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Badger, Emily |
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How Free Preschool May Help Poor Kids When They Become Parents Washington Post, August 24, 2016, Wonkblog. Also: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/24/how-free-preschool-may-help-poor-kids-when-they-become-parents/?utm_term=.f212257f3892 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): College Degree; Educational Attainment; Head Start; High School Completion/Graduates; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. [Excerpts from newspaper article] A new analysis from the Hamilton Project suggests that the lives today [of the first children of Head Start] are measurably better in some important ways than those of poor children who never enrolled in the program. Their chances of finishing high school, attending college and earning postsecondary degrees or certificates were higher. [This news story was based on research by Bauer, Lauren and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach. "The Long-Term Impact of the Head Start Program." Economic Analysis, The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution, August 19, 2016.] |
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Badger, Emily. "How Free Preschool May Help Poor Kids When They Become Parents." Washington Post, August 24, 2016, Wonkblog. |
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Boodman, Sandra G. |
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New Findings Contradict Experts' Long-Held View; Big Families: Not Necessarily Duller Washington Post, June 27, 2000, Health; Pg. Z06 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Birth Order; Children, Academic Development; Cognitive Ability; Family Formation; Family Size; Family Studies Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This article reports on the American Psychologist study (Rodgers et al.) which utilizes Children of the NLSY79 data to dispel the myth that larger family size causes children with lower IQs. |
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Boodman, Sandra G. "New Findings Contradict Experts' Long-Held View; Big Families: Not Necessarily Duller." Washington Post, June 27, 2000, Health; Pg. Z06. |
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Boodman, Sandra G. |
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Sick Leave Inadequate For Many U.S. Families Washington Post, September 10, 1996, Health; Pg. Z05 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Child Care; Child Health; Health Care; Maternal Employment; Parents, Behavior; Poverty Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This article reports on S. Jody Heymann's study of the amount of sick leave families require to take care of children or aging relatives. The study, which utilized NLSY79 data, finds that 30% of families require more than two weeks of sick leave per year. |
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Boodman, Sandra G. "Sick Leave Inadequate For Many U.S. Families." Washington Post, September 10, 1996, Health; Pg. Z05. |
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Boodman, Sandra G. |
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Study Urges Campaign On Teen Second Births Washington Post, September 13, 1994, Health; Page Z5 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Adolescent Fertility; Childbearing; Educational Attainment; Educational Status; Ethnic Groups; Family Background and Culture; Marital Status; Mothers, Adolescent; Mothers, Education; Parental Marital Status; Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes; Pregnancy, Adolescent; Socioeconomic Factors Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This article reports on Kalmuss and Namerow's study of teenage mothers. The abstract from their published study is as follows: Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth reveal that approximately one-quarter of teenage mothers have a second child within 24 months of their first birth. The prevalence of closely spaced second births is greatest (31%) among young women whose first birth occurred prior to age 17. Teenage mothers' characteristics before the first birth (such as race or ethnicity and parents' level of education) and at the time of the first birth (such as years of schooling completed and whether their first birth was wanted) influence whether they have a rapid second birth. For example, those with more educated parents are less likely than others to have had a closely spaced second birth. In addition, young mothers who obtain additional schooling in the period after their first birth are less likely to have a closely spaced second birth, while those who marry are more likely to have a rapid second birth. |
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Boodman, Sandra G. "Study Urges Campaign On Teen Second Births." Washington Post, September 13, 1994, Health; Page Z5. |
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Cha, Ariana Eunjung |
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Loathe Your Job in Your 20s or 30s? That May Hurt Your Health by Your 40s Washington Post, August 23, 2016, To Your Health section Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Health, Mental; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Job Satisfaction; Life Course Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. An analysis by Ohio State University's Jonathan Dirlam and Hui Zheng, presented this week [August 2016] at the American Sociological Association's annual meeting, shows that job satisfaction in your late 20s and 30s appears to be linked to your health in your 40s. |
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Cha, Ariana Eunjung. "Loathe Your Job in Your 20s or 30s? That May Hurt Your Health by Your 40s." Washington Post, August 23, 2016, To Your Health section. |
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Ehrenfreund, Max |
