Racial and Ethnic Inequality

Despite the increasing racial/ethnic diversification of many societies, inequality along racial/ethnic lines diverged across societies. Some countries have witness closing racial gap, whereas many other societies have seen persistent racial/ethnic inequality. What factors explain this divergence and what can we learn from it? The proposed session will explore trends in racial/ethnic inequality over time and across countries. It will pay particular attention to the mechanisms that reduce or reinforce racial and ethnic inequality in education, the labor market, and social domains.