Race and Economic Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century

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Acknowledgements 1. Racial Economic Disparities in the Twenty-First Century Marlene Kim PART ONE. RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN WEALTH, EARNINGS AND WORK 2. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Wealth Maury Gittleman and Edward N. Wolff 3. Wage Gaps Among Black College Graduates, 1980-2001 Catherine J. Weinberger and Lois Joy 4. Black Physicians: Discrimination, Earnings and Job Satisfaction David J. Bashaw and John S. Heywood 5. The Racial Gap in Autonomy at Work Elaine McCrate 6. Neighborhoods, Mobility, and Wages: Latina Immigrants in Southern California Pascale Joassart 7. The Economic Status of Asian Americans Marlene Kim and Don Mar PART TWO. THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT AND IMPLICATIONS FOR RACIAL INEQUALITY 8. Do Black and White Children Start Out on Equal Footing in the Race for Economic Success? Mary Corcoran and James Kunz 9. Experiencing Residential Segregation: A Contemporary Study of Washington, D.C. Gregory D. Squires, Samantha Friedman, and Catherine E. Saidat 10. Racial Disparities and Business Cycles: Do Racial Wage Gaps Close in Tight Labor Markets? Cheryl Hill Lee and William Spriggs 11. Trends in Poverty, Employment, and Wages: White, Black, and Hispanic Women in the US, 1988-2002 Thanos Mergoupis ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS