Books by Kevin Lang

Kevin Lang’s Poverty and Discrimination is marketed as a text but it is far more.  Imagine a first-rate labor economist sitting down to tell us what he knows about the topics at hand.  This includes who is poor, does economic growth still eliminate poverty, how much does family structure matter, does changing neighborhoods help a family, what have been the effects of welfare reform, how strong is labor market race discrimination, and many others.  Lang’s discussions are consistently smart and in...