Effects of Family and Community Background on Men's Economic Status / Mary Corcoran, Roger H. Gordon, Deborah Laren, Gary Solon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corcoran, Mary.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Gordon, Roger H.

Laren, Deborah.

Solon, Gary.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w2896.

NBER working paper series no. w2896

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1989.

Summary:

This study uses intergenerational data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to investigate the effects of family and community background on men's economic status. It is distinguished from most previous studies by its emphasis on community influences and on influences from poverty and welfare use. Also, our parental characteristics data are more comprehensive and accurate than those of many earlier studies. We find substantial disadvantages in economic status for black men, men from lower-income families, and men from more welfare-dependent families or communities. Otherwise, we do not find much evidence of community influences. This, however, might be due to the grossness of the geographic detail at which our community variables are measured.

Notes:

Print version record

March 1989.