The Review of Black Political Economy articles from September 1998

The Review of Black Political Economy archives from September 1998

RACE, COGNITIVE SKILLS, PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL AND WAGES [*].(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 1998... INTRODUCTION The observation that blacks earn less than otherwise comparable whites has long been an established "stylized fact" for workers in the U.S. The Thernstroms have most visibly challenged the validity of this "stylized fact" and,...

DETERMINANTS OF REGIONAL INCOME DISTRIBUTION IN THE U.S. SOUTH, 1980-1990: ROLES OF NET MIGRATION AND HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 1998... INTRODUCTION A number of recent studies of regional income distribution have suggested growing income inequality in the U.S. during the 1980s. [1] This growing inequality has been attributed to the effects of industrial structure,...

ASSESSING THE EFFECT OF THE OCCUPATIONAL CROWDING OF IMMIGRANTS ON THE REAL WAGES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WORKERS.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 1998... INTRODUCTION Do immigrant workers cause the reduction of wages and the displacement of domestic workers? One response to this question holds that immigrants are in competition and are able to displace indigenous workers by working; for...

ON THE PERMANENCE OR IMPERMANENCE OF BLACK-WHITE ECONOMIC INEQUALITY.
September 22, 1998... A great many people in the United States believe that racial prejudice and discrimination, in a word, racism, will eventually be eliminated from American society. These expectations are held by both white people and black people, although...

THE SHADOW OF THE FUTURE AND THE COMPLEXITY OF COOPERATION.
September 22, 1998... INTRODUCTION The early part of the twenty-first century must inevitability confront the issue of social choice among opposing groups competing over public resources and private-sector opportunities. The underlying dynamic of this...