TY - BOOK ID - 135805083 TI - Closing the gap : forty years of economic progress for Blacks AU - Smith, James P. AU - Welch, Finis AU - Rand Corporation. AU - United States. PY - 1986 PB - Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, DB - UniCat KW - African Americans KW - Economic conditions. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135805083 AB - This report undertakes a reassessment of the economic progress of American Blacks over the past 40 years, drawing on the 1980 Census micro data file and the newly released micro data files for the 1940 and 1950 Censuses. Its most basic concern is whether the economic lot of black men has improved significantly in the 40-year period, but it also considers whether economic progress has touched all parts of the black community. Finally, it attempts to isolate the underlying causes of black economic progress by considering the roles played by education, migration to the north, and affirmative action. ER -