Sims, Mario Working paper no. 1996-24 Abstract In this paper, I examine 1960 to 1980 trends in suburbanization and education segregation within the black and white populations of four U.S. metropolitan areas. This analysis provides a test of Wilson’s (1987) social isolation thesis which claims that, during the 1960s and 1970s, middle-class blacks moved out …
Hauser, Robert Working paper no. 1996-29
Huang, Min-Hsiung, and Robert Hauser Working paper no. 1996-30
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 …
DeLamater, John, David Wagstaff, and Kayt Klein Havens Working paper no. 1998-03 Abstract A culturally appropriate, theoretically-based videotape was developed in collaboration with local African American producers to promote condom use among 15- to 19-year-old black males seeking treatment at a municipal STD clinic. The videotape’s immediate, short- (30 day), and long-term (6 month) impacts …
Quillian, Lincoln Working paper no. 1998-29 Abstract This paper examines the patterns of residential mobility by whites and African Americans that contribute to continued high levels of black/white residential segregation in American cities. Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics matched with data from the decennial censuses, patterns of migration are described and …
Swallen, Karen Working paper no. 1999-04 Abstract Mortality differentials by nativity have not received as much attention as have mortality differentials by race. We examine the joint effects of race/ethnicity and nativity. Race- and nativity-specific life tables are created using US vital statistics for 1989-1991 for each gender; death rates are compared to the reference …
Grodsky, Eric, and Devah Pager Working paper no. 1999-28 Abstract In this paper we explore individual and occupational characteristics that explain earnings inequality between black and white men. Our research is motivated by the idea that the racial earnings gap is generated not only by individual differences but also by systematic variation in the occupational …
Quillian, Lincoln, and Devah Pager Working paper no. 2000-03 Abstract Our paper investigates the relationship between neighborhood racial composition and perceptions residents have of their neighborhood’s level of crime. We use survey questions asking about perceptions of neighborhood crime from the 1978 Chicago Crime Factors and Neighborhood Decline study, the 1990 Testing Theories of Criminality …
Huang, Min-Hsiung, and Robert Hauser Working paper no. 2000-07 Abstract Using aggregate data from the General Social Survey (GSS), 1974-1996, Lynn (1998) claims that the Black-White intelligence difference in the United States has not been narrowing over time. We replicate Lynn’s analysis and challenge his conclusion by identifying several methodological problems. By analyzing changes in …