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  3. The Economics of Structural Racism
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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
April 2023
Print publication year:
2023
Online ISBN:
9781009290784
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009290784
Subjects:
Microeconomics, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, Macroeconomics, Sociology
Series:
Cambridge Studies in Stratification Economics: Economics and Social Identity
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This extensive and comprehensive book tracks persistent racial disparities in the US across multiple regimes of structural racism. It begins with an examination of the economics of racial identity, mechanisms of stratification, and regimes of structural racism. It analyzes trends in racial inequality in education and changes in family structure since the demise of Jim Crow. The book also examines generational trends in income, wealth, and employment for families and individuals, by race, gender, and national region. It explores economic differences among African Americans, by region, ethnicity, nativity, gender, and racial identity. Finally, the book provides a theoretical analysis of structural racism, productivity, and wages, with a special focus on the role of managers and instrumental discrimination inside the firm. The book concludes with an investigation of instrumental discrimination, hate crimes, the criminal legal system, and the impact of mass incarceration on family structure and economic inequality.

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‘[A] book that should be read widely, even by economists specializing in general issues in the US economy. … The book provides a template for mapping the position of other marginalized groups in the US economy, and its focus on stratification economics can help a wide range of people see their own abundance.’

Larry Chavis Source: Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy

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