This book describes findings of a survey-based qualitative research study conducted among Detroit employers in the auto industry to evaluate explanations for why blacks are no longer catching up with whites in terms of wages, income and employment. A key finding is the fact that black employers were more likely to hire black workers, but both black and white employers with largely black workforces pay significantly lower wages than employers with largely white workforces. This wage difference is the organizing element of subsequent study chapters that address locational considerations, differences in recruitment and hiring practices among firms and possible differences in skill requirements among black and white-owned firms, and/or differences in skill-related worker characteristics among employees.
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Three decades after the enactment of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, racial discrimination in both housing and employment continues to be a major problem in the Unites States. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
perceived skill differences, white floor supervisor, employment gaps between blacks, suburban firms, spatial mismatch theory, black employers, suburban workers, interviewed employers, spatial mismatch hypothesis, wage discrepancies, antidiscrimination measures, locational differences, hard skills, black workforce, audit studies, starting wages, sample job, black owners, growing wage, black workers, employer perceptions, skills mismatch Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
African Americans, White Male, Cannon Chemical, Lackawanna Chemical, Mash Inc, Mushroom Plastics, Sears Metals, Armstrong Industries, Morgan Stamping, Big Three, Crowe Products, Planet Products, Twain Plastics, Satellite Fasteners, Lionel Plastics, Groesbeck Corridor, Black Female, Dartmouth Stamping, United States, Civil Rights Act, Ford Motor Company, Northwest Detroit, West Bloomfield, Woodward Gas, Madison Heights New!
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Three decades after the enactment of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, racial discrimination in both housing and employment continues to be a major problem in the Unites States. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
perceived skill differences, white floor supervisor, employment gaps between blacks, suburban firms, spatial mismatch theory, black employers, suburban workers, interviewed employers, spatial mismatch hypothesis, wage discrepancies, antidiscrimination measures, locational differences, hard skills, black workforce, audit studies, starting wages, sample job, black owners, growing wage, black workers, employer perceptions, skills mismatch Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
African Americans, White Male, Cannon Chemical, Lackawanna Chemical, Mash Inc, Mushroom Plastics, Sears Metals, Armstrong Industries, Morgan Stamping, Big Three, Crowe Products, Planet Products, Twain Plastics, Satellite Fasteners, Lionel Plastics, Groesbeck Corridor, Black Female, Dartmouth Stamping, United States, Civil Rights Act, Ford Motor Company, Northwest Detroit, West Bloomfield, Woodward Gas, Madison Heights New!
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- Urban Labor Markets and Job Opportunity (Urban Opportunity) by George E. Peterson in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Urban Underclass by Christopher Jencks in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Affirmative Action by James S. Peterson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Black Youth Employment Crisis (National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report) by Richard B. Freeman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Unions and Economic Competitiveness: Economic Policy Institute (Economic Policy Institute Series) by Lawrence Mishel in Back Matter
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