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<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>List of Contributors</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>vii</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Introduction</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>ix</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Kenneth Arrow</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Samuel Bowles</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Steven Durlauf</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD>PART ONE: MERIT, REWARD, AND OPPORTUNITY</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>3</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(30)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Merit and Justice</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>5</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(12)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Amartya Sen</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Equality of Opportunity</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>17</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(16)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>John E. Roemer</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD>PART TWO: THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF ``INTELLIGENCE''</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>33</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(54)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>IQ Trends over Time: Intelligence, Race, and Meritocracy</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>35</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(26)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>James R. Flynn</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Genes, Culture, and Inequality</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>61</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(26)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Marcus W. Feldman</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Sarah P. Otto</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Freddy B. Christiansen</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD>PART THREE: SCHOOLING AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>87</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(180)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Schooling, Intelligence, and Income in America</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>89</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(29)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Orley Ashenfelter</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Cecilia Rouse</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Does Schooling Raise Earnings by Making People Smarter?</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>118</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(19)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Samuel Bowles</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Herbert Gintis</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>A Reanalysis of The Bell Curve: Intelligence, Family Background, and Schooling</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>137</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(42)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Sanders Korenman</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Christopher Winship</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Occupational Status, Education, and Social Mobility in the Meritocracy</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>179</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(51)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Robert M. Hauser</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>John Robert Warren</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Min-Hsiung Huang</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Wendy Y. Carter</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Understanding the Role of Cognitive Ability in Accounting for the Recent Rise in the Economic Return to Education</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>230</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(37)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>John Cawley</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>James Heckman</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Lance Lochner</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Edward Vytlacil</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD>PART FOUR: POLICY OPTIONS</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>267</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(74)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Inequality and Race: Models and Policy</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>269</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(27)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Shelly J. Lundberg</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Richard Startz</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Conceptual Problems in the Enforcement of Anti-Discrimination Laws</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>296</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(21)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Glenn Loury</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Meritocracy, Redistribution, and the Size of the Pie</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>317</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(24)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Roland Benabou</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD>Index</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>341</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>

A collection of 12 original papers contributed by scholars, with an introduction by the editors

Meritocracy and economic inequality