Papers by Andrew Beveridge
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Book Review The Economic Basis of Ethnic Solidarity: Small Business in the Japanese American Community by Edna Bonacich and John Modell
Amer J Sociol, 1985
Conference on easier and more productive use of computing systems (session listings)
ACM SIGSOC Bulletin, 1982
... 1:30 - 3:00 pm Session 3A, Thomas H. Ohlgren, Chair Denis Castonguay, Publle Archives of Cana... more ... 1:30 - 3:00 pm Session 3A, Thomas H. Ohlgren, Chair Denis Castonguay, Publle Archives of Canada, "Thesaurus for Canadian Iconography". ... 3:30 - 5:00 pm Session 4A, Kevln Roddy, Chair Anne-Merle Logan, Yale Center for British Art, "Thesaurus for British Art". ...
Residential Diversity and Division
The Uncertain Future, 2013
Social Theory Two Ways: John Levi Martin's Structures and Actions
Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History, 2012
The Assassination of New York
Contemporary Sociology, 1995
Oneida Community Profiles. By Constance Noyes Robertson. Syracuse, Syracuse University Press, 1977. Pp. ix + 146. $10.00
Business History Review, 1979
Forging a New Housing Policy: Opportunity …
PART II/Page 45 Avenue to Wealth or Road to Financial Ruin? Homeownership and the Racial Distribu... more PART II/Page 45 Avenue to Wealth or Road to Financial Ruin? Homeownership and the Racial Distribution of Mortgage Foreclosures Elena Vesselinov and Andrew Beveridge I. INTRODUCTION The current economic crisis has affected people and neighborhoods across America. ...
Economic Independence, Indigenization, and the African Businessman: Some Effects of Zambia's Economic Reforms
African Studies Review, 1974
Society For Research on Educational Effectiveness, May 10, 2011
A large literature finds substantial variation in teachers' effects on student achievement. Moreo... more A large literature finds substantial variation in teachers' effects on student achievement. Moreover, this research finds that little of this variation in effectiveness can be explained by traditional measures of quality, such as years of teaching experience. There remains, however, a gap in our understanding of how the choice of outcome measure-and teachers' own stake in the test outcome-affects inferences about teacher quality. For example, test-based accountability policies may incentivize teachers to focus efforts on short-term, test-specific skills which may not generalize to other tests. In this paper, we use data from a large urban school district to estimate teacher effects on high-and low-stakes tests of the same content areas. We find that: (1) teacher effects are 15-31% larger on the high-stakes test, (2) teacher effects on the high-stakes test are only a modest predictor of effectiveness on the low-stakes test, (3) returns to experience differ across tests in ways consistent with teachers' incentives to invest early in teaching skills and content specific to the high-stakes test, and (4) teacher effects on the high-stakes test decay at a faster rate than those on the low-stakes test.
Every child has the capacity to succeed in school and in life. Yet far too many children, especia... more Every child has the capacity to succeed in school and in life. Yet far too many children, especially those from poor and minority families, are placed at risk by school practices that are based on a sorting paradigm in which some students receive high-expectations instruction while the rest are relegated to lower quality education and lower quality futures. The sorting perspective must be replaced by a "talent development" model that asserts that all children are capable of succeeding in a rich and demanding curriculum with appropriate assistance and support.
Does Neighborhood Matter? Family, Neighborhood, and School Influences on Eighth-Grade Mathematics Achievement
Sociological Focus, 2001
ABSTRACT This paper explores ways by which neighborhoods and schools may influence the mathematic... more ABSTRACT This paper explores ways by which neighborhoods and schools may influence the mathematics achievement of eighth grade students. We use data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study (NELS: 88) and combine it with U.S. Census data at the level of students' residential zip codes. These data allow us to analyze simultaneously all aspects of students' lives: their families, neighborhoods, and schools. Our findings suggest that “bringing neighborhood in” makes sense for this line of research. Disadvantages at the neighborhood and school level may place students at risk, by influencing students and their achievement in mathematics directly and indirectly. We find that both disadvantaged neighborhoods and disadvantaged schools are directly associated with lower levels of mathematics achievement, even after controlling for individual level background variables. Disadvantaged neighborhoods are also indirectly associated with students' mathematics achievement, by weakening parents' ability to help children succeed in school. Despite these difficulties, parents may be able to overcome, to some degree, neighborhood disadvantages by frequently communicating with their children, closely monitoring their activities, and providing extra learning opportunities for them.
Organizing the annual housing surveys as a very large relationally oriented data base
ACM SIGSOC Bulletin, 1981
Page 1. ORGANIZING THE ANNUAL HOUSING SURVEYS AS A VERY LARGE RELATIONALLY ORIENTED DATA BASE l A... more Page 1. ORGANIZING THE ANNUAL HOUSING SURVEYS AS A VERY LARGE RELATIONALLY ORIENTED DATA BASE l Andrew A. Beveridge, Columbia University Jennifer A. Norris, Barnard College Since 1973, the Department ...
Commonalities and Contrasts in the Development of Major United States Urban Areas: A Spatial and Temporal Analysis from 1910 to 2000
Navigating Time and Space in Population Studies, 2011
Using newly available data, simple measures, and recently developed spatial analysis techniques, ... more Using newly available data, simple measures, and recently developed spatial analysis techniques, this paper addresses the following questions: 1) What are the general patterns of growth and decline in United States urban settlements from early in the twentieth century through 2000? 2) How varied are the patterns found? Do they vary by urban area or by period? 3) For three major metropolises in the United States, is the pattern of growth similar over the entire history of each city? How are they different or similar? Relying upon the National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) data for census tracts from 1910 to 2000, this paper uses comparable data to assess patterns of growth in all urban areas with available data in the United States. Findings indicate that cities grew away from their centres in the early decades, but growth was more patterned in Chicago and Los Angeles than in the New York area. Later, growth and decline coexisted in similar zones; by 2000, no patterning was apparent in any of the three major metropolises. Implications are drawn for further research.
