A Survival Analysis of Adult Male Black/White Labor Market Flows

Unemployment rates of black groups are roughly twice those of white groups, regardless of age, sex, and geographic location. Seeking to identify the labor market flows responsible for this differential, Marston [14] and Ehrenberg [4] use Current Population Survey gross flow data to compute average monthly flow probabilities among the states employment, unemployment, and nonparticipation. They find that blacks and other minorities are more likely to exit employment for unemployment, less likely to exit unemployment for employment, and less likely to successfully enter the labor force.