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Evaluating Race-Ethnic Differences in the”Strategic Center:” A Test of Status Attainment and Bayesian Learning Theories of Educational Expectations

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Andrew, Megan, and Robert M. Hauser Working paper no. 2009-12 Abstract Educational expectations measure a youth’s plans for further educational attainment and have been dubbed the “strategic center” of a model of educational and occupational outcomes. Research on educational expectations has been invigorated of late with increasing interest in decision-making theories in sociology and economics. …

Examining the Antecedents of U.S. Nonmarital Fatherhood

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Carlson, Marcia, Alicia VanOrman and Natasha Pilkauskas Working paper no. 2010-12 Abstract Despite the dramatic rise in nonmarital childbearing in recent decades, there has been limited attention to factors affecting nonmarital fatherhood (beyond studies of young fathers). In this paper, we use data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth and the National Longitudinal …

Age, Sex, and Race Effects in Anchoring Vignette Studies: Methodological and Empirical Contributions

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Grol-Prokopczyk, Hanna Working paper no. 2010-18 Abstract In the past decade, anchoring vignettes have become an increasingly popular tool for identifying and correcting for group differences in use of subjective ordered response categories. However, existing techniques to maximize response consistency (the use of the same standards for self-ratings as for vignette-ratings), which center on matching …

U.S. Return Migration and the Decline in Southern Black Disadvantage, 1970-2000

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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 the IPUMS for 1970 through 2000. Results. The prevalence of poverty declined most dramatically for black southern households and the racial …

Racial Inequality in Southern Poverty, 1970-2000: Compositional and Spatial Dynamics of Black Return Migration

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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 build from inequality and migration theory to investigate the consequences of migration on black-white differences in southern county poverty rates …

Assessing the Spatial Concentration and Temporal Persistence of Poverty: Industrial Structure, Racial/Ethnic Composition, and the Complex Links to Poverty

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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 focus is on the links between local-area poverty, industrial structure and racial/ethnic composition, and the spatial and temporal dimensions of …

County-Specific Net Migration by Five-Year Age Groups, Hispanic Origin, Race and Sex 2000-2010

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Winkler, Richelle, Kenneth M. Johnson, Cheng Cheng, Paul R. Voss, and Katherine Curtis Working paper no. 2013-04 Abstract This report documents the methodology used to prepare county-level, net migration estimates by five-year age cohorts and sex, and by race and Hispanic origin, for the intercensal period from 2000 to 2010. The estimates were prepared using …

Generational Changes in Racial Inequality in Occupational Attainment, 1950-2010: A Synthetic Cohort Analysis

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Wilson, FranklinWorking 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 “occupational returns to education” and “earnings returns to occupation.” The primary objective is to determine whether the relative occupational attainment of …

Racial Disparities in Student Loan Debt and the Reproduction of the Fragile Black Middle Class

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Houle, Jason, and Fenaba AddoWorking paper no. 2018-02 Abstract Policy makers and scholars express concern about rising levels of student debt in the U.S. But surprisingly little of this conversation recognizes that debt is racialized, and disproportionately impacts youth of color, especially black youth. In this study, we expand on recent research on racial disparities …