Screen LibraryMeritocracy and economic inequality
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Princeton University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton, N.J. |
| Publication Dates: | 2000. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xv, 348 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0691004676 (cl : alk. paper) 0691004684 (pb : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | C912 |
| CLC: | C912 |
| Call Number: | C912/M562 |
| Contents: |
A collection of 12 original papers contributed by scholars, with an introduction by the editors. Includes bibliographical references and index. Merit and justice / Amartya Sen -- Equality of opportunity / John E. Roemer -- IQ trends over time: intelligence, race, and meritocracy / James R. Flynn -- Genes, culture, and inequality / Marcus W. Feldman, Sarah P. Otto, and Freddy B. Christiansen -- Schooling, intelligence, and income in America / Orley Ashenfelter and Cecilia Rouse -- Does schooling raise earnings by making people smarter? / Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis -- A reanalysis of The Bell curve: intelligence, family background, and schooling / Sanders Korenman and Christopher Winship -- Occupational status, education, and social mobility in the meritocracy / Robert M. Hauser ... [et al.] -- Understanding the role of cognitive ability in accounting for the recent rise in the economic return to education / John Cawley ... [et al.] -- Inequality and race: models and policy / Shelly J. Lundberg and Richrd Startz -- Conceptual problems in the enforcement of anti-discrimination laws / Glenn Loury -- Meritocracy, redistribution, and the size of the pie / Roland Baenabou. |