In this paper, I investigate whether higher levels of parental engagement may play a role in district variation in achievement. Research has shown that the …
Using data from China Household Income Project (CHIP), this paper introduces a new decomposition approach to examine how changes in the earnings resemblance of spouses …
Over 20 million lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) adults and 1.2 million same-sex couples live in the United States. Despite increases in visibility and …
The US education system is littered with achievement and opportunity gaps. For decades research has studied the inequalities between schools, focusing substantially on resource gaps …
In the contemporary United States, population aging, extended childhood and adolescence, and persistent socioeconomic inequality have increasingly motivated sociologists to examine the form and effects …
From the middle of the 19th century to the early 20th century, Japanese people crossed the Pacific Ocean and settled in the continental United States …
Racial/ethnic minority students continue to experience school punishment at higher rates. As students are removed from school settings as a result of disciplinary actions, little …
This dissertation illuminates the causes of the contemporary racial wealth gap, and its consequences for health. A vast wealth chasm of more than $160,000 exists …