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The Economics of Structural Racism Patrick L. Mason (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

The Economics of Structural Racism By Patrick L. Mason (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

Summary

This book explains persistent racial disparities in the United States. It begins with an examination of the economics of racial identity, mechanisms of stratification, and regimes of structural racism. Thereafter, it examines racial trends in income, wealth, employment, and criminal legal outcomes and African American diversity.

The Economics of Structural Racism Summary

The Economics of Structural Racism: Stratification Economics and US Labor Markets by Patrick L. Mason (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

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.

About Patrick L. Mason (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

Patrick L. Mason is Professor of Economics and Economist at the Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts Amherst. His research interests include racial inequality, educational achievement, income distribution, unemployment, social identity, family well-being and structure, racial profiling, and computerization, innovation, and employment.

Table of Contents

Part I. Foundations: 1. Introduction; 2. Racial identity as an economic norm; 3. Mechanisms of stratification: insecurities and inequities of capitalist competition; 4. Regimes of racial stratification: 1865 present; Part II. African American Educational Progress and Transformations in Family Structure, 1965 present: 5. African American educational progress: 1965 present; 6. Transformations in family structure; Part III. African American Income and Wealth, 1965 present: 7. Family income growth and inequality: 1965 present; 8. Family wealth inequality: pensions, homeownership, and property income; 9. Individual wage and employment disparity; 10. African American cultural diversity: social identity, ethnicity, and nativity; Part IV. Structural Racism, 1965 present: 11. Structural racism and persistent wage disparity; 12. The Criminal legal system and hate crimes; Part V. Restatement and Discussion: 13. Restatement and discussion; References; Index.

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NPB9781009290777
9781009290777
1009290770
The Economics of Structural Racism: Stratification Economics and US Labor Markets by Patrick L. Mason (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
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Cambridge University Press
2023-04-13
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