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Session 89:
Race and Gender Gaps in Educational Attainment

Friday, April 18
10:30 AM - 12:20 PM
Nottoway
4th floor
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 Families  •  Marcos A. Rangel, University of Chicago

2. To Punish or not to Punish?: Parental Responses to Inadequate Achievement  •  Keith 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 Hypothesis  •  Ronald C Caldwell, University of Kansas

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

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