Black Economists on Race and Policy: Contributions to Education, Poverty and Mobility, and Public Finance
梳理了黑人经济学家在美国教育、贫困与流动性、公共财政等政策领域的研究贡献，提炼出个体与结构解释、种族与歧视、种族的内生性以及客观性与立场性等主题。
We explore the contributions of Black economists to research on major economic and social policy problems in the United States. We focus on applications in education, poverty and economic mobility, and public finance to extract common themes and patterns. The major themes that emerge include (i) Black economists’ examination of individual versus structural explanations for economic outcomes, (ii) the role played by race and discrimination, (iii) the endogenous determination of race, and (iv) the nature of objectivity and positionality in economic research. A unifying theme is a willingness of many Black economists to engage critically on economic policy issues, using frameworks both from within as well as outside of mainstream neoclassical economics.