Joseph J. Merry
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View article: Sibship and Inequality Beliefs: Do Siblings Have a Liberalizing or Conservatizing Effect?
Sibship and Inequality Beliefs: Do Siblings Have a Liberalizing or Conservatizing Effect? Open
How do individuals come to hold certain beliefs about meritocracy, individualism, and redistribution? Several sociodemographic factors are regularly used to understand variation in these beliefs, but other predictors remain untested. Meanw…
View article: Findings on Summer Learning Loss Often Fail to Replicate, Even in Recent Data
Findings on Summer Learning Loss Often Fail to Replicate, Even in Recent Data Open
It is widely believed that (1) children lose months of reading and math skills over summer vacation and that (2) inequality in skills grows much faster during summer than during school. Concerns have been raised about the replicability of …
View article: Number of Siblings in Childhood, Social Outcomes in Adulthood
Number of Siblings in Childhood, Social Outcomes in Adulthood Open
In many parts of the world, fertility has declined in important ways in the past century. What are the consequences of this demographic change? Our study expands the empirical basis for understanding the relationship between number of sibl…
View article: Number of Siblings in Childhood, Social Outcomes in Adulthood
Number of Siblings in Childhood, Social Outcomes in Adulthood Open
In many parts of the world, fertility has declined in important ways in the past century. What are the consequences of this demographic change? Our study expands the empirical basis for understanding the relationship between number of sibl…