Publications by Gary Painter
November 1, 2000 • Working Papers • By David I. Levine and Gary Painter
Abstract Youth sharing a school and neighborhoods often have similar academic achievement. This correlation between neighborhood quality and youth achievement holds even when controlling for many observable features of a…
June 1, 2000 • Working Papers • By David I. Levine and Gary Painter
Abstract Teen out-of-wedlock mothers have lower education and earnings than peers who have children later. This study uses the National Educational Longitudinal Survey of 1988 (NELS) to examine the extent…
Daddies, Devotion, & Dollars: How Do They Matter for Youth?
November 1, 1999 • Working Papers • By David I. Levine and Gary Painter
Abstract Growing up in a family that lacks a biological father is correlated with a number of poor outcomes for youths. This study uses the National Educational Longitudinal Survey of…
Family Structure and Youths’ Outcomes: Which Correlations are Causal?
September 1, 1999 • Working Papers • By David I. Levine and Gary Painter
Abstract Growing up in a family that lacks a biological father is correlated with a number of poor outcomes for youths. This study uses the National Educational Longitudinal Survey of…
The NELS Curve: Replicating The Bell Curve Analyses with the National Education Longitudinal Survey
February 1, 1998 • Working Papers • By David I. Levine and Gary Painter
Abstract This study uses the National Educational Longitudinal Survey of 1988 (NELS) to replicate both the analysis in The Bell Curve and that of several of its previous replications. We…