Differences in education and earnings across racial and ethnic groups: Tastes, discrimination, and investments in child quality
BR Chiswick - The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1988 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Viewing the United States as comprising many racial and ethnic groups, it is shown
that group differences in earnings, schooling, and rates of return from schooling are striking
and that the groups with higher levels of schooling also have higher rates of return. These
data are shown to be consistent with a child quality investment model, but they are not
consistent with the hypotheses that the primary determinants of schooling level are
discrimination, minority group status, differences in time preference (discount rates), or …
that group differences in earnings, schooling, and rates of return from schooling are striking
and that the groups with higher levels of schooling also have higher rates of return. These
data are shown to be consistent with a child quality investment model, but they are not
consistent with the hypotheses that the primary determinants of schooling level are
discrimination, minority group status, differences in time preference (discount rates), or …
Differences in Education and Earnings Across Racial and Ethnic Groups: Tastes, Discrimination and Investments in Child Quality
BR Chiswick - Jews at Work: Their Economic Progress in the …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Viewing the United States as comprising many racial and ethnic groups, it is shown
that group differences in earnings, schooling, and rates of return from schooling are striking
and that the groups with higher levels of schooling also have higher rates of return. These
data are shown to be consistent with a child quality investment model, but they are not
consistent with the hypotheses that the primary determinants of schooling level are
discrimination, minority group status, differences in time preference (discount rates), or …
that group differences in earnings, schooling, and rates of return from schooling are striking
and that the groups with higher levels of schooling also have higher rates of return. These
data are shown to be consistent with a child quality investment model, but they are not
consistent with the hypotheses that the primary determinants of schooling level are
discrimination, minority group status, differences in time preference (discount rates), or …