There is substantial racial and gender disparity in the American economy. As we will demonstrate,
discriminatory treatment within the labor market is a major cause of this inequality. Yet…

This article examines the mismatch between the political discourse around individual agency,
education, and financial literacy, and the actual racial wealth gap. The authors argue that …

This special edition of the Review of Black Political Economics provides a contribution to the
growing, vital and intellectually rich field of stratification economics. Stratification economics …

This study uses evolutionary game theory to model the relationship between racial identity
formation and inter-racial disparities in economic and non-economic outcomes. Starting with …

The author examines available evidence on the effects of exposure to joblessness on emotional
well-being according to race and sex. The impact of racism on general health outcomes …

The literature on the black middle class has focused predominantly on married-couple families
with children, reflecting a conception of the black middle class as principally composed of …

Interment began with the failure of the model premised on employers' taste for discrimination.
The preferences of employers for members of one group over another could not sustain …

… Using innovative methods that link monetary values to historical wrongs, William Darity Jr.
and A. Kirsten Mullen assess the literal and figurative costs of justice denied in the 155 years …

Persistent Disparity provides a comprehensive examination of the magnitude and scope of
racial economic disparity in the United States. The authors directly assess the extent of black …

This article provides an overview of the origins and development of stratification economics
as a subfield that centers the importance of identity, social ranking, and relative group …