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Family Background and School Achievement among Low Income Blacks

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  • Linda Datcher-Loury

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Although parents' socioeconomic status has large and important effects on their children's school achievement, it is clear that there are substantial variations in children's outcomes across families that are identical in parents' education and work history, family income, family size, and other standard measures of social and economic well-being. This paper finds evidence that much of the variation in academic performance of young children from low-income black families results from differences in behavior and attitudess among the families.

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  • Linda Datcher-Loury, 1989. "Family Background and School Achievement among Low Income Blacks," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 24(3), pages 528-544.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:24:y:1989:i:3:p:528-544
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    1. Robert Kaestner, 1995. "The Effects of Cocaine and Marijuana Use on Marriage and Marital Stability," NBER Working Papers 5038, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    10. Hall, Ronald E., 2011. "The feminization of social services: Implications for black male youth," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 33(5), pages 741-746, May.

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