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The Position of African American Men in the US Labor Market Prior to the Great Recession Read chapter Read first chapter

2017 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

3. African American Men’s Decline in Labor Market Status during the Great Recession

Author : Michelle Holder

Published in: African American Men and the Labor Market during the Great Recession

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US

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Abstract

This chapter is the anchor of this research and covers original quantitative analyses I have conducted on occupational shifts that occurred among African American men during the recession. The importance of a group’s occupational distribution lies in the distribution’s influence on the group’s average wages. Occupational distribution by race can therefore influence inter-group wage disparities. This chapter shows that while African American male representation in high-, mid- and low-wage jobs declined over the course of the recession, the opposite occurred for white non-Hispanic men; the latter group was able to maintain its occupational representation during the recession. Based on the quantitative evidence presented in this as well as the preceding chapter, my conclusion is that African American men were further and disparately marginalized in the workforce during the Great Recession.

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Metadata
Title
African American Men’s Decline in Labor Market Status during the Great Recession
Author
Michelle Holder
Copyright Year
2017
Book
African American Men and the Labor Market during the Great Recession

Print ISBN: 978-1-137-56310-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-137-56311-8

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56311-8_3