The Disparate Impact of Unemployment

Macroeconomic Policy as a Tool for Race, Gender, and Age Discrimination

Nov 25, 2013

Overview

This seminar will explore the relationship between macroeconomic policy and the systemic perpetuation of involuntary unemployment, with a particular emphasis on the discriminatory effect of involuntary unemployment on age, race and gender minorities.

In Voyage of the Beagle, Charles Darwin said “[i]f the misery of our poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.” In the spirit of that observation, this seminar will explore the relationship between macroeconomic policy and the systemic perpetuation of involuntary unemployment, with a particular emphasis on the discriminatory effect of involuntary unemployment on age, race and gender minorities. Questions to be addressed include:

What causes involuntary unemployment?

What is the effect of involuntary unemployment on individuals, communities and the economy?

How are particular age, gender and racial groups affected by involuntary unemployment, relative to the broader population?

How can macroeconomic policy be used to address involuntary unemployment?

Participants

Speaker
William A. “Sandy” Darity, Jr.
Arts and Sciences Professor of Public Policy
The Sanford School at Duke University
Speaker
Robert E. Prasch (deceased)
Professor of Economics
Middlebury College
Speaker
Rania Antonopoulos
Alternate Minister for Combatting Unemployment & MP (SYRIZA)
Greek Hellenic Parliament
Moderator
Olatunde Johnson
Professor of Law
Columbia Law School

Core Resources

How To Guarantee A Job For Every American

Darity, Jr., William How to Guarantee a Job For Every American., 2013.

Bold Policies For Economic Justice

Darity, Jr., William, and Darrick Hamilton. “Bold Policies for Economic Justice.” (2012).

 bold.pdf

From Here To Full Employment

Darity, Jr., William. “From Here To Full Employment.” Review of Black Political Economy (2012).

 from_here_to_full_employment_published.pdf

Rania Antonopoulos: In Greece, 173,000 Persons Among The 950,000 Registered Unemployed Are Less Than 24 Years Old

Antonopoulos, Rania Rania Antonopoulos: In Greece, 173,000 Persons among the 950,000 Registered Unemployed Are Less Than 24 years old., 2013.

The Current Economic And Financial Crisis: A Gender Perspective

Antonopoulos, Rania. “The Current Economic and Financial Crisis: A Gender Perspective.” (2009).

 rania_current_economic_crisis.pdf

Promoting Gender Equality Through Stimulus Packages And Public Job Creation: Lessons Learned From South Africa’s Expanded Public Works Program

“Promoting Gender Equality Through Stimulus Packages and Public Job Creation: Lessons Learned From South Africa’s Expanded Public Works Program.” (2009).

 stimulus.pdf

Stratification Economics: Context Versus Culture And The Reparations Controversy

Darity, Jr., William. “Stratification Economics: Context Versus Culture and the Reparations Controversy.” (2009).

 stratification.pdf

State, Difference, And Diversity: Toward A Path Of Expanded Democracy And Gender Equality

Antonopoulos, Rania, and Francisco Cos-Montiel. “State, Difference, and Diversity: Toward a Path of Expanded Democracy and Gender Equality.” (2007).

 state diversity.pdf

Background Resources

“Jobs For All”: A Fitting Tribute To The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Forstater, Mathew. “Jobs for All”: A Fitting Tribute to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. .” Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching. 2002.

 JobsForAll.pdf

A Proposal For Eliminating Youth Unemployment

Tcherneva, Pavlina R. A Proposal for Eliminating Youth Unemployment., 2014.