On the Persistence of Racial Inequality
用新增长理论模型分析种族收入差距在社区隔离下的持续性问题,发现即使没有当前歧视,群体差异也可能长期存在,并探讨了不同政策干预的效果。
A model of the 'new growth theory' type is applied to the persistence of racial income differentials in the presence of community segregation. When community human capital affects human capital accumulation by individuals, differences between groups can persist indefinitely, even in the absence of current discrimination. Intercommunity mobility can benefit advantaged minority workers who leave behind an impoverished ghetto. Workplace integration without community integration may not lead to equality even in the long run. The authors examine various policies and show that a large, temporary intervention may be successful in achieving racial equality while a smaller permanent one fails. Copyright 1998 by University of Chicago Press.