Black Economists on Race and Policy: Contributions to Education, Poverty and Mobility, and Public Finance

Dania V. Francis, Bradley L. Hardy and Damon Jones

Journal of Economic Literature, 2022, vol. 60, issue 2, 454-93

Abstract: We explore the contributions of Black economists to research on major economic and social policy problems in the United States. We focus on applications in education, poverty and economic mobility, and public finance to extract common themes and patterns. The major themes that emerge include (i) Black economists' examination of individual versus structural explanations for economic outcomes, (ii) the role played by race and discrimination, (iii) the endogenous determination of race, and (iv) the nature of objectivity and positionality in economic research. A unifying theme is a willingness of many Black economists to engage critically on economic policy issues, using frameworks both from within as well as outside of mainstream neoclassical economics.

JEL-codes: A11 D72 I23 I28 I32 J15 K42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1257/jel.20211686

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