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Peer reviewedDevine, Joel A.; And Others – Social Forces, 1992
In contrast to findings of the 1970s that much poverty was episodic, data from an income panel study indicate that the incidence of chronic poverty increased after 1973 and accelerated in the early 1980s. Trends were sharper among African Americans and women than among whites and men. Contains 30 references. (Author/SV)
Descriptors: Family Income, Longitudinal Studies, Low Income, Lower Class
Peer reviewedWanner, Richard A.; Lewis, Lionel S. – Social Forces, 1982
Analysis of educational levels and earnings associated with specific occupations supported seemingly conflicting explanations of inequality: (1) the job competition theory that education has no effect on equalization of earnings; and (2) the free market theory suggesting an effect of educational level on earnings and of unequal education on…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Educational Status Comparison, Employment Level, Income
Peer reviewedSemyonov, Moshe; Tyree, Andrea – Social Forces, 1981
Studied the positions of African and Asian Jews and ethnic Arabs in Israel. Found that (1) ascriptive status functions differently for different groups in the process of socioeconomic atttainment, and (2) the extent of segregation between the dominant and the subordinate groups influences the attainment of the latter. (GC)
Descriptors: Arabs, Educational Attainment, Ethnic Discrimination, Ethnic Groups
