Black-White

Nancy Folbre's good new post on the "Super Sad True Jobs Story" reminded me that I haven't updated the Black-White women's employment gap graph since last fall.

Philip N. Cohen: Women's Black-White Employment Gap Philip N. Cohen 2011

Where does the Black-White gap in support for marriage rights come from?

Philip N. Cohen: Where Does the Gap in Support for Marriage Rights Come From? Philip N. Cohen 2011

But there are not many studies of the matter, though there are some good ones e.g., see: Jencks & Phillips, Eds., The Black-White Test Score Gap, Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 1998.

James Gee: A Test: Why Was the Black-White Gap Closing When It was Closing? James Gee 2011

Eric Turkheimer is a research psychologist at Univ of Virginia who has made a similar argument that to countenance academic discussion of a genetic explanation of the Black-White IQ gap is akin to allowing academic discussion of whether Jews are genetically disposed to be greedy money lenders.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Approaching Arguments That Have A Racist Past 2010

Where does the Black-White gap in support for marriage rights come from?

Philip N. Cohen: Where Does the Gap in Support for Marriage Rights Come From? Philip N. Cohen 2011

But there are not many studies of the matter, though there are some good ones e.g., see: Jencks & Phillips, Eds., The Black-White Test Score Gap, Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 1998.

James Gee: A Test: Why Was the Black-White Gap Closing When It was Closing? James Gee 2011

However, when you compare the asthma prevalencerates in the Military Health System to those in the general population of children, inthis report, whichI covered previously, it appears asthma rates are lower among children in the military system, and the Black-White gap is lower as well.

Philip N. Cohen: Health Insurance v. Asthma 2010

Having health insurance doesn't eliminate Black-White disparities in asthma and its effects, according to a new study, which studied only children in the extensive Military Health System, who all have access to the same government-run healthcare in an HMO-style service.

Philip N. Cohen: Health Insurance v. Asthma 2010

Eric Turkheimer is a research psychologist at Univ of Virginia who has made a similar argument that to countenance academic discussion of a genetic explanation of the Black-White IQ gap is akin to allowing academic discussion of whether Jews are genetically disposed to be greedy money lenders.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Approaching Arguments That Have A Racist Past 2010

Called “The Black-White Achievement Gap: When Progress Stopped,” the report by the Educational Testing Service examines periods of progress and stagnation since 1910 in closing the achievement gap.

Report: When/why progress in closing achievement gap stalled 2010