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Black Teens Who Commit a Few Crimes Go to Jail as Often as White Teens Who Commit Dozens Washington Post, January 30, 2015, Wonkblog Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. [Excerpts from newspaper article] Boys are less likely to commit crimes but they are more likely to be placed in a correctional facility than they were three decades ago, according to a new study that shows the justice system for juvenile offenders has become much more punitive. The trends are particularly pronounced among boys from racial minorities, according to the paper by Tia Stevens Andersen of the University of South Carolina and Michigan State University's Merry Morash. The study compared results from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth in 1980 and 2000, which is the latest date for which detailed data are available. Surveyors asked youth whether they had stolen, destroyed property, attacked someone or sold drugs in the last year. Of the boys between the ages of 15 and 18 surveyed in 1980, 59 percent said they had, compared to just 28 percent of similarly aged boys surveyed in 2000. |
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Ehrenfreund, Max. "Black Teens Who Commit a Few Crimes Go to Jail as Often as White Teens Who Commit Dozens." Washington Post, January 30, 2015, Wonkblog. |
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Ehrenfreund, Max |
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Poor White Kids Are less Likely to Go to Prison than Rich Black Kids Washington Post, March 23, 2016, Wonkblog Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Black Youth; Incarceration/Jail; Racial Equality/Inequality; Socioeconomic Background Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. [Excerpts from newspaper article] In recent decades, rich black kids have been more likely to go to prison than poor white kids. "Race trumps class, at least when it comes to incarceration," said Darrick Hamilton of the New School, one of the researchers who produced the study. He and his colleagues, Khaing Zaw and William Darity of Duke University, examined data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, a national study that began in 1979 and followed a group of young people into adulthood and middle age. The participants were asked about their assets and debts, and interviewers also noted their type of residence, including whether they were in a jail or prison. |
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Ehrenfreund, Max. "Poor White Kids Are less Likely to Go to Prison than Rich Black Kids." Washington Post, March 23, 2016, Wonkblog. |
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Ehrenfreund, Max |
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The Fascinating Connection between How Much Married People Make and How Likely They Are to Cheat Washington Post, June 4, 2015, Wonkblog. Also: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/06/04/the-curious-relationship-between-how-much-married-people-make-and-how-likely-they-are-to-cheat/?utm_term=.07ae8bf72fd5 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Husbands, Income; Marital Conflict; Marital Instability; Wives, Income Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Why husbands and wives cheat is one of the most difficult, painful and unanswerable questions of society. But a new study suggests, if not a reason for infidelity, an important piece of context. It turns out, according to [a] study in [the] American Sociological Review, that husbands and wives cheat more when their spouses make a lot more money. In other words, husbands and wives are less likely to cheat when they are both contributing equally to the household's earnings. [News media article is based on Munsch, Christin L. "Her Support, His Support: Money, Masculinity, and Marital Infidelity." American Sociological Review 80,3 (June 2015): 469-495] |
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Ehrenfreund, Max. "The Fascinating Connection between How Much Married People Make and How Likely They Are to Cheat." Washington Post, June 4, 2015, Wonkblog. |
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Ferdman, Roberto A. |
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One of America's Healthiest Trends Has Had a Pretty Unexpected Side Effect Washington Post, May 24, 2016, Wonkblog Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Body Mass Index (BMI); Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Obesity; Smoking (see Cigarette Use) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This newspaper blog article discusses the Baum and Chou journal article "Why Has the Prevalence of Obesity Doubled?" (published in Review of Economics of the Household, Volume 14, Issue 2, 2016). In particular, the blog author highlights the findings showing that decreases in cigarette smoking might explain some of the increases in obesity and BMI. |
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Ferdman, Roberto A. "One of America's Healthiest Trends Has Had a Pretty Unexpected Side Effect." Washington Post, May 24, 2016, Wonkblog. |
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Fineman, Susan |
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In Some Families, It Pays to Be a Teen Washtington Post, January 22, 2000, Prince William Extra; Pg. V02 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Allowance, Pocket Money; Teenagers Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This article is a reading comprehension exercise for children. The subject is NLSY data indicating that teens who receive an allowance "typically" receive $50 per week. A quote from a Columbus area teen who reports a $100 per week allowance is used to buttress the NLSY data. |
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Fineman, Susan. "In Some Families, It Pays to Be a Teen." Washtington Post, January 22, 2000, Prince William Extra; Pg. V02. |
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Fletcher, Michael A. |
