The Review of Black Political Economy articles from January 1994

The Review of Black Political Economy archives from January 1994

Fiscal stress in local government: a case study of the tri-cities in the commonwealth of Virginia.
January 1, 1994... INTRODUCTION In the 1970s, fiscal crises in several large cities across the United States generated considerable attention. The ability of local governments to meet their service demands was and is still at stake. Beginning with the fiscal...

The impact of targeted partnership grants on minority employment.
January 1, 1994... This paper assesses the relative impact of the major design components of the Urban Development Action Grant (UDAG) targeted partnership development initiative on minority employment in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Primary Metropolitan...

An estimate of Black gross job losses due to reduced defense expenditures.
January 1, 1994... INTRODUCTION In a recent article in the Journal of Economic Perspectives entitled "Converting Resources from Military to Non-Military Uses," the authors, J. Brauer and J. Marlin, estimated the impact of defense expenditure reductions, due to...

Race and rehiring in the high tech industry.
January 1, 1994... INTRODUCTION Racial economic inequality is not just a static difference but is a disparity that is reproduced through the very process of economic change. There is considerable literature on disproportionate racial effects of economic...

Rising Black unemployment: changes in job stability or in employability?
January 1, 1994... INTRODUCTION Current political debates over affirmative action policies in the United States raise the question of whether black workers have made economic progress at the expense of white workers. Economists' research on racial differences in...

Black immigrants in the U.S. labor market: an earnings analysis.
January 1, 1994... INTRODUCTION The study of the relative earnings of U.S. immigrants compared to native Americans has been a subject of great interest to economists and other social scientists. A body of literature has found the existence of earnings...

Banking on Black Enterprise: The Potential of Emerging Firms for Revitalizing Urban Economies.
January 1, 1994... Is the goal of promoting black business ownership an end in itself, or should black enterprise be envisioned as a catalyst for the ghetto's economic development? That is the critical question addressed in Bates's book. Contrary to popular...