Lawrence Raffalovich's Research Projects

Model Selection in Behavioral Research

• The major goals of this project are (1) to evaluate the empirical performance of model selection techniques under a wide range of conditions typically encountered in quantitative behavioral research, and (2) to provide evidence-based advice to practitioners on which (if any) of these procedures offer the most useful guidance.

Nest Egg or Goose Egg? Race, Class, & Housing in America

• This project investigates the effect of neighborhood racial composition on neighborhood homeownership rates, housing value, and housing value appreciation from 1980-2000 in the 26 metro areas which have the largest proportionate black, Hispanic or Asian populations.

Does Economic Inequality Promote Economic Growth? A Cross-National
Time-Series Analysis

• This project examines the impact of income inequality on subsequent rates of economic growth in a sample of approximately 40 countries from the 1960s through the 1990s. We hope to adjudicate conflicting theoretical expectations and empirical findings, and specify institutional correlates of between-country differences in effects.

Race and the Distribution of Family Income

• This project uses thirty years of Current Population Survey data to document trends in the distribution of family income; the proportion of family income that comes from employment, wealth, and transfers; and racial differences in these trends and distributions.