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Many in U.S. Slip from Middle Class, Study Finds Washington Post, September 6, 2011, Business Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); College Education; Divorce; Drug Use; Economic Changes/Recession; Education; Racial Differences; Socioeconomic Status (SES) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. [Excerpts from newspaper article] Nearly one in three Americans who grew up middle-class has slipped down the income ladder as an adult, according to a new report by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Downward mobility is most common among middle-class people who are divorced or separated from their spouses, did not attend college, scored poorly on standardized tests, or used hard drugs, the report says. Overall, African American men have a particularly hard time clinging to middle-class status. Thirty-eight percent of black men who grew up middle-class are downwardly mobile, nearly double the rate of white men, the report says. Hispanic men are slightly more likely than white males to fall down the economic ladder, but the difference was not statistically significant. The findings in the report are drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, a group of 12,000 interviews that researchers have followed since 1979. |
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Fletcher, Michael A. "Many in U.S. Slip from Middle Class, Study Finds." Washington Post, September 6, 2011, Business. |
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Ginsberg, Steven |
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Switching Tracks In Search of the Right Career Path; For Young, Skilled Workers Who Jump From Job to Job, Earnings Potential Might Not Be Affected, But Benefits Are Washington Post, April 05, 1998, Financial; Pg. H04. Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Employment; Job Satisfaction; Job Search; Job Turnover; Occupational Aspirations; Wage Levels; Wages; Work History Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This article discusses the impact of young workers switching employers on their future wages. The article cites NLSY data which indicates that switching jobs early in one's career does not have a negative impact on future wages and that men who switched jobs earned 5-7% more than those who stayed with one employer. |
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Ginsberg, Steven. "Switching Tracks In Search of the Right Career Path; For Young, Skilled Workers Who Jump From Job to Job, Earnings Potential Might Not Be Affected, But Benefits Are." Washington Post, April 05, 1998, Financial; Pg. H04. |
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McEwen, Lauren |
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Living Together Is Basically the Same as Marriage, Study Finds Washington Post, December 10, 2015. Also: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soloish/wp/2015/12/10/living-together-is-basically-the-same-as-marriage-study-finds Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Health, Mental; Marital History/Transitions Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. For "emerging adults," or those in their 20s, cohabitation may offer the same emotional health benefits as marriage, according to a recent study published by the Journal of Family Psychology. [News article based on research by Mernitz, Sara E. and Claire M. Kamp Dush. "Emotional Health Across the Transition to First and Second Unions Among Emerging Adults." Journal of Family Psychology 30,2 (March 2016): 233-244] |
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McEwen, Lauren. "Living Together Is Basically the Same as Marriage, Study Finds." Washington Post, December 10, 2015. |
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Mooney, Chris |
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Paper Finds a Surprising Link between Warmer Temperatures and Math Test Scores Washington Post, May 12, 2015, Energy and Environment. Also: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/05/12/paper-finds-a-surprising-link-between-warm-temperatures-and-math-test-scores/?utm_term=.0021c4fba45d Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Environment, Pollution/Urban Density; Geocoded Data; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Test Scores/Test theory/IRT; Testing Conditions Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. [Excerpted from the news article] Drawing on existing literature on how warmer temperatures can affect the brain, the researchers examined children's test scores from the NLSY. The dataset allowed them to overlay test scores with the average temperature in the county where they lived on the day of testing. Math performance declined significantly, though reading scores did not. Note: This news item was based on a 2015 NBER working paper later published as the following journal article: Zivin, Joshua Graff, Solomon M. Hsiang and Matthew J. Neidell. "Temperature and Human Capital in the Short- and Long-Run." Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 5,1 (January 2018): 77-105. |
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Mooney, Chris. "Paper Finds a Surprising Link between Warmer Temperatures and Math Test Scores." Washington Post, May 12, 2015, Energy and Environment. |
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Morin, Richard |
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Is Eye Color Associated With Alcoholism Abuse? Washington Post, September 16, 2001, Outlook; Pg. B05 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Addiction; Alcohol Use Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This article reports on Jonathan Basset and James Dabb's study of the correlation between eye color and alcohol abuse. Using NLSY data, they find that light-eyed individuals have higher rates of alcohol abuse than dark-eyed individuals. |
