Analyzing Disparity and Discrimination in Labor Markets and Education

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Examining the relationship between disparity and discrimination in labor markets, loans, and education, and the importance of disentangling the two concepts. It explores the challenges of studying discrimination through observational data and distinguishing it from mismeasurement or incomplete data.

Can economics and better measurement help us understand racial disparities and suggest how to reduce or eliminate them? Economist Roland Fryer of Harvard University believes deeply in the power of data to help us understand how the world works and how we might change it. Listen as he tells EconTalk's Russ Roberts of his devotion to this mission, what he learned from his grandmother, and what colleges can do if they really want to increase minority enrollment.