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O'Neill, Dave M. – Journal of Human Resources, 1970
Concludes that about half of racial differentials in earnings are due to current labor market discrimination, with the remainder due to past discrimination. (BH)
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Labor Economics, Labor Market
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Boston, Thomas D. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1990
Analysis of data from the Current Population Survey identified primary and secondary labor market sectors, based on whether specific skills or prior training were conditions of employment. Results showed significant unexplained earnings differentials across sectors for four groups: Black men, White men, Black women, and White women. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Blacks, Females, Job Skills, Labor Market
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Kruse, Douglas L. – Monthly Labor Review, 1998
Due to lower rates of employment and other labor market difficulties, working-age persons with disabilities tend to have lower incomes and are more likely to live in poverty than persons without disabilities. Those with severe disabilities are more likely to be female, African American, older, and less educated than those without disabilities.…
Descriptors: Blacks, Disabilities, Economically Disadvantaged, Females
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Meisenheimer, Joseph R., II – Monthly Labor Review, 1990
Although college-educated Black women and White women have very similar earnings, substantial economic differences still exist between college-educated Black men and White men. (Author)
Descriptors: Blacks, College Graduates, Employment Level, Females
Galchus, Kenneth Edward – 1970
This study calculates the degree of substitutability between white and nonwhite labor within various occupational categories, in order to determine the extent of racial discrimination and to derive demand curves for nonwhite labor. The model developed in the study treats employer discrimination as a differential between total and money costs to…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Blacks, Economic Factors, Economic Research
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Parcel, Toby L. – American Sociological Review, 1979
A contextual analysis of individual labor earnings as a function of both background/investment variables and specific dimensions of areal labor market social and economic organization suggests specific factors which influence Black and White earning levels. (Author/EB)
Descriptors: Blacks, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Labor Market, Racial Differences
Hanushek, Eric A. – 1981
The panoply of possible factors contributing to the observed earnings differences between blacks and whites exceeds current analytical abilities. Thus, this paper concentrates on a limited range of factors: skill differences among workers, geographic location (or labor market), and race. Skill differences are measured by schooling and experience…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Black Population Trends, Blacks, Comparative Analysis
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Sexton, Edwin A.; Nickel, Janet F. – Economics of Education Review, 1992
Hypothesizes that the labor market recognizes differences in the educational quality and quantity of urban and suburban education and rewards young workers accordingly. Estimating earnings equations for African-American and white youths shows that attendance at a central city high school does, indeed, lower earnings between 4 and 10 percent. (12…
Descriptors: Blacks, Education Work Relationship, Educational Economics, Educational Quality
Diebold, Francis X.; And Others – 1994
Data assembled from the sequence of Current Population Survey (CPS) tenure supplements for 1973, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1987, and 1991 were analyzed along with demographic characteristics and other variables available from the general CPS to identify changes in job retention rates in the United States throughout the 1980s. The analysis was based on…
Descriptors: Blacks, Business Cycles, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns
Holzer, Henry J. – 1995
Data from a survey of 800 employers were used to investigate the effects of employer skill needs on the wage levels and employment of newly hired workers, and especially on how these outcomes differ by race, gender, and educational group. Results showed that very few new jobs were available to workers who lacked credentials such as diplomas or…
Descriptors: Blacks, Educational Attainment, Employees, Employers
Human, Linda; And Others – 1986
This study, the third of three undertaken by the School of Business Leadership at the University of South Africa, involves an analysis of wage differentiation and occupational mobility at the microlevel among blacks in a number of South African companies. The report argues that the political, legal, economic and social factors which impinge on…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Black Employment, Blacks, Comparable Worth
O'Neill, June; And Others – 1986
This report attempts to identify and analyze the causes of the differences between the earnings and employment of black males and white males. Although the earnings gap between black and white men was substantially reduced between 1940 and 1980, black men still earn less than white men. While the relative earnings of black men has risen since…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Blacks, Civil Rights Legislation, Economically Disadvantaged
Rivera-Batiz, Francisco L. – 1992
This document consists of 15 data tables, without accompanying text, for a National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools, and Teaching (NCREST) presentation on the education and economic condition of Hispanic Americans. Each table contains a source note. The following are the table titles: (1) "Resident Population of the United States,…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Asian Americans, Blacks, Census Figures
King, Randall Howard – 1978
A study, growing out of human capital theory, examined the economic consequences of dropping out of high school. Effect of schooling over time on labor market success (hourly pay rate, occupational prestige, and employment incidence and duration) was measured. Data on young men and women was obtained from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor…
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Differences, Dropout Rate
Malveaux, Julianne – 1984
Black, Latina, and Asian women generally work in jobs that are less well-paying and lower on the occupational hierarchy than are the jobs held by their white counterparts. In addition, these women of color face higher unemployment rates than do white women. Whereas the entry of large numbers of white women into the work force is a fairly recent…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Black Employment, Black Mothers, Blacks
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