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The Impact of Government on the Economic Status of Black Americans / James J. Heckman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heckman, James J.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w2860.
- NBER working paper series no. w2860
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Labor market.
- Labor supply.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1989.
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1989.
- Summary:
- This paper reviews recent evidence on black economic progress. It notes that while relative status increased over the period 1965-1981, absolute differentials in real earnings between blacks and whites widened over this period. The paper goes out to summarize recent studies of the impact of government on the economic status of black Americans. Educational policy has a strong effect. The evidence on affirmative action programs is mixed. There is an intrinsic bias in the methods used toward finding no effect of affirmative action programs. Selection bias effects do not account for more than 10-12% of measured wage growth of black males.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- February 1989.
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