Carl B Frederick
Biographic Data
| ID | 3093305 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carl B Frederick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carl B |
| FAMILY NAME | Frederick |
| SIGNATURE | FREDERICK C B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138; and |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Engagement Gap
Participation in extracurricular activities is associated with positive youth outcomes such as higher education attainment and greater future earnings. We present new analyses of four national longitudinal surveys of American high school students that reveal a sharp increase in the class gap in extracurricular involvement. Since the 1970s, upper-middle-class students have become increasingly active in school clubs and sport teams, while participa…
Increasing socioeconomic disparities in adolescent obesity
Significance Childhood and youth obesity represent significant US public health challenges. Recent findings that the childhood obesity ‘‘epidemic’’ may have slightly abated have been met with relief from health professionals and popular media. However, we document that the overall trend in youth obesity rates masks a significant and growing class gap between youth from upper and lower socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds. Until 2002, obesity ra…
Have we put an end to social promotion? Changes in school progress among children aged 6 to 17 from 1972 to 2005
We examine trends over time in the proportion of children below the modal grade for their age (BMG), a proxy for grade retention, and in the effects of its demographic and socioeconomic correlates. We estimate a logistic regression model with partial constraints predicting BMG using the annual October school enrollment supplements of the Current Population Survey. This model identifies systematic variation in the effects of social background acro…
The Engagement Gap
Participation in extracurricular activities is associated with positive youth outcomes such as higher education attainment and greater future earnings. We present new analyses of four national longitudinal surveys of American high school students that reveal a sharp increase in the class gap in extracurricular involvement. Since the 1970s, upper-middle-class students have become increasingly active in school clubs and sport teams, while participa…
Have we put an end to social promotion? Changes in school progress among children aged 6 to 17 from 1972 to 2005
We examine trends over time in the proportion of children below the modal grade for their age (BMG), a proxy for grade retention, and in the effects of its demographic and socioeconomic correlates. We estimate a logistic regression model with partial constraints predicting BMG using the annual October school enrollment supplements of the Current Population Survey. This model identifies systematic variation in the effects of social background acro…
Have we put an end to social promotion? Changes in school progress among children aged 6 to 17 from 1972 to 2005
We examine trends over time in the proportion of children below the modal grade for their age (BMG), a proxy for grade retention, and in the effects of its demographic and socioeconomic correlates. We estimate a logistic regression model with partial constraints predicting BMG using the annual October school enrollment supplements of the Current Population Survey. This model identifies systematic variation in the effects of social background acro…
Increasing socioeconomic disparities in adolescent obesity
Significance Childhood and youth obesity represent significant US public health challenges. Recent findings that the childhood obesity ‘‘epidemic’’ may have slightly abated have been met with relief from health professionals and popular media. However, we document that the overall trend in youth obesity rates masks a significant and growing class gap between youth from upper and lower socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds. Until 2002, obesity ra…
The Engagement Gap
Participation in extracurricular activities is associated with positive youth outcomes such as higher education attainment and greater future earnings. We present new analyses of four national longitudinal surveys of American high school students that reveal a sharp increase in the class gap in extracurricular involvement. Since the 1970s, upper-middle-class students have become increasingly active in school clubs and sport teams, while participa…
Demographic economics (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Inequality (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Population (2 works) · School Choice and Performance (2 works) · Social class (2 works) · Socioeconomic status (2 works)