Curtis, Katherine Working paper no. 2011-02 Abstract Objective. This study investigates how the Return Migration altered racial inequality in poverty in the American South. Methods. I disaggregate southern poverty into its separate constituents using household data from …
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Racial Inequality in Southern Poverty, 1970-2000: Compositional and Spatial Dynamics of Black Return Migration
Curtis, Katherine, and Jack DeWaard Working paper no. 2011-03 Abstract This research examines how black return migration shaped racial inequality in local-area poverty in the U.S. South. Using census data for 1970 and 2000, we …
Estimation of Health Status Inequalities from Prevalence Data: A Risky Business
Palloni, Alberto, and Jason R. Thomas Working paper no. 2011-09 Abstract Assessing the impact that socioeconomic determinants have on the prevalence of certain chronic conditions reported by respondents in population surveys must confront two problems. …
Assessing the Spatial Concentration and Temporal Persistence of Poverty: Industrial Structure, Racial/Ethnic Composition, and the Complex Links to Poverty
Curtis, Katherine, Perla E. Reyes, and Heather O’Connell Working paper no. 2012-06 Abstract This study assesses the social-structural, spatial, and temporal dimensions of aggregate-level poverty in the US Upper Midwest between 1960 and 2000. Central …
Ready or Not? California’s Early Assessment Program and the Transition to College
Kurlaender, Michal, Eric Grodsky, Jessica S. Howell, and Jacob Jackson Working paper no. 2013-11
Intermarriage and Social Exclusion in China
Wang, Yu and Christine R. Schwartz Working paper no. 2015-01 Abstract Hukou is a key status marker in contemporary China. Urban Hukou status conveys large economic benefits such as preferential access to good schools, prestigious …
Trends in Economic Homogamy: Changes in Assortative Mating or the Division of Paid Labor in Marriage?
Gonalons-Pons, Pilar, and Christine R. Schwartz Working paper no. 2015-02 Abstract The growing economic resemblance of spouses has contributed to rising inequality by increasing the number of couples in which there are two high- or …
Generational Changes in Racial Inequality in Occupational Attainment, 1950-2010: A Synthetic Cohort Analysis
Wilson, Franklin Working paper no. 2016-01 Abstract This paper analyzes age and cohort changes in the occupational attainment of Blacks and Whites born in successive decades from 1910 to 1979. Occupational attainment is operationalized as …
Income Inequality, Social Mobility and Mortality in the U.S.
Palloni, Alberto, Sebastian Daza, Elizabeth Arias, and Ezekiel J. Emanuel Working paper no. 2016-02 Abstract We test the conjecture that intergenerational social mobility is tightly linked to adult mortality even after accounting for income levels, income …
A New Look at the Living Arrangements of Older Americans Using Multistate Life Tables
Raymo, James, Isabel Pike, and Jersey Liang Working paper no. 2017-03 Abstract Existing research on the living arrangements of older Americans is limited in that it pays little attention to geographic proximity to children (proximate residence) …