[IP] more on RIAA Sues a 12-year old girl

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 10:46:24 -0700
> From: Carl Kadie <carlk@msn.com>
> Subject: RE: [IP] more on RIAA Sues a 12-year old girl
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> To: dave@farber.net
> Cc: beberg@mithral.com
>
>
> Adam L. Beberg writes:
>
> > In 1997 a survey of 12-18 year old kids found the average allowance was
> $100/week (Ohio St. U).
>
> That figure didn't seem reasonable, so I spend a few minutes tracking it
> down. Enclosed is a summary of a newspaper article.
>
> - Carl Kadie
>   carlk@msn.com
>
>  * * *
>
> Kids' $50 Allowance Has Experts Divided Over Division
> Seattle Times, June 4, 2000, Local News; Pg. B1
> RIVERA, RAY
>
> This article discusses the controversy over Jay Zagorsky's study of NLSY79
> data that found that teen "parental transfers" (reported as "allowances" in
> the media) amounted to $50 a week. Other researchers using NLSY data found
> dissimilar results. The discrepancy occurred because of different methods in
> interpreting two questions of the NLSY survey: (1) "In total, how much
> allowance did you receive during 1997?" and (2) "Did you receive this amount
> weekly, monthly, or some other way?" Zagorsky's analysis assumes that the
> answers to the two questions are connected, while Sabrina Pabilona's study,
> which found for a $8.24/week allowance, interpreted the two questions as
> unconnected.
>
> http://www.nlsbibliography.org/qtitle.php3?myrow[0]=4324

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