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Race and Gender Discrimination across Urban Labor Markets
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This study, first published in 1996, investigates the effects that local labor market conditions may have on the economic status of women and blacks, relative to their white male counterparts. More precisely, it examines the impact that local labor market conditions have on estimates of labor market discrimination investigated in this study are wage discrimination and occupational discrimination. This title will be of interest to students of sociology, gender studies and urban studies.
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Yes, you can access Race and Gender Discrimination across Urban Labor Markets by Susanne Schmitz in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Ciencias sociales & Geografía humana. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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The Occupational Distributions of Women and Blacks Relative to White Men
INTRODUCTION
In addition to examining relative wages, a complete investigation of the relative economic status of women and blacks should also explore how these groups fare with respect to occupational attainment. In Chapter IV, the analysis centered on estimating sources of the wage differential between the two groups relative to white men and how changes in labor market attributes might explain changes in these estimates. This Chapter concentrates on the possible relationship between the changes in the relative occupational status of these groups and changing labor market characteristics.
OCCUPATIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS WITHIN A NATIONAL VS. LOCAL LABOR MARKET
In examining the relative economic position of women and blacks, it is important to determine how the occupational distribution of workers varies across labor markets. Within this context, we again employ the SMSA as the local labor market. The observed occupational distributions are based...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter
- I. Introduction
- II. Review of the Literature
- III. Local Labor Markets and Discrimination
- IV. The Wage Model: Empirical Specification and Results
- V. The Occupational Distributions of Women and Blacks Relative to White Men
- VI. Summary and Conclusions
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index