Doctoral Dissertation Research: Assets, Family and Achievement among Blacks and Whites

这是博士论文研究改进计划下的一个奖项。这项研究将通过检查家庭财富或资产总额对儿童受教育程度的贡献，以及儿童财富对形成稳定家庭的可能性的后续贡献，来研究以前未研究过的黑人-白人差异的一个方面。它建立在社会分层理论的基础上，并使用收入动态小组研究的数据来统计财富的影响。这项研究将有助于从社会学角度理解黑人和白人在家庭组成、家庭稳定性和受教育程度上的差异。它把重点放在家庭资产的影响上，这对关心稳定家庭和使儿童机会均等的决策者也有帮助。除了研究取得的科学成果外，该奖项还将极大地帮助极有前途的学生完成博士论文的研究。有利于培养国家未来的科学人才，有利于培养下一代社会科学家。

This is an award under the Grants for Improving Doctoral Dissertation Research Program. This study will look at a previously unstudied aspect of black-white differences by examining the contributions of total family wealth or assets to children's educational attainment and the subsequent contributions of children's wealth on the likelihood of forming stable families. It builds on theories of social stratification and uses data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to statistically model the effects of wealth. %%% This study will contribute to sociological understanding of differences between blacks and whites in family formation and stability and in educational attainment. Its focus on the effects of family assets will also be of use to policy makers concerned with stabilizing the family and equalizing opportunity for children. In addition to the scientific gains to be achieved by the research, this award will materially assist a highly promising student in completing research for the Ph.D. dissertation. Thus it contributes to the future scientific manpower of the nation and the thorough training of the next generation of social scientists.