Demographic Analysis: New Theories, New Models and New Data
Palloni, Alberto Working paper no. 2000-01
Palloni, Alberto Working paper no. 2000-01
Palloni, Alberto Working paper no. 2000-02
Quillian, Lincoln, and Devah Pager Working paper no. 2000-03 Abstract Our paper investigates the relationship between neighborhood racial composition and perceptions residents have of their neighborhood’s level of crime. We use survey questions asking about perceptions of neighborhood crime from the 1978 Chicago Crime Factors and Neighborhood Decline study, the 1990 Testing Theories of Criminality …
MacLean, Alair, and Robert Hauser Working paper no. 2000-04
McQuestion, Michael J. Working paper no. 2000-05
Huang, Min-Hsiung, and Robert Hauser Working paper no. 2000-07 Abstract Using aggregate data from the General Social Survey (GSS), 1974-1996, Lynn (1998) claims that the Black-White intelligence difference in the United States has not been narrowing over time. We replicate Lynn’s analysis and challenge his conclusion by identifying several methodological problems. By analyzing changes in …
Hauser, Robert, Devah Pager, and Solon J. Simmons Working paper no. 2000-08 Abstract Despite the visible popularity of policies “to end social promotion,” little is known about the prevalence of grade retention in American schools or about the effects of race-ethnicity and other social and economic background characteristics on retention. We review the policy context …
Kanaiaupuni, Shawn Malia, Theresa Thompson-Colón, and Katharine M. Donato Working paper no. 2000-10 Abstract This paper presents the results of new data collection in Mexico about the relationships between child well-being and social networks. Two research questions guide the analysis: first, under what conditions do networks generate greater support; and second, what kinds of networks …
MacLean, Alair Working paper no. 2000-11 Abstract This paper has substantive and methodological goals. The substantive goals are motivated by two questions: How are occupations graded by age in the United States? How has this changed over the last fifty years? Methodologically, I compare results from two different means of measuring age segregation: the index …
Hauser, Robert, Solon J. Simmons, and Devah Pager Working paper no. 2000-12 Abstract Between 1972 and 1998, data from October Current Population Surveys show that dropout is least among whites and greatest among Hispanics, and it has declined among whites and African-Americans since the late 1970s. Annual dropout rates are successively higher in each of …