Table 4

Reweighting Black–White Family Background Gaps and Outcome Gaps in the NLSY-79

	Baseline	Reweighted	Change after Reweighting	Change after Reweighting × 0.25
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Panel A: Family Background
Maternal years of education	−1.34^***	−0.10
	(0.13)	(0.15)
Maternal education ≤8 years	0.10^***	0.01
	(0.02)	(0.03)
Birth order	1.08^***	0.12
	(0.10)	(0.18)
Birth order ≥4	0.22^***	0.02
	(0.02)	(0.03)
Farm residence	−0.02^**	0.00
	(0.01)	(0.01)
Panel B: Later-Life Outcomes
Highest grade completed	−0.82^***	−0.09	−0.74	−0.184
	(0.12)	(0.14)
Log earnings	−0.50^***	−0.28^***	−0.22	−0.055
	(0.06)	(0.08)
AFQT score	−1.13^***	−0.87^***	−0.27	−0.067
	(0.04)	(0.06)

Notes: Each entry in Columns 1 and 2 comes from a separate bivariate regression of the listed characteristic listed onto a Black indicator. Column 1 applies only sampling weights, while Column 2 additionally applies weights constructed using the procedure recommended by DiNardo, Fortin, and Lemieux (1996) and described in Section III.B of the text. Column 3 calculates the differences between the baseline and reweighted gaps for the outcome variables, while Column 4 multiplies these differences by 0.25, which was the approximate percent change in family background due to selective fertility decline reported in Table 2. For the regressions in Columns 1 and 2 robust standard errors are reported in parentheses. Significance: ^*p < 0.1, ^**p < 0.05, ^***p < 0.01.