THE 52nd INTERNATIONAL ATLANTIC ECONOMIC CONFERENCE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
11-14 October 2001

Race and Ethnicity (J15-1)
Friday 09h00 - 11h15
Organizers: KarenLeppel, Widener University, Peter von Allmen, Moravian College, and Michael A. Leeds, Temple University

Chair: Suzanne Heller Clain, Villanova University

Karen Leppel, Widener University, Racial/Ethnic Projections of the U.S. Retired Population

Ronald Straight, Howard University, Wealth: Black/White Asset Accumulation Differences

Michael A. Leeds and Elizabeth Wheaton, Temple University, The Black-White Wage Gap in the 1990's: Reasons for Optimism and Pessimism

Discussants: Joseph S. Falzone, Peirce College, Suzanne Heller Clain, Villanova University, and Mary L .Williams, Widener University