BALTIMORE --
The field of economics is facing an upheaval, with African American scholars decrying bias in the profession and presenting evidence that leading journals have failed to publish sufficient research that documents racial inequalities.
Research about race has largely been excluded from the top five economic journals.
The lack of academic research published in top journals contrasts with evidence that racial inequality is a pervasive economic problem.
Chetty's research with colleagues has found troubling racial disparities, such as job booms in Atlanta and Charlotte, North Carolina, that largely excluded African Americans who grew up in those areas.
Michigan State University's Cook has said that one remedy would be to provide more career paths to African American economists at universities, think tanks and the editorial boards of top research journals.
