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Economic Independence or Marriage Market Mismatch? An Alternative View of the Relationship between Women’s Education and Marriage in Japan

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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 …

Money Matters: Returns to School Quality Throughout a Career

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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 …

The Role of Expectations in Adolescent Schooling Choices: Do Youths Respond to Economic Incentives?

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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 …

State-Level High School Completion Rates: Concepts, Measures, and Trends

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Warren, John Working paper no. 2005-03 Abstract Since the early 1970s the national rate at which incoming 9th graders have completed high school has fallen consistently; this is also true for 46 states. In 2000, about two thirds of students who might have completed high school actually did so; in some states this figure is …

Cognition, Personality, and Individual Response to Technological Change: The Case of Internet Adoption

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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. …

Gender, Education, and Wealth: A Prospective Study

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Ruel, Erin, and Robert Hauser Working paper no. 2007-03

Grade Retention in the Age of Standards-Based Reform

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Hauser, Robert, Carl B. Frederick, Megan Andrew Working paper no. 2007-04

Intergenerational Educational Mobility in Comparative Perspective: Persistent Inequality in Educational Attainment and its Institutional Context

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Pfeffer, Fabian Working paper no. 2007-09 Abstract The provision of equal educational opportunities is a central political goal in all modern societies. Yet research repeatedly shows that educational opportunities continue to be distributed very unevenly in all countries. Therefore, the question is not whether family background and educational outcomes are related but to what degree …

Educational Differences in Married Women’s Labor Force Transitions in Japan

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Raymo, James, and So-jung Lim Working paper no. 2007-15 Abstract In this paper, we examine educational differentials in married women’s attachment to the labor force in Japan. Using ten waves of data from a nationally representative survey, we estimate discrete-time multi-state hazard models of labor force participation to evaluate the role of incentives to remain …

Population Change and the Changing Educational Attainment of Ethnic Groups in the United States

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Wilson, Franklin, Uzi Rebhun, and Salvador Rivas Working paper no. 2008-02 Abstract This study assesses the effect of population change on decade changes in the educational attainment level of ethnic (ancestry) populations in the United States. Our data derive from decennial censuses, NLMS, World Bank and INS. We find that changes in the share of …