Race, ethnicity, and economic statistics for the 21st century edited by Randall Akee, Lawrence F. Katz, and Mark A. Loewenstein

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Akee, Randall K. Q. (Randall Kekoa Quinones), editor.

Katz, Lawrence F., editor.

Loewenstein, Mark A., editor.

Conference Name:

Conference on Research in Income and Wealth (2024 : Alexandria, Va.)

Series:

Studies in income and wealth ; v. 84.

Studies in income and wealth / NBER volume 84

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnicity--United States--Statistics--Congresses.

Ethnicity.

Race--Demographic aspects--United States--Statistics--Congresses.

Race.

Economics--Statistical methods--Congresses.

Economics.

United States--Economic conditions--Statistics--Congresses.

United States.

United States--Population--Statistics--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Chicago London The University of Chicago Press 2026

Biography/History:

Randall Akee is professor of public policy and American Indian studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a research associate of the NBER. Lawrence F. Katz is the Elisabeth Allison Professor of Economics at Harvard University and a research associate of the NBER. Mark A. Loewenstein is division chief of Employment Research and Program Development at the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Summary:

"Categorizing race and ethnicity for twenty-first-century statistics and economics. The increasing racial and ethnic diversity of the US population raises the question of whether the race and ethnicity categories and definitions used by federal statistical agencies to create demographic statistics on which government officials, business decision-makers, and private citizens rely fully reflect the changing population. Official definitions of existing race and ethnic groups do not always command wide agreement, and over time, some definitions that were once widely accepted may become less so based on political, legal, and social factors. Comparable measures of race and ethnicity over time are needed to accurately track historical changes in economic and social outcomes, as well as racial and ethnic segregation. This volume explores the production of economic statistics that accurately depict the complex racial and ethnic diversity of the US population in the twenty-first century. The chapters examine the consequences for economic analyses of different measurement choices concerning race and ethnicity, assess the likely implications of the 2024 changes in federal race and ethnicity measurement standards, introduce new data sets with richer demographic information, and compare measures of race and ethnicity in administrative versus survey data. They also apply existing data in creative ways to develop alternative characterizations of the changing US workforce and to illuminate important policy questions related to criminal justice, immigration, labor market discrimination, the social safety net, health care, and child welfare"-- De Gruyter Brill

Contents:

Introduction / Randall Akee, Lawrence F. Katz, Mark A. Lowenstein

I. Measuring race and ethnicity in the federal statistical system. Measuring the racial and ethnic composition and diversity of the US population : historical challenges and contemporary opportunities / Nicholas Jones, Eric Jensen, Karen Battle, Rachel Marks

Data collection without definitions / William A. Darity Jr., Stephan Lefebvre

Measuring potential effects of introducing the 2024 Race and Ethnicity Standards into the Current Population Survey / Mark A. Lowenstein, David S. Piccone Jr., Anne E. Polivka

Estimating the potential impact of combined race and ethnicity reporting on long-term earnings statistics / Kevin L. McKinney, John M. Abowd

II. Implications of mismeasured and imputed race and ethnicity. Race and ethnicity (mis)measurement in the US criminal justice system / Keith Finlay, Elizabeth Luh, Michael Mueller-Smith

Unwarranted disparity in high-stakes decisions : race measurement and policy responses / E. Jason Baron, Joseph J. Doyle Jr., Natalia Emanuel, Peter Hull, Joseph Ryan

Quantifying the uncertainty of imputed demographic disparity estimates : the dual-bootstrap / Benjamin Lu, Jia Wan, Derek Ouyang, Jacob Goldin, Daniel E. Ho

The missing link? : using LinkedIn data to measure race, ethnic, and gender differences in employment outcomes at individual companies / Alexander Berry, Molly Maloney, David Neumark

III. Applications. Race, ethnicity, and measurement error / Bruce D. Meyer, Nikolas Mittag, Derek Wu

Ethnic identity and anti-immigrant sentiment : evidence from Proposition 187 / Francisca M. Antman, Brian Duncan

Granular income inequality and mobility using IDDA : exploring patterns across race and ethnicity / Illenin Kondo, Kevin Rinz, Natalie Gubbay, Brandon Hawkins, John Voorheis, Abigail Wozniak

Earnings inequality and immobility for Hispanics and Asians : an examination of variation across subgroups / Randall Akee, Sonya R. Porter, Emilia Simeonova

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed January 9, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Conference on Research in Income and Wealth (2024 : Race, ethnicity, and economic statistics for the 21st century

ISBN:

9780226843797

0226843793

OCLC:

1564059877

Access Restriction:

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