The Review of Black Political Economy articles from June 1993

The Review of Black Political Economy archives from June 1993

Revisiting the relationship between growth and poverty.
June 22, 1993... During the mid-sixties, when "war on poverty" was still on the American Agenda, it was generally believed that poverty could be eliminated through economic growth. Economic growth, according to this line of thought, will not just benefit the rich...

A different approach to the measurement of income inequality.
June 22, 1993... The popular approach to the measurement of racial inequality is the use of black-white mean or median income ratios. (1) This article explores a different approach. It evaluates racial income inequality using an ethical index of inequality, the...

Has social mobilization caused political instability in Africa? A Granger-causality test.
June 22, 1993... The inquiry into the role of social mobilization on political instability in Africa is of vital importance, yet there have been few studies on the subject in fairly recent years. However, the findings from these studies are at best conflicting....

A regional analysis of black male-white male wage differences.
June 22, 1993... Most empirical studies of differences in black-white labor market performance undertaken in the past have been based on models estimated from national samples. In these studies the effects of the industrially diverse regional and local labor...

Enterprise zones: incentives are not attracting minority firms.
June 22, 1993... More than thirteen years have now passed since Representatives Jack Kemp (R-NY) and Richard Garcia (D-NY) introduced the enterprise zone legislation to the United States Congress in 1980. The legislation provides a tax credit to businesses which...

What do we know about racial discrimination in mortgage markets?
June 22, 1993... Controversy swirls around the mortgage lending industry. Is it providing equal access to credit regardless of an applicant's racial or ethnic status? We hope to answer this question here by summarizing evidence from a wide variety of sources...