| When bigger is not better: Family size, parental resources, and children's educational performance DB Downey American sociological review, 746-761, 1995 | 1486 | 1995 |
| Assessing the oppositional culture explanation for racial/ethnic differences in school performance JW Ainsworth-Darnell, DB Downey American sociological review, 536-553, 1998 | 1400 | 1998 |
| Are schools the great equalizer? Cognitive inequality during the summer months and the school year DB Downey, PT Von Hippel, BA Broh American Sociological Review 69 (5), 613-635, 2004 | 1312 | 2004 |
| When race matters: Teachers' evaluations of students' classroom behavior DB Downey, S Pribesh Sociology of Education 77 (4), 267-282, 2004 | 932 | 2004 |
| Number of siblings and intellectual development: The resource dilution explanation. DB Downey American psychologist 56 (6-7), 497, 2001 | 788 | 2001 |
| Why are residential and school moves associated with poor school performance? S Pribesh, DB Downey Demography 36, 521-534, 1999 | 662 | 1999 |
| Fifty years since the Coleman Report: Rethinking the relationship between schools and inequality DB Downey, DJ Condron Sociology of education 89 (3), 207-220, 2016 | 439 | 2016 |
| The effect of school on overweight in childhood: gain in body mass index during the school year and during summer vacation PT Von Hippel, B Powell, DB Downey, NJ Rowland American journal of public health 97 (4), 696-702, 2007 | 414 | 2007 |
| Playing well with others in kindergarten: The benefit of siblings at home DB Downey, DJ Condron Journal of Marriage and Family 66 (2), 333-350, 2004 | 407 | 2004 |
| The school performance of children from single-mother and single-father families: Economic or interpersonal deprivation? DB Downey Journal of family issues 15 (1), 129-147, 1994 | 395 | 1994 |
| Sex differences in school performance during high school: Puzzling patterns and possible explanations DB Downey, AS Vogt Yuan Sociological quarterly 46 (2), 299-321, 2005 | 279 | 2005 |
| Are “failing” schools really failing? Using seasonal comparison to evaluate school effectiveness DB Downey, PT Von Hippel, M Hughes Sociology of Education 81 (3), 242-270, 2008 | 269 | 2008 |
| Inequality in reading and math skills forms mainly before kindergarten: A replication, and partial correction, of “Are schools the great equalizer?” PT Von Hippel, J Workman, DB Downey Sociology of Education 91 (4), 323-357, 2018 | 259 | 2018 |
| The search for oppositional culture among black students DB Downey, JW Ainsworth-Darnell American Sociological Review 67 (1), 156-160, 2002 | 240 | 2002 |
| Do children in single-parent households fare better living with same-sex parents? DB Downey, B Powell Journal of Marriage and the Family, 55-71, 1993 | 225 | 1993 |
| Black/white differences in school performance: The oppositional culture explanation DB Downey Annu. Rev. Sociol 34, 107-126, 2008 | 210 | 2008 |
| Understanding academic achievement among children in stephouseholds: The role of parental resources, sex of stepparent, and sex of child DB Downey Social Forces 73 (3), 875-894, 1995 | 184 | 1995 |
| Sex of parent and children's well-being in single-parent households DB Downey, JW Ainsworth-Darnell, MJ Dufur Journal of Marriage and the Family, 878-893, 1998 | 183 | 1998 |
| Rethinking the attitude-achievement paradox among blacks DB Downey, JW Ainsworth, Z Qian Sociology of Education 82 (1), 1-19, 2009 | 152 | 2009 |
| Living in single-parent households: An investigation of the same-sex hypothesis B Powell, DB Downey American Sociological Review, 521-539, 1997 | 144 | 1997 |
Paul T. von HippelProfessor, University of TexasVerified email at utexas.edu
