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FaEd

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Blau and Duncan 1967


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George Becker
James Coleman
Pierre Bourdieu


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Economic Capital
Poverty Line
Single: $10,830
Family: $22,050
At/Below Poverty
Asian 12.5%
White 12.3%
Latino 25.3%
Black 25.8%
Race In Schools
Urban: 35% White
Suburban: 65% White


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Economic Capital
Census 2010

BS

MA

MD/JD

PhD

All Workers

59k

71k

125k

100k

Men
Women
Whites
Blacks
Hispanics

73k
44k
60k
47k
48k

88k
55k
72k
58k
74k

148k
88k
128k
105k
82k

117k
71k
100k
93k
96k


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Human Capital
School Readiness At Age 5
Can Count To 20
White – 69%
Asian – 69%
Black – 69%
Hispanic – 41%

Can Write Name
White – 64%
Asian – 61%
Black – 58%
Hispanic – 49%

Knows All Letters
White – 36%
Asian – 39%
Black – 37%
Hispanic – 15%

Can Read Words
White – 75%
Asian – 79%
Black – 67%
Hispanic – 55%

Some of the
Hispanic
deficiency can be
accounted for by
English being
some students’
second language.
Nat’l Household Education Survey 2007


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Economic Capital

Deceased
Absentee
Divorced


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Social Capital

Moore 1986; Nisbett 1998

Black Kids Adopted By
White Parents
Have Higher IQs Than
Black Kids Adopted By
Black Parents

Biracial Kids With
White Fathers
Have Higher IQs Than
Biracial Kids With
Black Fathers


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Cultural Capital

A

B

C

D


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Expanded Mobility Model
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Economic
Capital

Social
Capital

Occupation
Aspirations

Educational
Attainment

Cultural
Capital

Wisconsin 1971

Human
Capital

Educational
Aspirations

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ACTUAL
Occupation

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Facts:
Minority Kids Are More Likely
. . . to be in single-race schools
. . . to attend schools where teachers
don’t live nearby
. . . to attend public schools

. . . to attend large urban schools
. . . to attend highly tracked schools
. . . to attend bureaucratic schools

. . . to attend poorly-resourced schools
. . . to be taught by uncertified teachers
And To Face Micro-Expectations In These
Environments