Joint Center for Poverty Research
Working Papers

Gender, Race, and Ethnicity

African American Adolescent Girls in Impoverished Communities: Quality of Parenting and Adolescent Outcomes
Author: Laura D. Pittman, P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale

An Insider View: Knowledge and Opinions of Welfare from African American Girls in Poverty
Author: Ann M. Kuta, P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Rebekah Levine Coley

Crossing Class Boundaries: Race, Siblings and Socioeconomic Heterogeneity
Author: Colleen M. Heflin, Mary E. Pattillo

Empathy or Antipathy? The Consequences of Racially and Socially Diverse Peers on Attitudes and Behaviors
Author: Greg Duncan, Johanne Boisjoly, Dan Levy, Michael Kremer, Jacquelynne S. Eccles

Gender Inequality in Poverty in Affluent Nations: The Role of Single Motherhood and the State.
Author: Karen Christopher, Paula England, Sara McLanahan, Katherin Ross Phillips, Timothy M. Smeeding

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Individual Health Status and Minority Racial Concentration in U.S. States and Counties
Author: Jennifer M. Mellor, Jeffrey Milyo

Is There "White Flight" into Private Schools? Evidence From the National Educational Longitudinal Survey
Author: Robert W. Fairlie, Alexandra M. Resch

Male-Female Differences in the Low-Wage Labor Market
Author: Jane Waldfogel, Susan E. Mayer

Perceived Criminality, Criminal Background Checks and the Racial Hiring Practices of Employers
Author: Harry J. Holzer, Steven Raphael, Michael A. Stoll

Private Schools and Latino "Flight" from Black Children
Author: Robert W. Fairlie

Race and the Digital Divide
Author: Robert W. Fairlie

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Era of Devolution: A Persistant Challenge to Welfare Reform
Author: Ronald Walters

Residential and Household Poverty of American Indians on the Wind River Indian Reservation
Author: Audie Blevins, Katherine R. Jensen, Garth M. Massey, Judith Antell

Sexual Intercourse and Pregnancy among African American Adolescent Girls in High-Poverty Neighborhoods: The Role of Family and Perceived Community Environment
Author: Mignon R. Moore, P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale

The Impact of Child Support Enforcement on Nonmarital and Marital Births: Does It Differ by Racial and Age Groups?
Author: Chien-Chung Huang

Trends in Employment Outcomes of Young Black Men, 1979-2000
Author: Harry J. Holzer, Paul Offner

Welfare, Poverty, and Financial Strain In Urban African American Families with Adolescent Daughters
Author: Rebekah Levine Coley, P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale

When Gender Trumps Money: Bargaining and Time in Household Work
Author: Paula England, Nancy Folbre, George Matheson, Michael Bittman

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Why Are Black Employers More Likely to Hire African Americans than White Employers?
Author: Steven Raphael, Michael A. Stoll, Harry J. Holzer

Why Are Black-Owned Businesses Less Successful than White-Owned Businesses? The Role of Families, Inheritances, and Business Human Capital
Author: Alicia M. Robb, Robert W. Fairlie