Economics research at historically black colleges and universities: Rankings and effects on the supply of black economists

This paper ranks economics departments at Historically Black Colleges and U niversities (HBCUs) according to various measures of research productivity and the number of black doctorates in economics produced. Additionally, we examine the possible causal relationship between the research output of HBC U economics departments and the number of HBCU graduates that earn doctorat es in economics. We find that the number HBCU graduates that earn doctorate s in economics is positively correlated with HBCU research productivity. Th is suggests that HBCUs could possibly enhance the pipeline and supply of bl ack Ph.D. economists by committing more resources to economics faculty rese arch.