Details about Linda Datcher Loury

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Working Papers

2010

1. College Schooling for Grandchildren and Contact with Grandparents
   Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University

2008

2. All In The Extended Family: Grandparents and College Attendance
   Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University

2007

3. Am I Still Too Black For You?: Schooling and Secular Change in Skin Tone Effects
   Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University
   See also Journal Article Am I still too Black for you?: Schooling and secular change in skin tone effects, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2009) View citations (3) (2009)

2006

4. All in the Extended Family: Grandparents, Aunts, and Uncles and Educational Attainment
   Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (12)
5. Informal Contacts and Job Search Among Young Workers
   Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (5)
6. Job Search Among Informal Contacts
   Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (9)
7. Schooling, Skin Tone, and Attractiveness: Beauty Makes Skin Seem Deep
   Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (1)
8. Teen Childbearing and Conservative Religious Communities
   Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University

2004

9. Job Tenure and Personal Contacts: Good Matches or Limited Choices?
   Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (2)
10. Religiosity and High School Misbehavior
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University
11. Some Job Contacts are More Equal Than Others: Earnings and Job Information Networks
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (21)
12. Teen Childbearing and Community Religiosity
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University

2002

13. Job Information Networks, Neighborhood Effects and Inequality
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (95)
    See also Journal Article Job Information Networks, Neighborhood Effects, and Inequality, Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (2004) View citations (553) (2004)

Journal Articles

2009

1. Am I still too Black for you?: Schooling and secular change in skin tone effects
   Economics of Education Review, 2009, 28, (4), 428-433 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Am I Still Too Black For You?: Schooling and Secular Change in Skin Tone Effects, Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2007) (2007)

2006

2. All in the Extended Family: Effects of Grandparents, Aunts, and Uncles on Educational Attainment
   American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (2), 275-278 View citations (17)
3. Some Contacts Are More Equal than Others: Informal Networks, Job Tenure, and Wages
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2006, 24, (2), 299-318 View citations (150)

2004

4. Job Information Networks, Neighborhood Effects, and Inequality
   Journal of Economic Literature, 2004, 42, (4), 1056-1093 View citations (553)
   See also Working Paper Job Information Networks, Neighborhood Effects and Inequality, Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2002) View citations (95) (2002)
5. Siblings and gender differences in African-American college attendance
   Economics of Education Review, 2004, 23, (3), 213-219 View citations (9)

1997

6. The Gender Earnings Gap among College-Educated Workers
   ILR Review, 1997, 50, (4), 580-593 View citations (16)

1995

7. College Selectivity and Earnings
   Journal of Labor Economics, 1995, 13, (2), 289-308 View citations (153)

1993

8. Affirmative Action in Higher Education
   American Economic Review, 1993, 83, (2), 99-103 View citations (29)

1989

9. Family Background and School Achievement among Low Income Blacks
   Journal of Human Resources, 1989, 24, (3), 528-544 View citations (10)

1988

10. Effects of Mother's Home Time on Children's Schooling
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1988, 70, (3), 367-73 View citations (51)

1986

11. Racial Differences in the Stability of High Earnings among Young Men
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1986, 4, (3), 301-16

1983

12. The Impact of Informal Networks of Quit Behavior
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1983, 65, (3), 491-95 View citations (76)

1982

13. Effects of Community and Family Background on Achievement
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1982, 64, (1), 32-41 View citations (71)

1980

14. Effects of community, family, and education on earnings of black and white men
    The Review of Black Political Economy, 1980, 10, (4), 391-394

Chapters

1986

1. The Effects of Attitudes and Aspirations on the Labor Supply of Young Men
   A chapter in The Black Youth Employment Crisis, 1986, pp 377-401 View citations (5)