I realize you want to avoid the affirmative action brouhaha, but could you release your graphs showing just the results for whites or whites & Asians combined? It's too hard to look at your graphs and try to guesstimate what percentage of the effect is due to the nominal subject and what due to racial preferences.
Do you have any evidence on whether admission to an Ivy-plus increases the lifespan of those admitted from the waiting list compared to the non-admitted? I am asking the question in the light of Rablen and Oswald (2007) showing that winning the Nobel prize as opposed to being simply nominated is associated with between one and two years of extra longevity. They exclude extra wealth as a causal factor leaving higher status as the only plausible explanation.
Thanks for doing this. I follow and admire your work. Have cited the "soft skills/ hard skills" paper a lot and use it in research and consulting.
Thanks.
I realize you want to avoid the affirmative action brouhaha, but could you release your graphs showing just the results for whites or whites & Asians combined? It's too hard to look at your graphs and try to guesstimate what percentage of the effect is due to the nominal subject and what due to racial preferences.
Do you have any evidence on whether admission to an Ivy-plus increases the lifespan of those admitted from the waiting list compared to the non-admitted? I am asking the question in the light of Rablen and Oswald (2007) showing that winning the Nobel prize as opposed to being simply nominated is associated with between one and two years of extra longevity. They exclude extra wealth as a causal factor leaving higher status as the only plausible explanation.