Subjective and objective indicators of racial progress

Arbeitspapier

Progress in closing differences in many objective outcomes for blacks relative to whites has slowed, and even worsened, over the past three decades. However, over this period the racial gap in well-being has shrunk. In the early 1970s data revealed much lower levels of subjective well-being among blacks relative to whites. Investigating various measures of well-being, we find that the well-being of blacks has increased both absolutely and relative to that of whites. While a racial gap in well-being remains, two-fifths of the gap has closed and these gains have occurred despite little progress in closing other racial gaps such as those in income, employment, and education. Much of the current racial gap in well-being can be explained by differences in the objective conditions of the lives of black and white Americans. Thus making further progress will likely require progress in closing racial gaps in objective circumstances.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 4183

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Welfare Economics: General ; Measurement and Analysis of Poverty ; Demographic Economics: General ; Labor Discrimination: General ; Basic Areas of Law: General (Constitutional Law)
• Thema: subjective well-being ; life satisfaction ; happiness ; race

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Stevenson, Betsey ; Wolfers, Justin
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (wo): Munich
• (wann): 2013

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/71262
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