This paper examines the empirical link between the growth of production in a central city and the distribution of income among its residents, by race and ethnicity, within an input-output modeling approach. The specific case of Miami, Florida is considered. The paper reviews the recent historical experience which reveals considerable growth of employment in the […]

Previous work on Hispanic men finds that earnings rise with English proficiency. Several studies have found, in fact, that previously found non-Hispanic/Hispanic earnings differentials can be accounted for completely by differences in English proficiency. We question existing work on two grounds. First of all, the more able are more likely to be proficient at any […]

The central topic of this paper is that the implementation of a free-market-oriented economic policy in Cuba should be preceded by finely tuned institutional and legal changes. A careless or dogmatic application of general economic policy principles could generate immediate imbalances that would complicate further implementation of a transition towards a free-market system. The transition […]