scholarly journals Can a Summer Make a Difference? The Impact of the American Economic Association Summer Program on Minority Student Outcomes

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Becker ◽  
Cecilia Elena Rouse ◽  
Mingyu Chen
Keyword(s):  
Student Outcomes ◽  
Minority Student ◽  
Summer Program ◽  
American Economic Association ◽  
Economic Association ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Wealth Discrimination Theory

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
James Edward Curtis Jr.
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Wealth Inequality ◽  
Summer Program ◽  
Material Wealth ◽  
Howard University ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Economic Association ◽  
Future Consumption ◽  
The Ohio State University ◽  
The Impact

One approach to analyzing inequality is to compare average economic choices from a classical theoretical framework. Another approach considers the impact of the formation of society, through statutes and institutions, on average economic outcomes. This paper studies the effects of slavery on black-white wealth inequality upon the emancipation of slaves in the US using historical data. The purpose of wealth has varied from over time. From an economics perspective, wealth is the accumulation of resources that have market value and can be liquidated for present and future consumption. This study proceeds based on the most measurable assumption: households reside in a country with a mixed economy of markets and social planning, such that they have an incentive to accumulate material wealth for intertemporal household consumption and social influence. Becker (1957) and Arrow (1972) developed the most general theories of wage discrimination and favoritism. Oaxaca (1973) and Blinder (1973) have mechanized their theories for empirical analysis. While their findings are insightful, they cannot be directly applied to studying wealth differences since wealth is a complex combination of wages and other variables. Finally, since unexplained differences in states that abolished slavery after the Civil War were 10 percent higher than unexplained effects in states that abolished slavery well before the Civil War and the magnitudes of the unexplained effects were similar over the long-run, we cannot reject the existence of a negatively bounded correlation between the duration of time from enslavement and the magnitude of unexplained differences in wealth. This research was funded in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant SES 0096414. I would like to thank John Ham, Richard Steckel, Randall Olsen, Bruce Weinberg, Audrey Light, Nori Hashimoto, James Peck, Patricia Reagan, Charles Kirwin, Rebecca Blank, Charles Betsey, Alvin Thornton, Leibert Morris, Maude Toussaint-Comeau, Simone Wegge, James Wilbanks, Thomas Maloney, and William Collins for their insightful comments. I would also like to thank participants in workshops and seminars at the Ohio State University, Howard University, University of Michigan, American Economic Association Summer Program and Pipeline Conferences, Western Economics Association International meetings, and Social Science History Association meetings. I would also like to thank James Curtis Sr, K D Curtis, Karen Curtis (deceased), Lariece Grant-Brown, Barbara Broadnax, Dwayne Broadnax, Rudy Broadnax, Zee Curtis-Grant, Raymond Tillery, Chris Cooper, Dr. K A Troy, Dr. H. Beecher Hicks, Reverend Charles Lewis, Reverend Cornelius Wheeler, Reverend James Lewis, Elder David Treadwell, Dr. Stephen Tucker and Roberta Tucker, Minister Charles Webb, Minister David Surles, and Elder Gregory Strong for their support. This draft is a revision of a November 2010 paper and August 2001 paper. 

scholarly journals Who Benefits from Affirmative Action? The Case of the AEA Summer Minority Program 1986–1990

1992 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A Leeds
Keyword(s):  
Affirmative Action ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Summer Program ◽  
Intensive Training ◽  
Undergraduate Instruction ◽  
Temple University ◽  
Admissions Policy ◽  
Economic Association ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
The Impact

Since 1974, the American Economic Association Summer Minority Program (AEASMP) has provided minority undergraduates with intensive training in the core areas of economics. From 1986 to 1990, while the program was at Temple University, this consisted of advanced undergraduate instruction in microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics, and mathematics. As a form of affirmative action aimed at increasing the number of minority economists, the AEASMP is subject to many of the controversies surrounding more standard affirmative action programs. Upon becoming managing director of the AEASMP in 1989, I explicitly attempted to alter the admissions policy in favor of students from lesser backgrounds, favoring those from poorer families and coming from less prestigious institutions. Access to the records of all students who applied to the AEASMP while it was at Temple provides a unique chance to analyze the effect of a change in the underlying philosophy of an affirmative action program. Specifically, I examine the impact of the change in philosophy on who was admitted to the AEASMP. Then, using the grades of students admitted to the summer program, I estimate the effect of the change in admissions procedures on the performance of students in the program. Finally, I test whether students in 1989–1990 performed better than students with similar characteristics in 1986–1988, to see whether there was greater “value-added” by the program in its last two years.

Youth Experiences in Authoring Action: The Impact of an Arts-Based Youth Program on Youth Development

2021 ◽  
pp. 074355842110067
Author(s):  
Parissa J. Ballard ◽  
Grace Anderson ◽  
Danielle Parker Moore ◽  
Stephanie S. Daniel
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Spoken Word ◽  
Leadership Education ◽  
Summer Program ◽  
Youth Of Color ◽  
Media Arts ◽  
Program Leaders ◽  
Transformative Experiences ◽  
Film Making ◽  
The Impact

Authoring Action (A2) is a youth-focused, arts-based, afterschool and summer program. A2’s mission is “to transform the lives of youth and the world through the power of creative writing, spoken word, visual and media arts, film-making and leadership education that promotes positive systemic change.” Using in-depth interviews, this study aimed to understand how this arts-based program affects youth development. Participants in this study (N=36) were alums of Authoring Action (A2), interviewed when they were between the ages of 17-32. Over half identified as female (N=21). Most A2 participants were youth of color and participated in A2 between ages 13-17. Interview data were coded following several steps: generating initial codes, searching for themes, reviewing themes, defining and naming themes, and generating a report. Four themes describe the impacts of A2 for program participants: communication, cathartic and transformative experiences, connection, and critical consciousness. Programmatic features—getting paid to participate, shared group identity, and open access to program leaders and peers – were meaningful to youth participants. The mission and programmatic features of A2 support youth development; we discuss practices that may benefit other arts-based youth programs and the implications of such practices for youth development.

Book Reviews

2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 751-753 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Consumer Good ◽  
Campus Culture ◽  
American Economic Association ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Economic Association ◽  
Commercial Enterprise ◽  
Duke University

John J. Siegfried of University of Adelaide and American Economic Association reviews “Big-Time Sports in American Universities” by Charles T. Clotfelter. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Examines the phenomenon of prominent, commercialized university-sponsored athletic enterprises and considers the consequences for the universities that operate them. Discusses strange bedfellows; priorities; the bigness of “big time;” consumer good, mass obsession; commercial enterprise; an institution builder; a beacon for campus culture; ends and means; and prospects for reform. Clotfelter is Z. Smith Reynolds Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Economic and Law at Duke University. Index.”

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