Christopher Jencks

14.0k citations
84 papers · 7.9k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 31

Christopher Jencks

81 papers receiving 6.2k citations

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Christopher Jencks
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  • Education 3.5k
  • Sociology and Political Science 3.6k
  • Gender Studies 730
  • Health 546
  • Safety Research 470
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Christopher Jencks, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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1 201717
2
Income Segregation Between Schools and School Districtsbreakdown →
2016202
3
Was Moynihan right? what happens to children of unmarried mothers
201510
4 200699
5
Who Should Get in
200122
6
Who Should Get in? Part II.
20013
7 20012
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Has Poverty Really Increased among Children since 1970? Working Papers.
19941
9 199158
10 1989311
11 1983152
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Should We Relabel the SAT. . . or Replace It
198215
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Aptitude vs. Achievement: Should We Replace the SAT?.
198220
14
Who Gets Ahead? The Determinants of Economic Success in Americabreakdown →
1980469
15
L'inégalité : influence de la famille et de l'école en Amérique
19797
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The Effects of Family Background on Earnings
197646
17 19718
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Giving Parents Money for Schooling.
19714
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Giving Parents Money for Schooling: Education Vouchers.
197014
20 19692

About Christopher Jencks

Christopher Jencks is a scholar working on Education, Gender Studies, Health, General Health Professions and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 84 papers that have together received 7.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include School Choice and Performance (19 papers), Education Systems and Policy (14 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (7 papers), Income, Poverty, and Inequality (7 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (6 papers), Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (6 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (6 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Education (3.5k citations), Sociology and Political Science (3.6k citations), Gender Studies (730 citations), Health (546 citations) and Safety Research (470 citations). Christopher Jencks has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Stephen Buckles, Susan Mayer, Paul E. Peterson, Meredith Phillips, Harold W. Watts, Herbert Gintis, Marshall E. Smith, Henry W. Acland, Robin D. G. Kelley and James Crouse. Their work appears in journals such as Sociology of Education, Harvard Educational Review, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education and American Educational Research Journal.

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