Friday, December 27, 2013
Book: Stuck in Place:Urban Neighborhoods and the end of Progress Toward Racial Equality
Prof. Patrick Sharkey looks at poverty accross generation in his new book: Stuck in Place.
Sunday, June 30, 2013
H-1B Visas
The Supply Side of Innovation: H‐1B Visa Reforms and U.S. Ethnic Invention
Journal of Labor Economics
Vol. 28, No. 3 (July 2010), pp. 473-508
Vol. 28, No. 3 (July 2010), pp. 473-508
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Robert BalFanz: Dropout Predictor
I saw a piece on PBS FRONTLINE about the work of Robert Balfanz a researcher at the Center of Social Organization of Schools at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Balfanz has done a lot of work on predicting when kids will drop out of higher.
Like us, here at the Evil Black Economist Blog, he believes middle school is the key place for determining a kids life trajectory.
Here is a a long term study of Dropout Trends in the Philadelphia School System.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Emmanual Saez on Income Inequality
Here is a link to one most of the most highly referenced papers in the last five years. Emmanual Saez on Income Inequality.
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Book: Brainwashed: Challenging the myth of Black Inferiority
Book: Brainwashed: Challanging the myth of Black Inferiority by Tom Burrell
Yes, tom burrell the ad executive.
Yes, tom burrell the ad executive.
Book: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the age of colorblindness
Book: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander January 2010
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