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Source: University of Washington
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1. Caldwell, Ronald C., Jr.
The Effects of University Affirmative Action Policies on the Human Capital Development of Minority Children: Do Expectations Matter?
Working Paper, West Coast Poverty Center, University of Washington, April 2009.
Also: http://ideas.repec.org/p/kan/wpaper/200812.html
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: School of Social Work, University of Washington
Keyword(s): Achievement; Affirmative Action; Educational Aspirations/Expectations; Human Capital; Modeling, Fixed Effects; Parental Influences; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Racial Differences; State-Level Data/Policy; Test Scores/Test theory/IRT

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Research shows that minority children enter the labor market with lower levels of acquired skill than do white children. This paper attempts to analyze one possible cause: the impact of a perceived lack of future opportunities on the human capital development of minority children. I take advantage of changes in affirmative action laws in California and Texas as a natural experiment and employ both difference-in-difference-in-difference and fixed effects methodologies to test for changes in achievement test scores among minority children. The results show a significant negative impact among black children of all ages in the affected states.
Bibliography Citation
Caldwell, Ronald C., Jr. "The Effects of University Affirmative Action Policies on the Human Capital Development of Minority Children: Do Expectations Matter?" Working Paper, West Coast Poverty Center, University of Washington, April 2009.
2. Lundberg, Shelly
Romich, Jennifer L.
Tsang, Kwok Ping
Decision-making by the Children of the NLSY
Working Paper, University of Washington, April 2007
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: School of Social Work, University of Washington
Keyword(s): Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Child Self-Administered Supplement (CSAS); Family Structure; Maternal Employment; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Parenting Skills/Styles; Parents, Behavior

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Also presented at the Work, Family and Public Policy Seminar, Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, April 2007.

We investigate the acquisition of decision-making power by young adolescents. Whereas previous economic models have treated children as either goods consumed or investment choices made by adults, we develop a model of non-cooperative interaction between parents and children. Using child reports of decision-making and psychological and cognitive measures from the NLSY79 Child Supplement, we find evidence that child preferences, child capabilities, and parental discretion all shape who makes decisions about young adolescents' lives. The determinants of sole decision-making by the child and shared decision-making with parents are quite distinct. Results indicate that sharing decisionmaking is a form of parental investment in child development rather than a simple stage in the transfer of authority.

Bibliography Citation
Lundberg, Shelly, Jennifer L. Romich and Kwok Ping Tsang. "Decision-making by the Children of the NLSY." Working Paper, University of Washington, April 2007.
3. Xiang, Gao
Afterschool Child Care Subsidies and Maternal Employment Among the Low-Income Families
Ph.D. Dissertation (unpublished): University of Washington - Seattle, August 2010.
Also: http://www.researchconnections.org/childcare/resources/17375?topic=subsidy-use
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: School of Social Work, University of Washington
Keyword(s): Census of Population; Child Care; Childhood Education, Early; Maternal Employment; National Survey of American Families (NSAF); State-Level Data/Policy

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

An examination of the relationship between variations in state child care policies and both parental choice of after school child care and their employment, based on a secondary analysis of data from the National Survey of America's Families 2002, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (2000 to 2004), and published aggregate data provided by the Child Care Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Census Bureau.
Bibliography Citation
Xiang, Gao. Afterschool Child Care Subsidies and Maternal Employment Among the Low-Income Families. Ph.D. Dissertation (unpublished): University of Washington - Seattle, August 2010..