Analysis of North Carolina survey data indicates that females' average hourly wages were 71% of males', and blacks' wages were 78% of whites'. Human capital factors (educational attainment and occupational experience) explained 31% and 3% of the racial and gender gaps, respectively. Job gender composition explained 56% of the gender gap; job…

Black workers were found more likely than white workers to prefer extrinsic rewards of high income and job security and less likely to prefer an intrinsic reward of feelings of job accomplishment. These Findings are discussed as they bear on the race class issue and Maslow's theory of job values. (Author/GC)

Using data from Black men residing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, tests the hypothesis that the earnings advantage of first generation northern Blacks over native northern Blacks results from different career strategies in the two groups. (Author/GC)

Analyses of National Longitudinal Survey data indicate that cognitive skill level affects access to high-skill occupations and earnings. Lower cognitive skill levels for African Americans and U.S.-born Mexican Americans explain a substantial proportion of income differences between these groups and European Americans but not the gender gap in pay…