Christopher S. Jencks
Affiliations: | 1967-1973 | Education | Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States |
| 1973-1979 | Sociology | Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States | |
| 1979-1996 | Sociology | Northwestern University, Evanston, IL | |
| 1996- | Kennedy School of Government | Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States |
Area:
Labor Economics, Public Administration, Public and Social WelfareWebsite:
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/christopher-jencksGoogle:
"Christopher Jencks"Bio:
Christopher Sandy Jencks is the Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy. He has taught at Harvard, Northwestern, the University of Chicago, and the University of California, Santa Barbara. Earlier, he was a Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC (1963 to 1967) and an editor of the New Republic (1961 to 1963). He is currently a member of the Editorial Board of the American Prospect. His recent research deals with changes in family structure over the past generation, the costs and benefits of economic inequality, the extent to which economic advantages are inherited, and the effects of welfare reform. His books include The Academic Revolution (with David Riesman); Inequality: Who Gets Ahead?; The Urban Underclass (with Paul Peterson); Rethinking Social Policy; The Homeless; and The Black White Test Score Gap (with Meredith Phillips).
Cross-listing: EduTree - SocTree
Children
Sign in to add trainee| Judith E. Scott-Clayton | grad student | ||
| Paul Dimaggio | grad student | 1979 | Harvard (SocTree) |
| Joseph F. Swingle | grad student | 2001 | Harvard |
| Ruth N. Turley | grad student | 2001 | Harvard |
| Andrew K. Leigh | grad student | 2004 | Harvard |
| Gavin A. Samms | grad student | 2004 | Harvard |
| Rachel D. Werkema | grad student | 2004 | Harvard |
| David J. Harding | grad student | 2005 | Harvard (SocTree) |
| Jal D. Mehta | grad student | 2006 | Harvard |
| Naomi A. Calvo | grad student | 2007 | Harvard |
| Elisabeth S. Jacobs | grad student | 2008 | Harvard |
| Scott R. Winship | grad student | 2009 | Harvard |
| Laura M. Tach | grad student | 2010 | Harvard |
| David J. Deming | grad student | 2005-2010 | Harvard (Econometree) |
| Jennifer E. Sykes | grad student | 2011 | Harvard |
| Deirdre Bloome | grad student | 2014 | Harvard (SocTree) |
Publications
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| Wimer C, Parolin Z, Fenton A, et al. (2020) The Direct Effect of Taxes and Transfers on Changes in the U.S. Income Distribution, 1967-2015. Demography |
| Owens A, Reardon SF, Jencks C. (2016) Income Segregation Between Schools and School Districts American Educational Research Journal. 53: 1159-1197 |
| Deming DJ, Cohodes SR, Jennings J, et al. (2016) School Accountability, Postsecondary Attainment and Earnings The Review of Economics and Statistics. 98: 848-862 |
| Jennings JL, Deming D, Jencks C, et al. (2015) Do Differences in school quality matter more than we thought? New evidence on educational opportunity in the Twenty-First century Sociology of Education. 88: 56-82 |
| Deming DJ, Cohodes SR, Jennings J, et al. (2013) School Accountability, Postsecondary Attainment and Earnings National Bureau of Economic Research |
| Andrews D, Jencks C, Leigh A. (2011) Do Rising Top Incomes Lift All Boats B E Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy. 11: 1-45 |
| Harding DJ, Jencks C, Lopoo LM, et al. (2009) The changing effect of family background on the incomes of American adults Unequal Chances: Family Background and Economic Success. 100-144 |
| Glymour MM, Kawachi I, Jencks CS, et al. (2008) Does childhood schooling affect old age memory or mental status? Using state schooling laws as natural experiments. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 62: 532-7 |
| Leigh A, Jencks C. (2007) Inequality and Mortality: Long-Run Evidence from a Panel of Countries Journal of Health Economics. 26: 1-24 |
| Harding DJ, Jencks C. (2003) Changing attitudes toward premarital sex: Cohort, period, and aging effects Public Opinion Quarterly. 67: 211-226 |