Although past research on the African American community has focused primarily on issues
of discrimination, segregation, and other forms of deprivation, there has always been some …

The authors develop an explicitly sociological variant on human capital theory, emphasizing
that most human capital acquisition is a social product, not an individual investment …

Racial residential segregation has received considerable attention from social scientists
who, in general, have found that African Americans, particularly those in large, northeastern …

This study uses data from the 1988 to 1992 waves of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics
(PSID) to assess predictions from the particularistic mobility thesis concerning how African …

In the 1990s “new” economy, was downward mobility from high-level white-collar
occupations related to race, and if so, what factors explain this relationship? We use Panel …

Abstract Data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics supports predictions from the
minority vulnerability thesis concerning the determinants of job layoffs among African …

The effects of race, class, and residential segregation on housing values continue to be a
major focus of sociological research. Nevertheless, there has yet to be a study that places …

American society today is hardly recognizable from what it was a century ago. Integrated
schools, an information economy, and independently successful women are just a few of the …

African Americans have yet to achieve parity with whites in terms of income. A growing
number of studies have identified several factors that have influenced the size of the racial …

Recent studies have found that African American managers and executives tend to have
relatively few opportunities to exercise higher order and reward-relevant job functions such …