The Review of Black Political Economy articles from June 1994

The Review of Black Political Economy archives from June 1994

NEA presidential address, 1993: why black economists? (National Economic Assn.)
June 22, 1994... A few years ago Barnard was in the midst of its reaccreditation process. I was serving on Committee C so named because it followed committee's A and B. The discussion turned to the recruitment of minority faculty. The dean of the faculty opened...

The cost of government deposits for black-owned commercial banks.
June 22, 1994... In 1971, the U.S. Treasury and Commerce Departments established the Minority Bank Deposit Program (MBDP). The primary objective of the program was to grant preference to minority-owned commercial banks as depositories for federal government...

Measuring employment discrimination through controlled experiments.
June 22, 1994... Three decades after the civil rights revolution of the 1960s, policy consensus remains elusive concerning equal employment opportunities for racial and ethnic minorities. Sharp debate continues on anti-discrimination laws and their enforcement,...

Sectoral labor employment in a Caribbean economy: the case of Barbados.
June 22, 1994... INTRODUCTION The empirical evidence suggests that, in the wider global context, the factors affecting LDC unemployment since 1980 have differed from those of earlier decades. While the unemployment problems of the 1960s and 1970s were...

Black-white housing price differentials: recent trends and implications.
June 22, 1994... Black-white housing price differentials result from racially discriminatory and/or segregation promoting practices. Researchers have historically sought to identify price differential patterns because certain patterns constitute indirect evidence...

An analysis of the repayment patterns of some black mortgagors.
June 22, 1994... INTRODUCTION Studies that examine race and ethnicity, with respect to mortgage lending patterns or mortgage delinquency/default patterns, frequently report about minority population groups mainly in aggregate terms; often by comparing them in...

Utilization of minority employees in small business: a comparison of nonminority and black-owned urban enterprises.
June 22, 1994... INTRODUCTION This study examines the employment composition of small businesses owned by blacks and nonminorities operating in 28 large metropolitan areas. Nonminority owners of small businesses are found to exclude minority employees...

Public Policy and the Black Hospital: From Slavery to Segregation to Integration.
June 22, 1994... Social scientists of the African-American community have tended to emphasize the importance of adequate health care to the larger progress of this community. They have long-recognized the higher disability and mortality rates among blacks result...