Cycles of Boom and Bust in Latin America: A Quarter Century Profile of Social and Economic Inequality
Tienda, Marta, Rachel Schurman, and Karen BoothWorking paper no. 1987-27
Tienda, Marta, Rachel Schurman, and Karen BoothWorking paper no. 1987-27
Gamoran, Adam and Robert MareWorking paper no. 1987-39
Mare, RobertWorking paper no. 1995-10
Marmot, Michael, Carol Ryff, Larry Bumpass, Martin Shipley, and Nadine F. MarksWorking paper no. 1995-12
Warren, John, Jennifer T. Sheridan, and Robert Hauser Working paper no. 1996-10 Abstract We ask whether and how indexes or scales of occupational socioeconomic standing affect inferences about gender differences in occupational success and occupational attainment processes. To address these questions, we report parallel analyses of the role of gender in the process of occupational …
Mare, Robert Working paper no. 1997-03 Abstract Recent commentary has suggested that the relatively high fertility of poorly educated women tends to dampen the average intellectual qualifications of the population. To evaluate this claim requires a model of population growth that takes account of fertility differences among women with varying levels of educational attainment and …
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 …
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 ,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 …
Hauser, Robert Working paper no. 1998-07 Abstract Students of social stratification often ignore cognitive ability. By ignoring it, they are open to the accusation that they have failed to consider the full range of factors affecting social and economic success, and they leave the field open to advocates who claim, unrealistically, that cognitive ability is …