis of Child Mortality with Clustered Data: A Review of Alternative Models and Procedures
Cesar, Cibele Comini, Alberto Palloni, and Hantamalala Rafalimanana Working paper no. 1997-04
Cesar, Cibele Comini, Alberto Palloni, and Hantamalala Rafalimanana Working paper no. 1997-04
Winsborough, Halliman, and Deborah Carr Working paper no. 1997-06
Sheridan, Jennifer T. Working paper no. 1997-07 Abstract Though occupational sex segregation has decreased over the last twenty-five years, it is still a major social concern primarily because of the role it plays in perpetuating the gender wage gap. This paper uses data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study to assess the determinants of women’s movement …
Fussell, M. Elizabeth, and René Zenteno Working paper no. 1997-11 Abstract In this paper we examine variation between Mexican cities in women’s labor force participation, differentiating between wage and non-wage work. In the past decade women’s employment has increased in response to household income shortages due to the economic crisis, while prior increases appeared to …
Fussell, M. Elizabeth Working paper no. 1997-11
Fuguitt, Glenn, Calvin Beale, John Fulton, and Richard Gibson Working paper no. 1997-12
Hauser, Robert, and Min-Hsiung Huang Working paper no. 1997-13 Abstract Along with other recent analyses of American social structure, Herrnstein and Murray’s The Bell Curve offers several hypotheses about the increasing centrality of cognitive ability in social stratification during the 20th century. These include growing cognitive sorting in education, occupational standing, and income and—by implication—increasing …
Wilson, Franklin Working paper no. 1997-17 Abstract This paper seeks to determine whether employment in co-ethnic niches enhances labor market opportunities for urban workers, and whether the immigrant share of the workforce of an employment sector is associated with joblessness, low occupational attainment and low hourly wages. The results indicate that while substantial shares of …
Wilson, Franklin ,and Roger Hammer Working paper no. 1997-18 Abstract We estimate a structural equation model of the association of residential preferences, perceived housing market discrimination, and ethnic composition of neighborhood with other neighborhood attributes, for a sample of black and Hispanic respondents surveyed in the MultiCity Study of Urban Inequality. The results indicate a …
Martin, Steven P., and Lawrence Wu Working paper no. 1998-01