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Source: Harvard Institute of Economic Research
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1. Freeman, Richard B.
Parental Family Stability and Socioeconomic Success: Effects of the Broken Home
Discussion Paper [Mimeo], Harvard Institute of Economic Research, Havard University, Cambridge MA, 1972
Cohort(s): Young Men
Publisher: Harvard Institute of Economic Research
Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Family Resources; Marital Instability; Mobility; Socioeconomic Status (SES); Work Knowledge

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This study analyzes the impact of family structure on educational, occupational, and income achievement in the U.S. during the 1960s. The results indicate that coming from a broken family has a modest negative effect on the socio-economic achievement, more so for whites than blacks. This is largely because of the lesser educational attainment achieved by youth from broken households. Secondly, intergenerational mobility patterns are less significant for blacks than for whites reflecting the same phenomenon Third, a majority of the reduction in educational attainment associated with broken homes results from the lower family income in those families. Finally, prevalence of broken homes in the black community is not a major factor behind black-white economic differences.
Bibliography Citation
Freeman, Richard B. "Parental Family Stability and Socioeconomic Success: Effects of the Broken Home." Discussion Paper [Mimeo], Harvard Institute of Economic Research, Havard University, Cambridge MA, 1972.
2. Freeman, Richard B.
Social Mobility in the New Market for Black Workers
Discussion Paper (Mimeo), Harvard Institute of Economic Research, Havard University, Cambridge MA, 1974
Cohort(s): Older Men, Young Men
Publisher: Harvard Institute of Economic Research
Keyword(s): Discrimination, Racial/Ethnic; Earnings; Educational Returns; Mobility; Private Schools; Socioeconomic Status (SES); Vocational Training

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This paper examines the effect of the improved labor market for black Americans on longstanding patterns of intergenerational social mobility. It finds that the impact of parental status on blacks has increased substantially in recent years and that black/white background differences have become the critical factor in economic disparities among young workers. The results contrast sharply with traditional findings on the "failure" of black families to transmit socio-economic status to their children and on the relative importance of background and discrimination as determinants of economic differences between black and white men.
Bibliography Citation
Freeman, Richard B. "Social Mobility in the New Market for Black Workers." Discussion Paper (Mimeo), Harvard Institute of Economic Research, Havard University, Cambridge MA, 1974.
3. Freeman, Richard B.
Medoff, James L.
The Impact of Collective Bargaining: Can the New Facts be Explained by Monopoly Unionism?
Discussion Paper No. 886, Harvard Institute of Economic Research, Havard University, Cambridge MA, 1982
Cohort(s): Older Men, Young Men
Publisher: Harvard Institute of Economic Research
Keyword(s): Behavior; Collective Bargaining; Current Population Survey (CPS) / CPS-Fertility Supplement; Industrial Sector; Layoffs; Mobility, Job; Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID); Private Sector; Quits; Unions

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In this paper we focus our attention on the question of whether union-nonunion differences in nonwage outcomes can, in fact, be explained in terms of standard price-theoretic responses to real wage effects, as opposed to the real effect of unionism on economic behavior. We reach three basic conclusions. First, unions and collective bargaining have real economic effects on diverse nonwage variables which cannot be explained either in terms of price-theoretic responses to union wage effects or be attributed to the poor quality of our econometric "experiments." Second, we find that while sensitivity analyses of single-equation results and longitudinal experiments provide valuable checks on cross-sectional findings, multiple-equations approaches produced results which are too sensitive to small changes in models or samples to help resolve the questions of concern. Finally, on the basis of these findings we conclude that the search for an understanding of what unions do requires more than the standard price theoretic "monopoly" model of unionism. New (and/or old) perspectives based on institutional or industrial relations realities, contractarian or property rights theories, or other potential sources of creative views are also needed.
Bibliography Citation
Freeman, Richard B. and James L. Medoff. "The Impact of Collective Bargaining: Can the New Facts be Explained by Monopoly Unionism?" Discussion Paper No. 886, Harvard Institute of Economic Research, Havard University, Cambridge MA, 1982.