Long-run impacts of school desegregation & school quality on adult attainments

RC Johnson - 2011 - nber.org
This paper investigates the long-run impacts of court-ordered school desegregation on an
array of adult socioeconomic and health outcomes. The study analyzes the life trajectories of …

Reducing inequality through dynamic complementarity: Evidence from Head Start and public school spending

RC Johnson, CK Jackson - American Economic Journal: Economic …, 2019 - aeaweb.org
We compare the adult outcomes of cohorts who were differentially exposed to policy-induced
changes in Head Start and K–12 spending, depending on place and year of birth. IV and …

The effects of school spending on educational and economic outcomes: Evidence from school finance reforms

CK Jackson, RC Johnson, C Persico - 2015 - nber.org
Since Coleman (1966), many have questioned whether school spending affects student
outcomes. The school finance reforms that began in the early 1970s and accelerated in the …

[BOOK][B] Children of the dream: Why school integration works

RC Johnson - 2019 - books.google.com
An acclaimed economist reveals that school integration efforts in the 1970s and 1980s were
overwhelmingly successful--and argues that we must renew our commitment to integration …

The influence of early-life events on human capital, health status, and labor market outcomes over the life course

RC Johnson, RF Schoeni - The BE journal of economic analysis & …, 2011 - degruyter.com
Using national data from the US, we find that poor health at birth and limited parental resources
(including low income, lack of health insurance, and unwanted pregnancy) interfere with …

Area-level racial prejudice and health: A systematic review.

…, CA Riddell, DH Chae, RC Johnson… - Health …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Background: In recent years, there has been growing interest in “moving beyond the individual”
to measure area-level racism as a social determinant of health. Much of this work has …

<? covid19?> After “The China Virus” Went Viral: Racially Charged Coronavirus Coverage and Trends in Bias Against Asian Americans

…, MM Mujahid, RC Johnson - Health Education & …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
On March 8, 2020, there was a 650% increase in Twitter retweets using the term “Chinese
virus” and related terms. On March 9, there was an 800% increase in the use of these terms in …

Early-life origins of adult disease: national longitudinal population-based study of the United States

RC Johnson, RF Schoeni - American journal of public …, 2011 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We examined the relation between low birth weight and childhood family and
neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage and disease onset in adulthood. Methods. Using …

The effects of male incarceration dynamics on acquired immune deficiency syndrome infection rates among African American women and men

RC Johnson, S Raphael - The Journal of Law and …, 2009 - journals.uchicago.edu
This paper investigates the connection between incarceration dynamics and acquired
immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) infection rates, with particular emphasis on the black‐white …

The road to economic self‐sufficiency: Job quality and job transition patterns after welfare reform

RC Johnson, ME Corcoran - Journal of Policy Analysis and …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
This paper analyzes the relationships of schooling, the skill content of work experience, and
different types of employment patterns with less‐skilled women's job quality outcomes. …