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Suicide ideation and behavior disparities among high school students: Examining Asian and multiracial race/ethnicity groups.

open access: yesPLOS Mental Health
We examined racial and ethnic disparities of suicide ideation/behaviors of high school students using detailed race/ethnicity data including Asian and multiracial race/ethnicity groups.
Sugy Choi, Ji Eun Chang
doaj   +1 more source

Identity matters: inter- and intra-racial disparity and labor market outcomes

open access: yes
Standard analysis of racial inequality incorporates racial classification as an exogenous binary variable. This approach obfuscates the importance of racial self-identity and clouds our ability to understand the relative importance of unobserved ...
Mason, Patrick L.
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Racial Inequality in the Uruguayan Labor Market:An analysis of wage differentials between Afrodescendants and whites. [PDF]

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Latin America is a region of sharp inequalities that are far from ethnically blind. In particular, there exists a significant socioeconomic gap between Latin Americans of European and the Afrodescendant and Indigenouos populations.
Marisa Bucheli, Rafael Porzecanski
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Labor market discrimination and racial differences in premarket factors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
We investigate the relative significance of differences in cognitive skills and discrimination in explaining racial/ethnic wage gaps. We show that cognitive test scores taken prior to entering the labor market are influenced by schooling. Adjusting the
Carneiro, Pedro   +9 more
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Addressing Economic Insecurities Can Improve Patient‐Reported Outcomes in Lupus

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Economic insecurities, such as food, housing, transportation, and financial challenges, are modifiable risk factors and influence patient‐reported outcomes (PROs) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We examined the following: (1) associations between economic insecurities and PROs, and (2) the impact of screening and addressing economic ...
Jay Patel   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

"Racial Wealth Disparities: Is the Gap Closing?" [PDF]

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A vast literature in economics has examined the economic progress of African Americans during this century. Most of these studies have focused on income--or on even narrower measures of economic well-being, such as earnings--to assess the extent to which
Maury Gittleman, Edward N. Wolff
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Speed Discounting and Racial Disparities: Evidence from Speeding Tickets in Boston [PDF]

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Law enforcement officers are allowed to exercise a significant amount of street-level discretion in a variety of ways. In this paper, we focus on a particular prominent kind of discretionary behavior by traffic officers when issuing speeding tickets ...
Anbarci, Nejat, Lee, Jungmin
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Attitudes, Beliefs, Behaviors: An Examination of Health Disparities in Hypertension and Diabetes Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities in Baltimore, Maryland. An Urban Health Documentary

open access: yes, 2003
In this study, members of four racial and ethnic groups in Baltimore shared their experiences in living with hypertension and diabetes. Participants identified environmental, social, and behavioral barriers to attaining good health, discussed the extent ...
Center for Health Program Design and Management and Institute for Racial and Ethnic Health Studies
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Marked Long‐Term Improvement in Lung Function in Melanoma Differentiation–Associated Protein 5 Antibody–Positive Dermatomyositis Patients: Experience of a Single‐Center Longitudinal Cohort in North America

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objective of this study was to describe the longitudinal disease course and pulmonary outcomes of North American patients with melanoma differentiation–associated protein 5 (MDA5) antibody–associated dermatomyositis (DM). Methods Thirty patients with MDA5 antibody–associated DM were identified in a single‐center longitudinal cohort of 352
Jenice X. Cheah   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Racial Bias in Expert Quality Assessment: A Study of Newspaper Movie Reviews [PDF]

open access: yes
Newspaper critics' movie reviews are often used by potential movie viewers as signals of expert quality assessment. In this paper, we assess if there is any racial bias in these critics' reviews, and if so, what impact these biases have on viewer demand.
Lona Fowdur   +2 more
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