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School resources and student outcomes: an overview of the literature and new evidence from North and South Carolina

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Evidence collected from the literature on school resources, earnings and educational attainment hardly justifies a strong relationship between school resources and student outcomes. However, an analysis of the differences in resources for blacks and whites attending schools in the segregated states of North and South Carolina shows that school resources have an impact on school quality and economic outcomes. By the mid-20th century, school resources for blacks and whites had converged to identical levels in the Carolinas and likewise, education and wage gaps had narrowed down for both.

Social aspects, Evaluation, Investments, Education, Academic achievement, Resource programs (Education), Segregation in education

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Time-series minimum-wage studies: a meta-analysis

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Aggregate time-series studies have supported economic theories that defined an inverse relationship between minimum wage increase and employment levels. Cross-sectional studies have been developed with results that contradict those of time-series analysis. Meta-analysis is used to evaluate the validity of time-series studies. The establishment of negative correlation between t ratios and underlying sample sizes and standard error behavior in relation to minimum wage employment effects indicated bias and overrepresentation in time-series studies.

Research, Minimum wage, Time-series analysis, Time series analysis

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Trends in relative black-white earnings revisited

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Current Population Survey information and Social Security Earnings Records show that the difference in earnings between whites and African Americans decreased by 1/5 between 1960 and 1980. The closing gap can be attributed to civil rights legislation that was passed during the 1960's, along with better educational opportunities for African Americans. Analysis compares the ratio of median earnings of African Americans to the 25th percentile of white workers.

Compensation and benefits, African Americans

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