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Source: Rocky Mountain News
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1. Abbott, Karen
When Dad's Away the Kids and Family Will Pay
Rocky Mountain News, August 21, 1994, Spotlight, Ed. F; Pg. 65A
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Denver Publishing Company
Keyword(s): Child Development; Children, Behavioral Development; Employment; Fathers and Children; Fathers, Influence; Fathers, Involvement; Maternal Employment; Parental Influences

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This article discusses the conflict between parental employment and child development from the perspective of the father's employment. Toby Parcel and Elizabeth Menaghan's study of the effects of paternal employment is referenced. Analyzing NLSY79 data, Parcel and Menaghan discovered that children whose fathers routinely worked more than 40 hours a week were less verbal and that children whose fathers worked less than full-time tended to have more behavior problems.
Bibliography Citation
Abbott, Karen. "When Dad's Away the Kids and Family Will Pay." Rocky Mountain News, August 21, 1994, Spotlight, Ed. F; Pg. 65A.
2. Charen, Mona
Great Harm of Too Much Kindness
Rocky Mountain News, July 4, 1996, Editorial; Pg. 63A
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Denver Publishing Company
Keyword(s): Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); Children; Family Size; Fertility; Marriage; Welfare; Women

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Also: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 1, 1996, Editorial; Pg. 13B.
Also: Tampa Tribune, June 25, 1996, Nation/World, Pg. 7

This editorial argues that welfare policies decrease incentives to work and cause out of wedlock births. It cites Mark Rosenzweig's study of NLSY79 data, which demonstrates that a 10% increase in welfare benefits corresponds to a 12% increase in out of wedlock births.

Bibliography Citation
Charen, Mona. "Great Harm of Too Much Kindness." Rocky Mountain News, July 4, 1996, Editorial; Pg. 63A.
3. Gorman, Linda
Disputing Discrimination, Data Don't Back Up Accusations of Economic Bias
Rocky Mountain News, March 13, 1994, Editorial; Ed. F; Pg. 79A
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Denver Publishing Company
Keyword(s): Economics of Discrimination; Racial Differences; Test Scores/Test theory/IRT

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Gordon uses NLSY79 data to support her critique of studies that claim to "'single-out' wage differences based solely on race.'' She argues against the validity of such research by drawing an analogy to high school test scores. Her argument is as follows:

"In 1980, the highest and lowest scores for white high school graduates in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth were about the same as those for black high school graduates. On average, however, the scores of black graduates were much lower - 75% of the black high school graduates scored below the 25th percentile of the white high school graduates. This means that - again on average - black high school graduates are not as well prepared academically as white ones. But statistical studies that only use schooling to equalize individual differences do not recognize this. As a result, when black students have poorer jobs or lower wages, statistical studies may attribute the difference to discrimination when it is really due to differing levels of skill."

Bibliography Citation
Gorman, Linda. "Disputing Discrimination, Data Don't Back Up Accusations of Economic Bias." Rocky Mountain News, March 13, 1994, Editorial; Ed. F; Pg. 79A.
4. Murray, Charles A.
Herrnstein, Richard J.
Races Differ On IQ Tests, Studies Show American and British Whites Score Lower Than East Asians
Rocky Mountain News, December 21, 1994, News; Ed. F; Pg. 34A
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Denver Publishing Company
Keyword(s): I.Q.; Racial Differences

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The authors argue that racial differences in I.Q. are detectable and that these differences cannot be sufficiently explained away by socio-economic factors or test-bias critiques. NLSY79 data is cited as evidence of 1.2 standard deviations between black and white I.Q. scores, even when utilizing the "largest and most carefully selected national sample."
Bibliography Citation
Murray, Charles A. and Richard J. Herrnstein. "Races Differ On IQ Tests, Studies Show American and British Whites Score Lower Than East Asians." Rocky Mountain News, December 21, 1994, News; Ed. F; Pg. 34A.