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Morin, Richard. "Is Eye Color Associated With Alcoholism Abuse?." Washington Post, September 16, 2001, Outlook; Pg. B05. |
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Morin, Richard |
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It Helps, Even If You Fake It/Property Value Washington Post, Sunday, March 30, 2003, Final Edition, Outlook; Pg. B05. Also: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A45195-2003Mar28¬Found=true Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Education; Home Ownership; Schooling Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Newspaper article on study by Donald R. Haurin, professor of economics at Ohio State University, that found that parent home ownership positively affects their children's academic performance. The Study utilized NLSY79 Youth and Child data. |
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Morin, Richard. "It Helps, Even If You Fake It/Property Value." Washington Post, Sunday, March 30, 2003, Final Edition, Outlook; Pg. B05. |
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Morin, Richard |
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More Evidence That Lefties Have the Right Stuff Washington Post, August 9, 2006: Pg. A02. Also: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/08/AR2006080801631.html Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Earnings; Education; Gender Differences; Handedness; Labor Market Demographics Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This article reports on the work of Ruebeck, Harrington, and Moffit, who studied the correlation between right- and left-handedness and earnings. They found that left-handed men earn more than their right-handed counterparts, while right- and left-handed women earn the same amount. |
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Morin, Richard. "More Evidence That Lefties Have the Right Stuff." Washington Post, August 9, 2006: Pg. A02. |
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Morin, Richard |
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New Facts and Hot Stats from the Social Sciences Washington Post, December 18, 1994, Outlook; Pg. C5 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Economics of Minorities; I.Q.; Racial Differences; Test Scores/Test theory/IRT; Wage Gap Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This article reports on arguments made against Murray and Herrnstein's "The Bell Curve," a study which utilized NLSY79 data. Carnoy's study, based on "much of the same data as Herrnstein and Murray," maintains that Asian-American's high test scores prove that the wage gap is not solely based on race or I.Q. Thomas argues that the NLSY79 data relied on in "The Bell Curve" only tracked people into their twenties, whereas wage disparities based on race typically become more pronounced when an individual is in his or her thirties. |
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Morin, Richard. "New Facts and Hot Stats from the Social Sciences." Washington Post, December 18, 1994, Outlook; Pg. C5. |
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Morin, Richard |
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Prescription for a Longer Life Washington Post, April 18, 2004, Outlook section; B05 Cohort(s): Older Men Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Male Sample; Mortality Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Newspaper article citing article in Demography by Mark D. Hayward and Bridget K. Gorman on the relationship of childhood circumstances to lifespan. |
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Morin, Richard. "Prescription for a Longer Life." Washington Post, April 18, 2004, Outlook section; B05. |
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Morin, Richard |
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Shotgun Wedding Magic Washington Post, November 11, 2001, Outlook; Pg. B05 Cohort(s): Young Men Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Earnings; Earnings, Husbands; Husbands, Income; Marriage; Wage Determination; Wages; Wages, Men Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This article reports on Donna Ginther and Madeline Zavodny's study of the "marriage premium," the phenomenon of married men earning more than bachelors. Using NLS Young Men data, they analyze the earnings of men who were involved in "shotgun weddings" to discern whether it is the marital status which produces the increased wage or if it is simply that the qualities an employer finds desirable are also the qualities a spouse desires |
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Morin, Richard. "Shotgun Wedding Magic." Washington Post, November 11, 2001, Outlook; Pg. B05. |
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Morin, Richard |
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Spillover Effect Washington Post, April 18, 2002, Outlook; Pg. B05. Also: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A29295-2002Aug17¬Found=true Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): College Education; College Graduates; Earnings; Economic Well-Being; Economics, Demographic; Economics, Regional; Education; Educational Returns; High School Dropouts Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Article on UCLA economist Enrico Moretti's "spillover effect," the theory that an increase in the proportion of college graduates in an area affects all worker's wages. High school dropouts experienced the greatest gain. |
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Morin, Richard. "Spillover Effect." Washington Post, April 18, 2002, Outlook; Pg. B05. |
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Morin, Richard |
