Friday, April 18 / 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM   •   Nottoway

Session 89:
Race and Gender Gaps in Educational Attainment

Chair: Thomas A. DiPrete, Columbia University
Discussant: Sigal Alon, Tel Aviv University
Discussant: Vida Maralani, University of Pennsylvania

  1. Is Parental Love Colorblind? Allocation of Resources within Mixed FamiliesMarcos A. Rangel, University of Chicago

  2. To Punish or not to Punish?: Parental Responses to Inadequate AchievementKeith D. Robinson, University of Texas at Austin ; Angel L Harris, Princeton University

  3. The Effects of Affirmative Action Policies in University Admissions on Human Capital Development of Minority Children: A Test of the Expectations HypothesisRonald C Caldwell, University of Kansas

  4. Gender Gaps in Educational Attainment in Less Developed CountriesMonica J. Grant, University of Pennsylvania ; Jere Behrman, University of Pennsylvania

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