The Review of Black Political Economy articles from January 2000

The Review of Black Political Economy archives from January 2000

SHOULD BLACK WOMEN AND MEN LIVE IN THE SAME PLACE? AN INTERMETROPOLITAN ASSESSMENT OF RELATIVE LABOR MARKET SUCCESS.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... I. INTRODUCTION The primary focus in the literature on the impact of race in the U.S. labor market has been the changing relative status of black workers over time. As measured by wages, occupational attainment, and occupational...

RACIAL AND GENDER DIFFERENCES IN UNEMPLOYMENT PATTERNS IN AN URBAN LABOR MARKET: THE CASE OF DETROIT.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Augustin Kwasi Fosu [*] I. INTRODUCTION The unemployment picture appears to have brightened for all major racial groups in the U.S. as we enter the millennium. One wonders, though, whether this is a long-term phenomenon. An analysis of...

ILLEGAL-SEIZURE AND MARKET-DISADVANTAGE APPROACHES TO RESTITUTION: A COMPARISON OF THE JAPANESE AMERICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN CASES.
January 1, 2000... I. INTRODUCTION Racial inequality is drenched in history: the inequality observed today reflects past patterns of racial differentiation and exclusion in the distribution and control of income and wealth. Dominant factions in human...

MITIGATING BARRIERS TO BLACK EMPLOYMENT THROUGH AFFIRMATIVE ACTION REGULATIONS: A CASE STUDY.
January 1, 2000... INTRODUCTION Affirmative action regulations as a public policy to mitigate racial inequality in the labor market have been under political attack in recent years. [1] During the 1980s, the Reagan and Bush administrations pushed for...

BLACK RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION IN SUBURBAN DETROIT: EMPIRICAL TESTING OF THE ECOLOGICAL THEORY.
January 1, 2000... Ecological theory has often been used to explain the residential location of ethnic and racial groups in American cities. Such theory has argued that the residential location of groups is linked to the group's socioeconomic status (Burgess,...