The Review of Black Political Economy articles from June 2000

The Review of Black Political Economy archives from June 2000

DOES TYPE OF CONJUGAL UNION MATTER IN THE LABOR MARKET? EVIDENCE FROM A CARIBBEAN ECONOMY.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2000... INTRODUCTION For over two decades, researchers have been investigating the question of why married men earn more than their unmarried counterparts. Among the alternative theories which have been considered are that married men possess more...

BLACK ABORTION DEMAND.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2000... INTRODUCTION Ever since the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling, abortion has been a major social and public policy issue. Researchers are particularly interested in the abortion decision because of its impact on future labor...

RACE AND CESAREAN DELIVERY IN FLORIDA(1).(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2000... At a time when the Clinton Administration has set a goal of eliminating racial disparities in health by the year 2010, medical experts are struggling to understand one of the most glaring, and least talked about, disparities of all: death in...

STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT AND PUBLIC SECTOR INVESTMENT PROGRAM IN THE CARIBBEAN.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2000... INTRODUCTION Over the years, many Caribbean governments have depended fundamentally on the Public Sector Investment Program (PSIP) as the tool of economic development. The basis for this dependency is the hypothesis that public sector...

THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF HOPE AND FEAR, CAPITALISM AND THE BLACK CONDITION IN AMERICA.(Review)
June 22, 2000... THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF HOPE AND FEAR, CAPITALISM AND THE BLACK CONDITION IN AMERICA by Marcellus Andrews (New York: New York University Press, 1999) With laudatory comments from both William Darity and Glen Loury on the book jacket,...

LOCKED IN THE POORHOUSE; CITIES, RACE AND POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES.(Review)
June 22, 2000... LOCKED IN THE POORHOUSE; CITIES, RACE AND POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES Fred R. Harris and Lynn A. Curtis, Editors (Lanham, MD: Rowan & Littlefield) This update of the Kerner Commission Report (1968) provides a sobering assessment of...

READINGS IN BLACK POLITICAL ECONOMY.(Review)
June 22, 2000... READINGS IN BLACK POLITICAL ECONOMY John Whitehead and Cobie Kwasi Harris, Editors (Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt, 1999) The missing link in efforts to introduce students to the economic analysis of the experiences of African Americans has at...