the age range 20-39 weigh some 9.5 kg (21.0 lb) more than their white counterparts. It appears that black females are …

We analyze temporal trends in cultural distance between groups in the US defined by income, education, gender, race … based on his or her (i) media consumption, (ii) consumer behavior, (iii) time use, or (iv) social attitudes. Gender … political ideology and income have increased over the last four decades. Whites and non-whites have converged somewhat on …

, relative to males, approximately 28 days after a previous illness. This difference disappears for workers age 45 or older. We ….8 percent of the earnings gender differential …

Differences in house price and income growth rates between 1950 and 2000 across metropolitan areas have led to an ever … attractive locations combined with an increasing number of high-income households nationally. Scarce land leads to a bidding …-up of land prices and a sorting of high-income families relatively more into those desirable, unique, low housing …

heterogeneity. In contrast to simpler models that attribute all income fluctuations to shocks, our framework disentangles …

This paper assesses the relative importance of various explanations for the gender gap in career outcomes for highly ….S. business school, are studied to understand how career dynamics differ by gender. Although male and female MBAs have nearly … rising gender gap in earnings: differences in training prior to MBA graduation; differences in career interruptions; and …

-being while controlling for other factors that affect well-being over time and by age. We examine measures of income, consumption … proceed by using the large variation across birth cohorts in income security entitlements in Canada that arise from reforms to …, poverty, and happiness. For income, we find large increases in income corresponding to retirement benefit increases …

discontinuities as uncertainty about the future is resolved. We find clear evidence that individuals approaching retirement (age 52 …

variances and cell means for all topcoded income values in the public-use version of these data. We then provide a procedure … imputing its topcoded income values. As an example of its value we show how our new procedure improves on existing imputation …