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The Moynihan Report Revisited: A conference co-sponsored by The American Academy of Political and Social Science, the Harvard University Sociology Department and W.E. B. Du Bois Institute on African and African American Research.

Black Male Joblessness

A hallmark of the Moynihan report was its emphasis on family instability as an enabling condition for the perpetuation of poverty. This session examines what we have learned about the black family in four decades of research, and whether and how changes in family structure are related to poverty and the perpetuation of socioeconomic disadvantage.

"Incentives and Decision-Making in Reducing the Economic and Social Problems of Young Disadvantaged Black Men"
Richard B. Freeman

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Richard B. Freeman

"Racial Stratification and the Durable Tangle of Neighborhood Inequality"
Robert J. Sampson

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Robert J. Sampson

"Bayesian Bigot? Statistical Discrimination, Stereotypes, and Employer Discrimination"
Devah Pager
(co-authored with Diana Karafin)

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Devah Pager

"The Labor Market and Young Black Men: Updating Moynihan's Perspective"
Harry J. Holzer

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Harry J. Holzer

Q & A on Black Joblessness
Moderated by Doug Massey; responses from Holzer, Pager, Sampson, Freeman

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Q & A on Black Joblessness

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