scholarly journals The Racial Wealth Gap and Access to Opportunity Neighborhoods

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Dionissi Aliprantis ◽  
Daniel R. Carroll ◽  
Eric R. Young
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Housing Market ◽  
Unemployment Rates ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Racial Wealth Gap ◽  
Financial Factors ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic ◽  
Housing Costs ◽  
Lower Educational Attainment ◽  
Black Households

Some Black households live in neighborhoods with lower incomes, as well as higher unemployment rates and lower educational attainment, than their own incomes might suggest, and this may impede their economic mobility. We investigate reasons for the neighborhood sorting patterns we observe and find that differences in financial factors such as income, wealth, or housing costs between Black and white households do not explain racial distributions across neighborhoods. Our findings suggest other factors are at work, including discrimination in the housing market, ongoing racial hostility, or preferences by Black households for the strength of social networks or other neighborhood amenities that some lower-socioeconomic locations provide.

Biracial Testing: The Question of Clinicians' Influence on Children’s Test Performance

1977 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Ratusnik ◽  
Roy A. Koenigsknecht
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Setting ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Speech And Language ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Drawing Test ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic ◽  
Preschool Age Children

Six speech and language clinicians, three black and three white, administered the Goodenough Drawing Test (1926) to 144 preschoolers. The four groups, lower socioeconomic black and white and middle socioeconomic black and white, were divided equally by sex. The biracial clinical setting was shown to influence test scores in black preschool-age children.

scholarly journals Race and Networks in the Job Search Process

2019 ◽  
Vol 84 (6) ◽  
pp. 983-1012 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S. Pedulla ◽  
Devah Pager
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Racial Disparities ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Search Process ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Job Offers

Racial disparities persist throughout the employment process, with African Americans experiencing significant barriers compared to whites. This article advances the understanding of racial labor market stratification by bringing new theoretical insights and original data to bear on the ways social networks shape racial disparities in employment opportunities. We develop and articulate two pathways through which networks may perpetuate racial inequality in the labor market: network access and network returns. In the first case, African American job seekers may receive fewer job leads through their social networks than white job seekers, limiting their access to employment opportunities. In the second case, black and white job seekers may utilize their social networks at similar rates, but their networks may differ in effectiveness. Our data, with detailed information about both job applications and job offers, provide the unique ability to adjudicate between these processes. We find evidence that black and white job seekers utilize their networks at similar rates, but network-based methods are less likely to lead to job offers for African Americans. We then theoretically develop and empirically test two mechanisms that may explain these differential returns: network placement and network mobilization. We conclude by discussing the implications of these findings for scholarship on racial stratification and social networks in the job search process.

Homeownership and Financial Strain Following the Collapse of the Housing Market: A Comparative Study on Loan Delinquencies Between Black and White Households

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard F. Bieker ◽  
Yoonkyung Yuh
Keyword(s):  
Housing Market ◽  
Housing Prices ◽  
Potential Effect ◽  
Financial Strain ◽  
Residential Housing ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Consumer Finances ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact

The objectives of this study were to evaluate the extent to which homeownership contributed to household financial strain as measured by loan delinquency after the onset of the recent housing market crash, and to examine if the impact of homeownership on household financial strain differed for Black and White households. Using data from the 2010 Survey of Consumer Finances, we found that, after controlling for other factors, a household's housing preferences had a potential effect on the likelihood of experiencing financial strain following the collapse of residential housing prices. In addition, Black homeowners were more likely to have experienced financial strain following the housing collapse than were White homeowners, regardless of the time period in which the home was purchased. The implications of the findings for public policy, personal financial planning and education, and further research are presented.

Rising Black Unemployment: Changes in Job Stability or in Employability?

1994 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 55-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. V. Lee Badgett
Keyword(s):  
Population Survey ◽  
Equal Employment Opportunity ◽  
Black Workers ◽  
Job Stability ◽  
Current Population Survey Data ◽  
Unemployment Rates ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Employment Probabilities ◽  
Job Instability ◽  
Black Unemployment

This article analyzes the effects of changes in flows into and out of unemployment on the growing gap between black and white unemployment rates in the 1970s and 1980s. Current Population Survey data show that black workers’ unemployment inflows increased, suggesting that job instability increased. Declining employment opportunities were also implicated, as black workers left unemployment for a job less often in 1987 than in 1971. White women's situation improved considerably, with lower inflows and higher employment probabilities. Although the effects of declining federal equal employment opportunity (EEO) pressure cannot be detected, these findings are consistent with increasing racial discrimination.

scholarly journals An anthropologic study on strategies for addressing health problems among the elderly in Bambuí, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (suppl 3) ◽  
pp. s370-s377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Uchôa ◽  
Josélia O. A. Firmo ◽  
Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa ◽  
Ellen Corin
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Financial Factors ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
Health Situation

This paper explores the contribution of anthropological perspectives for clarifying the mechanisms through which socioeconomic circumstances influence the strategies developed by elderly for addressing their health problems in a small Brazilian city. Interviews with 20 key-informants explored the community's broad perception of the health situation of the elderly. Life histories collected from 30 elderly women examined their own perception of their health status and their health strategies. Narratives converge in emphasising the important role played by financial factors in accessing health services and medication. Life histories also describe some damaging strategies resorted to by the elderly to deal with their lack of resources. Elderly women emphasize the crucial support they receive from their family and/or neighbours to overcome health problems. Thus, the issue of poverty is not only a matter of socioeconomic circumstances, but also the poverty of broader social networks.

scholarly journals Social Networks as a Factor in Volunteering Among Elderly Japanese with Lower Socioeconomic Status

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 206-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ai Fukuzawa ◽  
Keiko Katagiri ◽  
Kazuhiro Harada ◽  
Kouhei Masumoto ◽  
Makoto Chogahara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic ◽  
Elderly Japanese
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