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Unconventional Wisdom: New Facts and Hot Stats from the Social Sciences. The Happy (Later) Life Of Orphanage Alums Washington Post, 119, (Jan 14, 1996): C5 col 2 Cohort(s): Mature Women, NLS General Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Career Patterns; Foster Care; Wages, Women; Women; Women's Studies Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Career vs. Family: The overwhelming majority of women still don't have it all. But the chances of getting a big chunk of it are improving for women who seek careers and families. Only about one out of seven women currently between the ages of 38 and 51 has managed to "have it all": A successful career and a family, reports Claudia Goldin, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Goldin analyzed U.S. Census figures as well as data collected from thousands of women who participated in the National Longitudinal Survey, a massive study that began tracking the lives of thousands of young women beginning in 1968. Among middle-aged women with successful careers, only half had children. And among women who had children, fewer than one in five had achieved professional success, Goldin said. She defined professional success for a woman in a number of ways, including "exceeding the income of the male college graduate at the top of the bottom 25 percent of male graduates in two or three consecutive years. "Her definition of family was more straightforward: Having at least one child. |
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Morin, Richard. "Unconventional Wisdom: New Facts and Hot Stats from the Social Sciences. The Happy (Later) Life Of Orphanage Alums." Washington Post, 119, (Jan 14, 1996): C5 col 2. |
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Morin, Richard |
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Unconventional Wisdom: The Marriage Money Gap Washington Post, Sunday, May 25, 2003: Page B05. Also: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A33612-2003May23¬Found=true Cohort(s): Mature Women, NLSY79, Older Men, Young Men, Young Women Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Earnings, Husbands; Earnings, Wives; Economic Well-Being; Family Income; Husbands, Income; Wives, Income Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Do husbands and wives have the same view of the family's financial situation? This research shows that when couples are asked separately about finances, very different views emerge of income and wealth. Quantifying the gap between husbands' and wives' financial statements shows half of all couples provide family income values that differ by more than 10% and net worth values that differ by more than 30%. The typical husband states the family receives more income each year and holds more gross assets than his wife states. The typical wife reports the family owes more debts than her husband. |
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Morin, Richard. "Unconventional Wisdom: The Marriage Money Gap." Washington Post, Sunday, May 25, 2003: Page B05. |
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Morin, Richard |
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Up in Smoke Washington Post, February 13, 2005: Pg. B05. Also: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18475-2005Feb12.html Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Assets; Cigarette Use (see Smoking); Smoking (see Cigarette Use); Wealth Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This article uses Jay Zagorsky's study on the effect of smoking on wealth. NLSY79 data show that non-smokers have a higher net worth than smokers do. |
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Morin, Richard. "Up in Smoke." Washington Post, February 13, 2005: Pg. B05. |
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Morin, Richard Deane, Claudia |
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Welfare Reform Reforms Teens, Study Says Washington Post, (May 28, 2002): A15. Also: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18727-2002May27.html Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Adolescent Fertility; Behavior; Birth Rate; Educational Attainment; Household Composition; Legislation; Mothers, Education; Parents, Single; School Dropouts; Teenagers; Welfare Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Welfare reform has reduced the birth rate among teenage women who are at the greatest risk of going on public assistance, cut their welfare use and lowered their school dropout rate, according to a paper published last week by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Economists Robert Kaestner and June O'Neill of Baruch College in New York also said that teenage mothers were less likely to go on the dole and "more likely to live with a spouse or to live with at least one parent than in the pre-reform era." If confirmed by additional studies, these results suggest that the 1996 act overhauling the welfare system may be doing what parents, government and social agencies have failed to do: change the behaviors of teenagers -- particularly those most at risk of falling into welfare, Kaestner and O'Neill said. They based their conclusions on a detailed analysis of data from the federally funded National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. This ongoing series of polls annually samples young people and then reinterviews them in succeeding years. Kaestner and O'Neill were particularly interested in tracking the fortunes of "high risk" girls aged 17 and 19 in the 1979 sample and a group of similarly aged teens in the 1997 survey. Both groups were followed for about three years. High-risk teens were defined as girls who, among other things, lived at age 12 in a family headed by a single female and had a mother with relatively little education. The authors found that 28 percent of the 19-year-olds in the 1979 study group had given birth, compared with 19 percent in the 1997 group. The dropout rate stood at 26 percent among 19-year-olds in the 1979 sample but at 16 percent in the most recent group. About 10 percent of these teens in the earlier study had received welfare, compared with 5 percent in the post-reform group. The study comes at a politically propitious time. The 1996 welfare act expires in the fall. The House recently passed a Republican welfare plan but the Senate has not yet voted on welfare legislation. |
