$74,000
The evolution of civil rights enforcement and economic prosperity of minorities
2020
Jamein P. Cunningham is an assistant professor in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management and the Department of Economics at Cornell University. His teaching and research interests include labor economics, urban economics, economics of crime, and microeconometrics.
He completed his Ph.D. in economics at the University of Michigan, where he was a Population Studies Center graduate trainee and the recipient of the Rackham Merit Fellowship and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute in Child Health and Development Fellowship.
He earned his M.A. in economics from the University of North Texas and his B.A in economics at Michigan State University.
Funded Research
Authored by Jamein Cunningham
Policy
New research documents the high cost of residential racial segregation in Northern cities of the United States (opens in a new tab)
Blog MAY 9, 2022
By: Jamein Cunningham, Alberto Ortega, Robynn Cox, Kenneth D. Whaley
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
The telling connection between affirmative action litigation, the racial composition of U.S. police forces, and the level of police killings of civilians (opens in a new tab)
Blog DEC 2, 2021
By: Robynn Cox, Jamein Cunningham, Alberto Ortega
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Jamein Cunningham’s Working Papers
Academic
Black Lives: The High Cost of Segregation (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers MAY 9, 2022
By: Robynn Cox, Jamein Cunningham, Alberto Ortega, Kenneth D. Whaley
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Academic
The impact of affirmative action litigation on police killings of civilians (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers DEC 2, 2021
By: Robynn Cox, Jamein Cunningham, Alberto Ortega
Economic Equity & Opportunity
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