Can 'Baby Bonds' Eliminate the Racial Wealth Gap in Putative Post-Racial America?

Review of Black Political Economy

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 207-216

  Hamilton, Darrick ^a   Darity, William ^b  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development accounts; Post Racial America; Racial wealth gap

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650399046     PISSN: 00346446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12114-010-9063-1     Document Type: Article

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