TABLE A4.
DECOMPOSITION OF MALE OUTCOMES FOR LIGHT SKIN TONE
Outcome without School Fixed Effects | Outcome with School Fixed Effects | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Light | PVT | MGPA | LWAGE | PVT | MGPA | LWAGE |
Mother’s characteristics, not race | −.128** | −.022 | −.057** | −.102** | −.014 | −.046** |
(.026) | (.019) | (.016) | (.023) | (.018) | (.014) | |
[.193] | [.087] | [.721] | [.153] | [.055] | [.581] | |
Mother’s race | −.299** | −.118** | .004* | −.240** | −.089** | −.045* |
(.050) | (.037) | (.024) | (.047) | (.039) | (.027) | |
[.451] | [.470] | [−.047] | [.362] | [.354] | [.568] | |
Father’s characteristics | −.087** | −.003 | −.053** | −.065** | .006 | −.052** |
(.026) | (.024) | (.013) | (.024) | (.023) | (.014) | |
[.131] | [.013] | [.671] | [.098] | [−.024] | [.663] | |
School fixed effects | … | … | … | −.077** | −.074* | .035 |
(.032) | (.040) | (.025) | ||||
[.116] | [.293] | [−.439] | ||||
Total | −.514** | −.143** | −.106 | −.484** | −.170 | −.108** |
(.063) | (.040) | (.027) | (.075) | (.054) | (.033) | |
[.775] | [.570] | [1.345] | [.729] | [.677] | [1.373] | |
Baseline gap | −.663** | −.251** | −.079 | −.663** | −.251 | −.079 |
(.083) | (.062) | (.045) | (.083) | (.062) | (.045) |
Note.—Dependent variables are the normalized Add Health version of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, demeaned course-level GPA, and log wages at wave IV. Controls are listed in the note to table 7.
Significant at the 10 percent level.
Significant at the 5 percent level.