“...Does participation in one wave of a survey have an effect on respondents’ answers to questions in subsequent waves? In this article, we investigate the...”

“...What dimensions of education matter for people’s chances of surviving young adulthood? Do cognitive skills, noncognitive skills, course-taking patterns, and...”

“...Panel surveys are widely used in sociology to examine life-course trajectories and to assess causal effects. However, when using panel data researchers usually...”

“...Over the past half century, American children have experienced increasingly unequal childhoods. The goal of this article is to begin to understand the...”

“...Since the late 1970s, an increasing number of states have required students to pass statewide high school exit examinations (HSEEs) in order to graduate...”

“...This research investigates the merits of the "social causation" and "health selection" explanations for associations between socioeconomic status and...”

“...This article investigates the extent to which state-mandated high school exit examinations are associated with state-level public high school completion rates...”

“...Although grade retention may be consequential for a number of important educational and socioeconomic outcomes, we know surprisingly little about the actual...”

“...Concern with childhood nutrition prompted numerous surveys of children's growth in the United States after 1870. The Children's Bureau's 1918 'Weighing and...”

“...Data on age-sequenced trajectories of individuals' attributes are used for a growing number of research purposes. However, there is no consensus about which...”