Swallen, Karen, and Steven A. Haas Working paper no. 2002-01 Abstract Status attainment models indicate that one of the predictors of lifetime education, income and wealth is parental education. Education is also correlated with mortality rates. We examine how parental mortality may influence lifetime education, income and wealth of offspring, after controlling for parental education. …
Guend, Abdelhani, Karen Swallen, and David Kindig Working paper no. 2002-02
Guend, Abdelhani, and Karen Swallen Working paper no. 2002-03
Guend, Abdelhani Working paper no. 2002-04
Pager, Devah Working paper no. 2002-05 Abstract Over the past three decades, the number of prison inmates has increased by more than 500 percent, leaving the United States the country with the highest incarceration rate in the world. With over 2 million individuals currently incarcerated, and over half a million prisoners released each year, the …
Slesinger, Doris, and Steven Deller Working paper no. 2002-06 Abstract This study aims to determine the impact of migrant workers on Wisconsin’s economy, and addresses three questions: How do migrant workers spend their money? What migrant-related investments do employers of migrants make? What amount of federal funds flows into the state? To answer these questions, …
Meier, Ann Working paper no. 2002-07
Springer, Kristen W., and Robert Hauser Working paper no. 2002-09 Abstract This study assesses the measurement properties of Ryff’s scale of Psychological Well-Being (PWB)—a widely-used scale designed to measure six dimensions of PWB. Analyses of self-administered PWB data from three major surveys—Midlife in the United States (MIDUS), National Survey of Families and Households II (NSFH …
Wilson, Franklin Working paper no. 2002-10 Abstract This paper provides an empirical assessment of the extent to which co-ethnic workers are under- or over-represented in industry and occupation-based employment sectors based on the characteristics of workers themselves, attributes and resources of ethnic groups in which workers are affiliated, and characteristics of metropolitan areas. Specifically, this …
Martin, Molly, Gary D. Sandefur, and Ann Meier Working paper no. 2002-11 Abstract Medical and social research has found racial and ethnic differences in weight relative to stature. While previous research has controlled to varying degrees for family socioeconomic status, other observed and unobserved differences across families could help explain the observed racial and ethnic …