TY  - JOUR
AU  - Corcoran,Mary
AU  - Gordon,Roger H.
AU  - Laren,Deborah
AU  - Solon,Gary
TI  - Effects of Family and Community Background on Men's Economic Status
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 2896
PY  - 1989
Y2  - March 1989
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w2896
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w2896.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Mary Corcoran

Roger H. Gordon
Department of Economics 0508
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, Dept. 0508
La Jolla, CA 92093
Tel: 858/534-4828
Fax: 858/534-7040
E-Mail: rogordon@ucsd.edu

Gary Solon
Department of Economics
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1038
Tel: 517/353-9933
Fax: 517/432-1068
E-Mail: solon@msu.edu
AB  - This study uses intergenerational data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to investigate the effects of family and community background on men's economic status. It is distinguished from most previous studies by its emphasis on community influences and on influences from poverty and welfare use. Also, our parental characteristics data are more comprehensive and accurate than those of many earlier studies. We find substantial disadvantages in economic status for black men, men from lower-income families, and men from more welfare-dependent families or communities. Otherwise, we do not find much evidence of community influences. This, however, might be due to the grossness of the geographic detail at which our community variables are measured.
ER  -