The Promise and Limits of High-pressure Labor Markets for Narrowing the Racial Gaps
Type
Policy Brief or Report
Year
2021
Level
Other
State(s)
All States
Policy Areas
Economic Justice
This report explores the case for continuing to run the economy "hot" in order to maintain low unemployment and high effective demand for labor as a strategy for reducing racial wage gaps and improving racial equity. This report also explores the promises and limits of a high-pressure labor market strategy for reducing racial economic inequality.