Racial inequality can be affected by changes in race-specific fertility patterns that influence
the composition of births, in addition to post-birth factors like schools and labor markets that …

Large black-white fertility differences are a key feature of US demography, and are closely
related to the broader dynamics of US racial inequality. To better understand the origins and …

In this article, I examine the large Black/White fertility gap in the US. I question the
“compositional argument” according to which differences in socioeconomic characteristics …

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 …

LIKE MUCH DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH, fertility research has taken a limited perspective
in its study of racial differences. Racial differences in reproductive behavior are produced by …

TO DATE, SOCIAL RESEARCH has accounted for some, but not all of the differential in birth
rates between various racial and ethnic groups in the United States (Goldscheider and …

This dissertation investigates the relationship between inequality and family formation. It
analyzes qualitative data from 60 interviews with college-educated African American …

ABSTRACT Chay, Guryan and Mazumder (2009) found substantial racial convergence in
AFQT and NAEP scores across cohorts born in the 1960's and early 1970's that was …

To arrive at a tenable interpretation of black history, it is important to resolve the conflict
between my measure-retrospective years of schooling completed-and Robert Margo's …

It is often asserted that the gender gap in educational attainment is larger for blacks than
whites, but historical trends comparing the black and white gender gap have received …