Session 142:
Educational Attainment: Social and Economic Issues
Chair: Thomas DiPrete, Duke University
Discussant: Herbert L. Smith, University of Pennsylvania
High School Exit Examinations and State-Level Graduation and GED Rates, 1992-2000 John R. Warren, University of Minnesota ; Krista N. Jenkins, University of Minnesota
The Effects of State-Mandated Testing on Educational Outcomes Dean R. Lillard, Cornell University
Parental Divorce and Child Educational Attainment: A Dynamic Approach Shirley H. Liu, Stony Brook University, State University of New York
Why Do Minority Men Earn Less? A Study of Wage Differentials among the Highly Educated Dan Black, Syracuse University ; Amelia Haviland, Carnegie Mellon University ; Seth G. Sanders, University of Maryland ; Lowell Taylor, Carnegie Mellon University
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