Session 163:
Racial Differences in Education
Chair: Thomas A. DiPrete, Columbia University
Discussant: Sean F. Reardon, Stanford University
Are Black Students Punished for “Acting White”?: Race, Academic Achievement, and Friendship Choices Jennifer Flashman, University of California, Los Angeles
Parental Job Loss and Children’s College Attendance in Black and White Middle-Class Families Ariel Kalil, University of Chicago ; Patrick Wightman, University of Chicago
Race and Fields of Study: A Detail Decomposition of Income Growth, 1993 to 2003 ChangHwan Kim, University of Minnesota
Explaining the Persistence of Racial Gaps in Schooling in South Africa Cally Ardington, University of Cape Town ; Murray Leibbrandt, University of Cape Town
Other sessions on Labor Force, Education, Inequality and Policy