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Morin, Richard and Claudia Deane. "Welfare Reform Reforms Teens, Study Says." Washington Post, (May 28, 2002): A15. |
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Paquette, Danielle |
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No, Millennials Aren’t Killing Stable Employment Washington Post, August 28, 2017, Wonkblog. Also: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/08/28/no-millennials-arent-killing-stable-employment/?utm_term=.5840bae8e5d2 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Job Tenure; Job Turnover Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. A new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggests the older generation wasn't that much more rooted than the younger one. People born between 1957 and 1964, the later end of the baby boom, held an average of 11.9 jobs from age 18 to age 50, according to the Economic News Release from BLS, released August 24, 2017. |
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Paquette, Danielle. "No, Millennials Aren’t Killing Stable Employment." Washington Post, August 28, 2017, Wonkblog. |
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The Quiet Struggle of Male Breadwinners Washington Post, August 19, 2016, Wonkblog. Also: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/19/the-quiet-struggle-of-male-breadwinners Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Earnings, Husbands; Earnings, Wives; Gender Attitudes/Roles; Marital Conflict Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. News article based on research by Munsch, Christin L. "Her Support, His Support: Money, Masculinity, and Marital Infidelity." American Sociological Review 80,3 (June 2015): 469-495. |
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Paquette, Danielle. "The Quiet Struggle of Male Breadwinners." Washington Post, August 19, 2016, Wonkblog. |
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Raspberry, William |
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Kids Whose Goals Are Too Modest Washington Post, August 15, 1998, Editorial; Page A13 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Dropouts; Learning Motivation; Pregnancy, Adolescent; School Dropouts; Schooling; Youth Problems Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This article reports on studies analyzing the poor performance of "at-risk" youth as a symptom of their failure to properly envision their role in adult society or their fulfillment of future roles that are "too modest." Sue Berryman's research, which utilizes NLSY79 data, is emphasized. |
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Raspberry, William. "Kids Whose Goals Are Too Modest." Washington Post, August 15, 1998, Editorial; Page A13. |
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Raspberry, William |
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The Best Preventive: Education Washington Post, September 22, 1986, Editorial; Page A17 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Education; Hispanics; Pregnancy, Adolescent Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This article reports on a Children's Defense Fund study of the relationship between academic education and teenage pregnancy. Using NLSY data, the study finds that "young women with poor or fair basic skills are three to four times as likely as those with average skills to have more than one child while in their teens -- a pattern that remains consistent for black, white and Hispanic teen-agers." |
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Raspberry, William. "The Best Preventive: Education." Washington Post, September 22, 1986, Editorial; Page A17. |
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Rich, Spencer |
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Teen Fathers Trouble-Prone In Other Ways, Study Finds Washington Post, January 8, 1988: Page A11 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Crime; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Fatherhood; Pregnancy, Adolescent; Teenagers Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This article reports on Arthur Elster's study of the relationship between teenage fatherhood and trouble with the law. Using NLSY79 data, Elster finds that "there are various problem behaviors that seem to cluster together, including teen fatherhood, school problems, drugs and delinquency." |
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Rich, Spencer. "Teen Fathers Trouble-Prone In Other Ways, Study Finds." Washington Post, January 8, 1988: Page A11. |
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Singletary, Michelle |
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Making No Allowance for Values Washington Post, Sunday, (Jan 9, 2000): H01 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Allowance, Pocket Money; Income Level; Parenthood; Teenagers; Transfers, Parental Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. These days, however, millions of kids are on their parents' payroll. In a survey by researchers at Ohio State University, half the children surveyed get a regular allowance, according to a survey by researchers at Ohio State University. But half of all teens aren't getting any money, and of the half that do, 25 percent get less than $7 a week. Not surprisingly, parents who earned less gave smaller allowances. As income rose, so did the allowance. The allowance survey was based on lengthy personal interviews conducted with nearly 9,000 randomly chosen teenagers participating in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. It was sponsored in part by the Labor Department and profiled in last month's issue of American Demographics magazine. "Allowance" was defined as any money disbursed to children by parents, other relatives or guardians. |
