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1 online resource (xxv, 322 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Note |
Revised versions of papers presented at a conference held at the Russell Sage Foundation in October 1998. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The effect of tighter labor markets on unemployment of Hispanics and African Americans: The 1990s experience / Cordelia W. Reimers -- Area economic conditions and the labor-market outcomes of young men in the 1990s expansion / Richard B. Freeman, William M. Rodgers III -- Black-white employment differential in a tight labor market / Chinhui Juhn -- Urban racial unemployment differentials: The New York case / Gregory E. DeFreitas -- How labor-market tightness affects employer attitudes and actions toward black job applicants: evidence from employer surveys / Philip Moss, Chris Tilly --Exclusionary practices and glass-ceiling effects across regions: what does the current expansion tell us? / Heather Boushey, Robert Cherry -- What do we need to explain about African American unemployment? / William E. Spriggs, Rhonda M. Williams -- In good times and bad: discrimination and unemployment / Cecilia A. Conrad -- Looking at the glass ceiling: do white men receive higher returns to tenure and experience? / Joyce P. Jacobsen, Laurence M. Levin -- Barriers to the employment of welfare recipients / Sandra Danziger [and others] -- The impact of labor market prospects on incarceration rates / William Darity Jr., Samuel L. Myers Jr. -- Glass ceilings, iron bars, income floors / Sanders Korenman. |
| Summary |
"Prosperity for All? reveals that while African Americans benefit in many ways from a strong job market, serious problems remain. Research presented in this book shows that the ratio of black to white unemployment has actually increased over recent expansions. |
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Even though African American men are currently less likely to leave the work force, the number of those who do not find work at all has grown substantially, indicating that joblessness is now concentrated among the most alienated members of the population. Other chapters offer evidence that racial inequality is still pervasive. Prosperity for All? ascribes black disadvantage in the labor force to employer discrimination, particularly when there is strong competition for jobs. |
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As one study illustrates, economic upswings do not appear to change racial preferences among employers, who remain less willing to hire African Americans for low-wage jobs."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Economic conditions -- Congresses.
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African Americans -- Economic conditions. |
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 1981-2001 -- Congresses.
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United States. |
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Economic conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1981-2001 |
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African Americans -- Employment -- Congresses.
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African Americans -- Employment. |
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 1981- -- Congresses. |
| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Kongress.
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New York (NY, 1998)
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Cherry, Robert D., 1944- editor.
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Rodgers, William M., editor.
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Russell Sage Foundation.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Prosperity for all? 0871541971 (DLC) 00027656 (OCoLC)43599106 |
| ISBN |
9781610441230 electronic book |
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1610441230 electronic book |
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0871541971 |
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9780871541970 |
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