Papers by Sanders Korenman
Journal of Human Resources, 1994
Finance and Economics Discussion Series, 1988
This paper presents new descriptive evidence regarding marital pay premiums earned hy white males... more This paper presents new descriptive evidence regarding marital pay premiums earned hy white males. Longitudinal data indicate that wages rise after marriage, and that cross-sectional marriage premiums appear to result from a steepening of the earnings profile. Data from a company personnel file that includes information on job grades and supervisor performance ratings reveal large marital status pay differences within a narrow range of occupations (managers and professionals) and environments (a single firm). Married workers tend to be located in higher paying job grades; there are very small pay differentials within grades. Married men receive higher performance ratings than single men: as a result, they are much more likely to he promoted. Controlling for rated performance, however, eliminates the promotion differential.
International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders Journal of the International Association For the Study of Obesity, Feb 1, 1999
Nber Working Papers, Nov 1, 1993
We investigate income, marital status, and hourly pay differentials by body mass (kg/rn2) in a sa... more We investigate income, marital status, and hourly pay differentials by body mass (kg/rn2) in a sample of 23 to 31 year olds drawn from the 1988 NLSY. Obese women have lower family incomes than women whose weight-for-height is in the "recommended" range. Results for men are weaker and mixed. We find similar results when we compare same-sex siblings in order to control for family background (e.g., social class) differences. Differences in economic status by body mass for women increase markedly when we use an earlier weight measure or restrict the sample to persons who were single and childless when the early weight was reported. There is some evidence of labor market discrimination against obese women. However, differences in marriage probabilities and in spouse's earnings account for 50 to 95 percent of their lower economic status. There is no evidence that obese African American women suffer an economic penalty relative to other African American women.
Meritocracy and Society, 2000
Seven A Reanalysis of The Bell Curve: Intelligence, Family Background, and Schooling* SANDERS KOR... more Seven A Reanalysis of The Bell Curve: Intelligence, Family Background, and Schooling* SANDERS KORENMAN AND CHRISTOPHER WINSHIP SINCE ITS PUBLICATION at the beginning of October 1994, The Bell Curve by the late Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray has been ...
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American Journal of Epidemiology
The health disadvantages of infants with teenage mothers are well documented. Because poor and mi... more The health disadvantages of infants with teenage mothers are well documented. Because poor and minority women are disproportionately represented among teen mothers, differences in infant health by maternal age may reflect family background (pre-childbearing) characteristics rather than the effects of maternal age. To control for differences in family background, the authors compared birth outcomes and maternal behaviors that could affect fetal or infant health among sisters in the US National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1979-1988). They compared sisters who had first births at different ages in order to study the relation between maternal age and low birth weight, prenatal care, smoking and alcohol use during pregnancy, breast feeding, and well-child visits. The authors found evidence that maternal family background accounts for many of the health-related disadvantages of the firstborn infants of teenage mothers. The findings suggest that disadvantaged black primiparous women in their twenties may be an important and possibly underemphasized target population for interventions designed to reduce excess black low birth weight and infant mortality rates.
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International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 1999
To investigate social and economic effects of obesity for black and white females, and to explore... more To investigate social and economic effects of obesity for black and white females, and to explore possible explanations for race differences in obesity effects. 1354 non-Hispanic black and 3097 non-Hispanic, non-black, women aged 25-33y in 1990 from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979-1990. Body mass index (BMI) evaluated at age 17-24y (1982) and 25-33y (1990). Logistic and linear regression of six labour market and marriage outcomes on early or attained BMI. Detailed controls for family socioeconomic background. Socioeconomic effects of obesity appear larger for whites than blacks. Obesity is associated with low self-esteem among whites, but not blacks. Differences in self-esteem do not account for race differences in the effects of obesity on socioeconomic status. Lower probability of marriage and lower earnings of husbands among those who marry account for the majority of the income differences between obese white women and those of recommended weight. Occupational dif...
Intelligence, Genes, and Success, 1997
... and Murray's model differs from the standard model in that education has multiple levels... more ... and Murray's model differs from the standard model in that education has multiple levels, there is ... our reservations, we tentatively conclude that if students leave school early in adolescence ... in school." (p. 88) " However, education does increase one's general intelligence, and the ...
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The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1992
Teen childbearing is commonly believed to cause long-term socioeconomic disadvantages for mothers... more Teen childbearing is commonly believed to cause long-term socioeconomic disadvantages for mothers and their children. However, earlier cross-sectional studies may have inadequately accounted for marked differences in family background among women who have first births at different ages. We present new estimates that take into account unmeasured family background heterogeneity by comparing sisters who timed their first births at different ages. In two of the three data sets we examine, sister comparisons suggest that biases from family background heterogeneity are important, and, therefore, that earlier studies may have overstated the consequences of teen childbearing. *We are indebted to John Bound for many helpful discussions and invaluable comments. We would also like to thank Irene Butter,
The Journal of Human Resources, 1996
The Journal of Human Resources, 1991
This paper presents new descriptive evidence regarding marital pay premiums earned hy white males... more This paper presents new descriptive evidence regarding marital pay premiums earned hy white males. Longitudinal data indicate that wages rise after marriage, and that cross-sectional marriage premiums appear to result from a steepening of the earnings profile. Data from a company personnel file that includes information on job grades and supervisor performance ratings reveal large marital status pay differences within a narrow range of occupations (managers and professionals) and environments (a single firm). Married workers tend to be located in higher paying job grades; there are very small pay differentials within grades. Married men receive higher performance ratings than single men: as a result, they are much more likely to he promoted. Controlling for rated performance, however, eliminates the promotion differential.
The Journal of Human Resources, 1994
The Journal of Human Resources, 1992
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