Palloni, Alberto, and Carolina Milesi Working paper no. 2003-02 Abstract The persistence of social class inequalities is a salient regularity in modern societies. In this paper we argue that there are mechanisms that link early health status and late socioeconomic achievement. Our discussion is based on well-established results in the social stratification literature, on recent …
Voss, Paul, David D. Long, Roger B. Hammer, and Samantha Friedman Working paper no. 2004-05 Abstract We apply methods of exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA) and spatial regression analysis to examine inter-county variation in child poverty rates in the U.S. Such spatial analyses are important because regression models that exclude explicit specification of spatial effects, …
Raymo, James, and Miho Iwasawa Working paper no. 2004-17 Abstract Results from cross-national research suggest that increasing economic independence for women contributes to lower rates of marriage only in societies characterized by relatively asymmetric gender division of domestic and market labor. We develop and evaluate an alternative theoretical scenario in which the same results could …
Olson, Craig A., and Deena Ackerman Working paper no. 2004-19 Abstract This paper exploits a newly created longitudinal dataset to evaluate the effect of high school resources on the earnings of male wage earners at mid and late career. Using school quality measures like average teacher salary and average years of experience of the teaching …
Wolfe, Barbara, Karen Pence, and Robert Haveman Working paper no. 2004-20 Abstract We hypothesize that the choices and behaviors of youths that may result in a teen nonmarital birth event are influenced by expectations of the consequences of each choice open to them. Two categories of such choice-conditioned long-term effects are explored: 1) a teen’s …
Wilson, Kathryn, Barbara Wolfe, and Robert Haveman Working paper no. 2004-21 Abstract We address the role of youths’ own choice-conditioned expectations in understanding their schooling choices by constructing a choice (or “switching”) model. We emphasize the effect of individual student perceptions regarding the “returns” associated with graduating from high school versus dropping out, while controlling …
Wolfe, Barbara, Thomas Kaplan, Robert Haveman, and Yoon Young Cho Working paper no. 2004-22 Abstract The Wisconsin BadgerCare program, which became operational in July 1997, expanded public health insurance eligibility to families with incomes below 185 percent of the U.S poverty line (200 percent for those already enrolled). This eligibility expansion was part of a …
Rainwater, Elizabeth Working paper no. 2005-05 Abstract There is a persistent relationship between early socioeconomic status and morbidity and mortality that is well documented in the literature. In this thesis, I explore two of the theories proposed in the literature to account for this relationship—Iaccess to resources and effects of general intelligence. I ask three …
Freese, Jeremy, and Salvador Rivas Working paper no. 2006-07 Abstract Existing sociological and other literature on digital inequalities in the United States has given little specific attention to the potential roles of cognitive ability and personality, especially in terms of how effects of these variables may vary in predictable ways depending on individuals’ social position. …
Ruel, Erin, and Robert Hauser Working paper no. 2007-03