Stratification in the Labor Market

Bibliographic Data

ID23723137
AuthorsEric Arce (University of California, Santa Barbara), Denise A Segura (0009-0006-8358-5148, University of California, Santa Barbara)
Year2015
Pages1-3
Publication date2015-12-30
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueWiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Nationalism (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781118663202.wberen226
OpenAlexW2343154318
ISBN9781118663202
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited6

In advanced capitalist nations like the United States, the labor market is organized hierarchically stratified by race‐ethnicity, gender, and class. Historically, societal beliefs concerning marginalized groups including racial/ethnic groups, immigrants, women, and poor people, have fueled inequalities in the labor market. Dual labor market segmentation theories argue that workers from marginalized and oppressed groups disproportionately occupy low‐paying, unstable occupations with few opportunities for mobility or access to benefits. Conversely, white workers are overrepresented in high‐status positions characterized by promotion ladders, stability, and high wages. These disparate occupational terrains possess distinct and unequal workplace conditions, wages, discrimination, and ultimately socioeconomic outcomes.

Demographic economics · Economics · Ethnic group · Immigration · Inequality · Labor market segmentation · Labor relations · Labour economics · Political science · Population · Race (biology) · Secondary labor market · Social inequality · Social stratification · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Split labor market theory · Wage · Demography · Gender Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research

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