| Description |
xv, 348 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
A collection of 12 original papers contributed by scholars, with an introduction by the editors. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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 -- 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 Benabou. |
| Subject |
Income distribution.
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Equality.
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Elite (Social sciences)
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Social mobility.
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| Added Author |
Arrow, Kenneth Joseph, 1921-2017.
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Bowles, Samuel.
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Durlauf, Steven N.
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| ISBN |
0691004684 (pb : alk. paper) |
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0691004676 (cl : alk. paper) |
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