Why do black families own less than white families? Why does school segregation persist decades after Brown v. Board of Education? Why is it harder for black adults to vote than for white adults? Will addressing economic inequality solve racial and gender inequality as well? This book answers...

Introduction: rewriting the rules of racial inequality -- American politics and economic outcomes for African Americans: a brief historical overview -- Stratification economics: a general theory of intergroup inequality -- Creating structural changes: the role of targeted universalism -- The...

Over the last several decades, two of the most significant developments in the US labor market have been: (1) rising inequality, and (2) growth in both the size and the diversity of immigration flows. Because a large share of new immigrants arrive with very low levels of schooling, English...