| | TABLE OF CONTENTS: List of Contributors Introduction By Kenneth Arrow, Samuel Bowles, Steven Durlauf
Pt. 1. Merit, Reward, and Opportunity - 1. Merit and Justice
- By Amartya Sen
- 2. Equality of Opportunity
- By John E. Roemer
Pt. 2. The Causes and Consequences of "Intelligence" - 3. IQ Trends over Time: Intelligence, Race, and Meritocracy
- By James R. Flynn
- 4. Genes, Culture, and Inequality
- By Marcus W. Feldman, Sarah R. Otto, Freddy B. Christiansen
Pt. 3. Schooling and Economic Opportunity - 5. Schooling, Intelligence, and Income in America
- By Orley Ashenfelter, Cecilia Rouse
- 6. Does Schooling Raise Earnings by Making People Smarter?
- By Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis
- 7. A Reanalysis of The Bell Curve: Intelligence, Family Background, and Schooling
- By Sanders Korenman, Christopher Winship
- 8. Occupational Status, Education, and Social Mobility in the Meritocracy
- By Robert M. Hauser, John Robert Warren, Min-Hsiung Huang
Contributors: "et al."
- 9. Understanding the Role of Cognitive Ability in Accounting for the Recent Rise in the Economic Return to Education
- By John Cawley, James Heckman, Lance Lochner
Contributors: "et al."
Pt. 4. Policy Options - 10. Inequality and Race: Models and Policy
- By Shelly J. Lundberg, Richard Startz
- 11. Conceptual Problems in the Enforcement of Anti-Discrimination Laws
- By Glenn Loury
- 12. Meritocracy, Redistribution, and the Size of the Pie
- By Roland Benabou
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