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POPSThe Stings of Poverty Article about an argument by Charles Karelis that traditional economics do not apply to poor people. He outlines his argument in The Persistence of Poverty: Why the Economics of the Well-Off Can't Help the Poor .
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POPSSeparate Is Never Equal
Unfortunately, the tendency of self-segregation amongst races in America persists in spite of the economic repercussions it passes on to future generations. The model incorporated the idea that parents tend to invest more heavily in giving their children the skills that employers value when they expect that investment to pay off later in higher wages. It also included the fact that children are more likely to succeed when they are surrounded by other children who are succeeding. For example, studies show that having friends with strong vocabularies helps a child to pick up more words with less effort. The latter effect makes informal, social segregation particularly damaging, the researchers found. People who have been subject to discrimination in the past are less likely to have acquired the skills needed for high-wage jobs, compared with those who were not subject to discrimination. Their children, then, are less likely to pick up those skills naturally at home.
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POPSChanging Role of Education in the Marriage Market This study shows that people are more likely to marry those with the same education level now than they did in the 1970s and 1980s. This has been especially the case with the university-educated, who are much less likely to "marry down". While it has always been clear that our society is more economically stratified by educational credentials, this study suggests that our society is also more socially stratified by education as well.
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POPSInsults: Physical Harm Maybe this is why so few people participate on the web and why that such a relatively large percent that do insult and attack other participants. It is a stress reaction that kicks up a fight-or-flight response. I try to remember most of those doing the insulting are expressing their own background of verbal abuse and fear. Try to let it slide off your back like water on a duck. That's good karma.
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POPSNaturalization in the early 20th c US Study finds that before the US systematized naturalization, state residence was a major factor in whether or not an immigrant naturalized--even more important than whether or not the immigrant spoke English well or was literate. This suggests that assimilation depends just as much on the reception towards immigrants and their own characteristics.
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POPSThe exurbs (Brookings Institution study on sprawl and growth) The WSJ reports on a recent study by the Brookings Institution on "exurbia" in the US, defined as urban fringe areas with low housing density in which at least 20% of residents commute to a major urban area. They house only 6% of Americans but grew by 31% in the 1990s. (Original study is here .)
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POPSStudy: Party control of Presidency Affects Income Inequality Democratic presidents have produced slightly more income growth for poor families than for rich families, resulting in a modest decrease in overall inequality. Republican presidents have produced a great deal more income growth for rich families than for poor families, resulting in a substantial increase in inequality.
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POPSThe Foster Care Crisis: What Caused Caseloads to Grow? "Foster care caseloads more than doubled from 1985 to 2000... We present evidence that increases in female incarcerations and reductions in cash welfare benefits played dominant roles in explaining the growth in foster care caseloads over this period. Our results highlight the need for child welfare policies designed specifically for the children of incarcerated parents and parents who are facing less generous welfare programs."
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POPSDoes Cohabitation Necessarily Lead to A Greater Risk of Divorce? Demographers have known that at least in the US, cohabiting couples who eventually get married have a higher risk of getting divorce than a married couple that did not previously cohabit. This study examined the risk of divorce in 16 countries and found that the effect of marrying after cohabiting varies across countries. In a few countries (Norway and Latvia) cohabiting reduces the chances of divorce; in Germany, Austria, Lithuania, and Slovenia the penalty of cohabiting is very, very small. The authors' study finds that as cohabiitng becomes more and more common in a country, the penalty of cohabiting becomes less and less.
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POPSCorruption in America "The level of corruption is...uncorrelated with the size of government." Libertarians like to argue that the bigger government is, the more opportunities there will be for corruption. This study apparently casts doubt on that argument.
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POPSSpatial Lag regression models Anyone here use spatial lags in their regression models? I do! Anyone here? Please? Bueller? Just thought I would float a ballon to see if there are any other statistically inclined clippers here.
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POPSUgly Criminals Study: Attractive people are less likely to commit crimes. Via http://econlog.econlib.org
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