Local Lending Practice: Borrowers in a Small Northeastern Industrial City, 1832–1915
The Journal of Economic History, 1985
... The project from which this paper is drawn could not have been carried out without the help o... more ... The project from which this paper is drawn could not have been carried out without the help of Stuart Bruchey, Thomas Cochran, Jonathan Cole, Sigmund Diamond, Michael Edelstein, Kai T. Erikson, Orin Hansen, Robert K. Merton, Glenn T. Porter, Richard Ruggles, Merritt Roe ...
Survey Estimates of Drug-Use Trends in Urban Communities: General Principles and Cautionary Examples
Substance Use & Misuse, 2000
Surveys to depict substance abuse rates and monitor trends in specific areas have become increasi... more Surveys to depict substance abuse rates and monitor trends in specific areas have become increasingly important policy tools. Yet, as illustrated by two national multiwave surveys, using small sample survey data and making longitudinal comparisons is fraught with interpretative problems. In the case of the metropolitan area "oversample" of the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, for example, interpreting apparent declines in drug use has to take account of the devastating effects of Hurricane Andrew in the Miami Metropolitan area. In the case of a 41-community survey sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to evaluate substance abuse prevention, the difficulty is how to interpret small differences in drug use, which seem to follow no reasonable pattern with respect to treatment or comparison sites. Inferences from such surveys are confounded with statistical anomalies and unforeseen events. They are limited by the sample size. In part, the solution to these problems is to use other survey and nonsurvey data to validate their conclusions and to note their limitations.
Journal of Drug Issues, 2006
Charles Kadushin, Ph.D., is Distinguished Scholar, Brandeis University Cohen Center for Modern Je... more Charles Kadushin, Ph.D., is Distinguished Scholar, Brandeis University Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies and Professor Emeritus, Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY). He has published in the fields of health, epidemiology, sociological theory, religion and methodology, but his main interest continues to be social networks. Peter D. Killworth, Ph.D., is an individual merit scientist 2(I) and professor at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK. His main research is on ocean process modeling, including the properties of planetary waves, ocean-atmosphere interaction, and the parameterization of baroclinic ocean eddies. He has also worked for 32 years on collaborative work in social networks, examining the rules that tie people together. H. Russell Bernard, Ph.D., is a professor of anthropology at the University of Florida. Bernard's current research is on estimating the size of uncountable populations and on the consequences for literacy of marking tone in formerly nonwritten languages. Andrew A. Beveridge, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Sociology at Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY. His research interests include historical population change in New York City, the analysis of neighborhoods and other geographic factors.
Neighborhood Crime Victimization, Drug use and Drug Sales: Results from the "Fighting Back" Evaluation
Journal of Drug Issues, 2006
ABSTRACT A fundamental premise of the “Fighting Back” program was the existence of a direct causa... more ABSTRACT A fundamental premise of the “Fighting Back” program was the existence of a direct causal relationship between drug use and crime. Using data from the evaluation of the program and spatial hierarchical models, we examine whether drug use and the presence of visible drug sales lead to elevated levels of three types of crime: assault, burglary, and theft. Our analysis controls for neighborhood disadvantage, racial and Hispanic concentration, percent renter occupied, and population density. For crime victimization rates by neighborhood, we find that for burglary, neighborhood disadvantage, the presence of visible drug sales, and drug use are related to victimization. None of the control variables demonstrate a significant impact on burglary victimization. For assault, only neighborhood disadvantage and visible drug sales are statistically significant, and for theft, only visible drug sales influence the rate of criminal activity. Considering the Fighting Back intervention, there are no differences in changing crime patterns of reported burglary, assault, and theft from 1983 through 1995 and no differences in the pattern of changing crime victimization rates for 1997 to 1999 between the Fighting Back and comparison sites. Possible reasons for the lack of effects of drug use prevention programs in crime reduction and possible alternative strategies are also discussed.
Varieties of Substance use and Visible Drug Problems: Individual and Neighborhood Factors
Journal of Drug Issues, 2006
ABSTRACT This paper examines whether the individual and neighborhood factors associated with visi... more ABSTRACT This paper examines whether the individual and neighborhood factors associated with visible drug problems are also related to drug use. It also looks at how the relationship between individual and neighborhood characteristics and substance use may vary depending upon type of substance under consideration (e.g., marijuana versus cocaine). Using data from the evaluation of the “Fighting Back” national demonstration program, our findings indicate that while neighborhood disadvantage, minority concentration, and density are strongly related to increased levels of visible drug problems, these characteristics are not significantly related to drug use. One implication of these findings is that law enforcement tactics aimed at reducing drug-related “incivilities” in a neighborhood are unlikely to have a substantial impact on residents' rates of drug use. The results also suggest that intervention programs targeting demand reduction among residents in a given neighborhood are likely to have little impact on visible drug problems in that area.
Bad" Neighborhoods, Fast Food, "Sleazy" Businesses, and Drug Dealers: Relations between the Location of Licit and Illicit Businesses in the Urban Environment
Journal of Drug Issues, 2004
... BAD NEIGHBORHOODS, FAST FOOD 53 ... In a similar study of Chicago neighborhoods, Alwitt and D... more ... BAD NEIGHBORHOODS, FAST FOOD 53 ... In a similar study of Chicago neighborhoods, Alwitt and Donley (1997) compared the number and size of several retail establishment types and found that poor zip codes contained fewer large grocery establishments, drug stores, banks ...
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