Leading Issues in Black Political Economy
By: Thomas D. Boston
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 550
ISBN-13: 9781351320443
Subjects: African Americans; Economic conditions; Forecasting; African American business enterprises; Race relations; Economic aspects; Noirs américains; Conditions économiques; Prévision; Entreprises noires américaines; Relations raciales; Aspect économique; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Black Studies (Global); Economic history
Description: "Leading Issues in Black Political Economy brings together the foremost experts on issues ranging from employment, training, and education of African Americans. It also emphasizes macro-economic concerns of business development with special emphasis on long-term trends of black-owned businesses. The work emphasizes welfare considerations in an anti-welfare epoch, and the role of affirmative action now that it is under attack. Attention is given to the role of race in the continuing disparity of income distribution in American society. The highlights of Leading Issues include "An Employment and Business Strategy for the Next Century: A Comment," by Thomas D. Boston; "Long Term Trends and Prospects for Black-owned Business," by Andrew F. Brimmer; "Is the U.S. Small Business Administration a Racist Institution?" by Timothy Bates; "Worker Re-Training and Labor Market Outcomes: A New Focus for Labor Research," by James B. Stewart; "Race, Cognitive Skills, Psychological Capital, and Wages," by Arthur H. Goldsmith, William Darity, Jr., and Jonathan R. Veum; and "Reparations and Public Policy," by Richard F. America. The overall findings suggest that empirical wage equation specifications do matter. The role of psychological capital is critical in the marketplace. Race is indeed an important determinant of wages-especially when the influence of both cognitive skills and psychological capital are included in the wage equation. This volume will be of crucial interest to economists, political scientists, sociologists, and policy analysts studying African-American life. Thomas D. Boston is editor of the Review of Black Political Economy and professor of economics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is the co-editor, with Catherine L. Ross, of The Inner City: Urban Poverty and Economic Development in the Next Century, also available from Transaction."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Part, Employment, Training and Education --; title: chapter 1 Introduction and Overview  -- Andrew F. Brimmer; title: chapter 2 The Declining Social and Economic Fortunes of African American Males: A Critical Assessment of Four Perspectives*  -- James H. Johnson Walter C. Farrell Jennifer A. Stoloff; title: chapter 3 Economics Research at Historically Black Colleges and Universities --; title: Rankings and Effects on the Supply of Black Economists*  -- Jacqueline Agesa Maury Granger Gregory N. Price; title: chapter 4 Worker Re-Training and Labor Market Outcomes --; title: A New Focus for Labor Research Published in The Review of Black Political Economy*  -- James B. Stewart; title: chapter 5 Employment and Training Solutions for the Economically Disadvantaged --; title: An Essay  -- Bernard E. Anderson; title: part, Minority Business Development --; title: chapter 6 Long-Term Trends and Prospects for Black-Owned Businesses  -- Andrew F. Brimmer; title: chapter 7 Minority Business Formation and Survival --; title: Evidence on Business Performance and Viability  -- Jan E. Christopher*; title: chapter 8 What Determines Exports of Black-Owned Enterprises?*  -- N. Frank Ekanem Charlie E. Mahone; title: chapter 9 Is The U.S. Small Business Administration a Racist Institution?*  -- Timothy Bates; title: part, Income Inequality --; title: chapter 10 Race, Cognitive Skills, Psychological Capital and Wages*  -- Arthur H. Goldsmith William Darity Jonathan R. Veum; title: chapter 11 Determinants Of Regional Income Distribution In The U.S. South, 1980-1990: Roles Of Net Migration And Human Capital Accumulation  -- Octavian Ngarambé Stephan J. Goetz; title: chapter 12 Assessing The Effect Of The Occupational Crowding Of Immigrants On The Real Wages Of African American Workers  -- Lonnie K. Stevans; title: chapter 13 On The Permanence Or Impermanence Of Black-White Economic Inequality  -- Jeremiah Cotton; title: chapter 14 The Shadow Of The Future And The Complexity Of Cooperation  -- John W. Handy; title: part, Economic History and Public Policy --; title: chapter 15 W.E.B. Dubois As Economic Analyst: Reflections On The 100Th Anniversary Of The Philadelphia Negro  -- Lynn C. Burbridge; title: chapter 16 No More Servants In The House  -- Beth T. Bates; title: chapter 17 The Economics Of Racism  -- Marcus Alexis; title: chapter 18 Reparations And Public Policy  -- Richard F. America; title: part, Health, Welfare and Development --; title: chapter 19 21ST Century Pollination: Federal Housing and Health Policies  -- Wilhelmina A. Leigh; title: chapter 20 Black Infant Health: Where to in the 21ST Century?  -- Geoffrey Warner; title: chapter 21 Economic Community of West African States: From an Economic Union to a Peacekeeping Mission?  -- E. Ike Udogu; title: chapter 22 Development Prospects and Policy for Africa: Structural Adjustment and Beyond  -- Kempe Ronald Hope; title: part, Discrimination, Affirmative Action and Public Policy --; title: chapter 23 How Does it Feel to be Free?: Reflections on Black-White Economic Inequality in the Era of "Color-Blind" Law  -- Rhonda M. Williams William E. Spriggs; title: chapter 24 Is There Discrimination in Mortgage Lending? What Does the Research Tell Us?  -- Harold A. Black; title: chapter 25 Another Look at Mortgage Lending Discrimination: A Review of Findings  -- Thomas D. Boston Usha Nair-Reichert Willie Belton Haizheng Li; title: chapter 26 Black Male Employment and Tight Labor Markets  -- Robert Cherry; title: chapter 27 Cooperative Economics--A Community Revitalization Strategy  -- Curtis Haynes Jessica Gordon Nembhard; title: chapter 28 Minority Procurement: Beyond Affirmative Action to Economic Empowerment  -- Sherri Leronda Wallace; title: chapter Profile of the Contributors.