Poverty in the U.S.: Why Is It So Persistent?

The Truly Disadvantaged. The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy. By William Julius Wilson. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. 254p. $19.95.

Charles Noble · American Political Science Review · 1988 · 6.2K citations

Social Sciences, Social Policy, Urban Studies +17

Schooling in Capitalist America

B. R. Cosin, S. Bowles, H. Gintis · British Journal of Sociology · 1979 · 2.4K citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Education Policy +10

Socioeconomic Background and Achievement

William G. Spady, Otis Dudley Duncan, David L. Featherman et al. · American Educational Research Journal · 1975 · 993 citations

Social Sciences, Sociology, Social Inequality +9

Equality and Efficiency: The Big Tradeoff. By Arthur M. Okun. (Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 1975. Pp. 124. $6.95.)

Aaron Wíldavsky · American Political Science Review · 1977 · 794 citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Microeconomics +12

Labor supply of men: A survey

John Pencavel · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · 1987 · 736 citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Labor Economics +10