June 24, 2020
Research finds police violence can have wider impacts, negatively affecting academic achievement and crime reporting in neighborhoods where incidents occur.
June 22, 2020
New York Times economics reporter Eduardo Porter speaks with EconoFact's Michael Klein about his book 'American Poison: How Racial Hostility Destroyed Our Promise.'
June 16, 2020
Research has focused on identifying the role of racial discrimination among police officers. New work is evaluating the effectiveness of interventions to address inequities in policing.
October 27, 2018
Using experiments, economists are finding evidence of pervasive discrimination in hiring for most groups that experience lower wages, as well as other groups.
May 10, 2018
Not only are disproportionate amounts of income accruing to the top end of the income distribution, it is also accruing disproportionately to a few race groups.
June 9, 2017
'Ban the Box' regulations aim to raise the odds that people with criminal records find jobs. They may hurt the employment chances of black men without records.