The Review of Black Political Economy articles from September 22 1991

The Review of Black Political Economy archives from September 22 1991

Attitudes towards race and poverty in the demand for private education: the case of Mississippi.
September 22, 1991... Through most primary and secondary education in the United States is provided by public institutions, private schools also play a significant role. In 1980, for example, 10.6 percent of all elementary and high school students in the United...

Racial differences in intersegment mobility.
September 22, 1991... It is well established that traditional human capital variables are correlated with occupational mobility. Sicherman and Galor, for example, show that part of the returns to schooling come in the form of a higher probability of upward...

Factors affecting the external debt-servicing capacity of African nations: an empirical investigation.
September 22, 1991... As the debt burden balloons in many African countries, the debt-servicing capacity of these nations (excluding South Africa) has become a subject of interest and concern for both international lending organizations and the debtor nations....

Agricultural exports and the agenda for accelerated development in Africa.
September 22, 1991... I. The purpose of this study is to examine the prospects for export-led growth in tropical Africa based on agricultural raw materials. Specifically, the article analyzes whether there is a significant non-price-induced preference in...

Interregional migration of labor in Ghana, West Africa: determinants, consequences and policy intervention.
September 22, 1991... In recent years several scholars have articulated the thesis that the rural- to urban movement of population is one of the major social structural transformations to occur in the developing countries. Contemporary Third World migration is more...

Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class, and Environmental Quality.
September 22, 1991... Proponents of deregulation and unbridled economic growth as principal strategies to enhance blacks' economic well-being should take pause after reading this volume. Robert Bullard's principal thesis is that "black communities, because of their...

Two-Tier Compensation Structures: Their Impact on Unions, Employers and Employees.
September 22, 1991... Two-Tier Compensation Structures contains a wealth of useful information regarding these compensation arrangements and their impact both on the collective bargaining process and on the vitality of labor unions. Unfortunately, the organization...