Economic Policy
The Joint Center’s Economic Policy Program identifies challenges and opportunities for advancing the economic status of Black communities. See below for research, analysis, and activities related to economic policy.
Promising Practices in Asset Building for Low-Income Communities of Color
To identify promising practices in asset building for low-income people, the Joint Center analyzed data for two groups of states – those with high CFED asset-outcome rankings and those with…
Can Infrastructure Investments Promote a More Inclusive Economy?
It seems that the spring won’t be much more favorable to the economy than the winter — while the April showers may have brought May flowers, according to recent job…
Secretary Slater Calls For a National Vision For Transportation
In an interview with FOCUS Magazine, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater, Esq. emphasized the importance of a national vision for the future of transportation in the context…
Asset Building in Low-Income Communities of Color, Part 2
This report presents findings from the second year of an initiative to assess what works to enable low-income communities of color to build assets. It highlights predisposing factors and promising…
Asset Building in Low-Income Communities of Color, Part 1
This report by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies presents findings from the first year of an initiative to assess what works to enable low-income communities of color…
Joint Center Testifies on Reducing the Census Undercount
On July 10, 2008, Roderick Harrison, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies testified before the Information Policy, Census and National Archives Subcommittee, Oversight…
Understanding the Role of African American Churches and Clergy in Community Crisis Response
This study, commissioned by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and carried out by leading researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, provides important insight…
African Americans and Homeownership: The Subprime Lending Experience, 1995 to 2007 – November 2007 – Brief #2
This brief provides a primer on subprime lending and how it has affected homeownership among African Americans. Its story begins in the mid-1990s with the increase in subprime lending for…
Black Youth Losing Interest in Military Service
Black enlistments in the military have declined to their lowest level in more than three decades. The downturn is a major problem for the Pentagon, which is trying to increase…