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Singletary, Michelle. "Making No Allowance for Values." Washington Post, Sunday, (Jan 9, 2000): H01. |
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Squires, Sally |
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Price for Early School Washington Post, May 13, 1997, Health; Pg. Z07 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Behavioral Problems; Children; Children, Academic Development; Children, School-Age; Education; Peers/Peer influence/Peer relations; Schooling Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This article reports on Michael Weitzman's study of the effects of enrolling children younger than 5 in kindergarten. Utilizing NLSY79 and Children of the NLSY79 data, the study finds that children who entered kindergarten younger than their peers were twice as likely to have behavior problems and more than four times as likely to have academic problems as the children who were the average age. |
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Squires, Sally. "Price for Early School." Washington Post, May 13, 1997, Health; Pg. Z07. |
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Swanson, Ana |
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Most Thieves Are Actually Really Bad at What They Do Washington Post, October 12, 2015, Wonkblog. Also: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/10/12/the-surprising-truth-about-how-many-of-us-are-actually-thieves/?utm_term=.26cd59c15767 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Crime Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. According to a new study of long-term data on theft, the typical story is one of bumbling teens, most of whom quickly grow out of their bad habits. Most thieves are active only for a short period of time and make very little money at it, economist Geoffrey Fain Williams of Transylvania University has found. In fact, theft looks not so much like a way of getting free stuff or money as a stage some people experience in adolescence -- and most grow out of. [News media article based on Williams, Geoffrey. "Property Crime: Investigating Career Patterns and Earnings." Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 119 (November 2015): 124-138] |
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Swanson, Ana. "Most Thieves Are Actually Really Bad at What They Do." Washington Post, October 12, 2015, Wonkblog. |
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Small Families Are Better for Kids, New Research Says Washington Post, January 1, 2016, Wonkblog. Also: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/01/01/small-families-are-better-for-kids-according-to-new-research/?utm_term=.6d92540e0816 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Cognitive Ability; Family Size; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Noncognitive Skills; Parental Investments; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. A paper from three economists that looks at 26 years of data on parents and children suggests that with every additional kid born, the other siblings are more likely to suffer from lower cognitive abilities and more behavioral issues, and have worse outcomes later in life. [News media article based on Juhn, Chinhui, Yona Rubinstein and Charles Andrew Zuppann. "The Quantity-Quality Trade-off and the Formation of Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills." NBER Working Paper No. 21824, National Bureau of Economic Research, December 2015] |
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Swanson, Ana. "Small Families Are Better for Kids, New Research Says." Washington Post, January 1, 2016, Wonkblog. |
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Vedantam, Shankar |
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Study Ties Wage Disparities To Outlook on Gender Roles Washington Post, Monday, September 22, 2008: Page A02. Also: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/21/AR2008092102529.html?hpid=topnews Cohort(s): NLS General, NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Gender Differences; Men's Studies; Wage Gap; Women's Roles; Women's Studies Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Men with egalitarian attitudes about the role of women in society earn significantly less on average than men who hold more traditional views about women's place in the world, according to a study being reported today. It is the first time social scientists have produced evidence that large numbers of men might be victims of gender-related income disparities. The study raises the provocative possibility that a substantial part of the widely discussed gap in income between men and women who do the same work is really a gap between men with a traditional outlook and everyone else. |
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Vedantam, Shankar. "Study Ties Wage Disparities To Outlook on Gender Roles." Washington Post, Monday, September 22, 2008: Page A02. |
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Vobeja, Barbara |
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Mothers' Employment Works for Children; Study Finds No Long-Term Damage Washington Post, March 1, 1999, A Section; Pg. A01 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Children, Academic Development; Children, Behavioral Development; Cognitive Development; Employment; Maternal Employment Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This article reports on Elizabeth Harvey's study of the relationship between maternal employment and child development. The study, which utilizes NLSY79 and Children of the NLSY79 data, found that children of working mothers did not suffer any permanent behavioral, psychological, or academic harm. |
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Vobeja, Barbara. "Mothers' Employment Works for Children; Study Finds No Long-Term Damage." Washington Post, March 1, 1999, A Section; Pg. A01. |