Racial Wage Inequality
Job Segregation and Devaluation across U.S. Labor Markets
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7618311 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matt L Huffman (University of California, Irvine), Philip N Cohen (0000-0003-2839-3144, University of California, Irvine) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 109 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 902-936 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/378928 |
| OpenAlex | W2170912295 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 146 |
| References cited | 100 |
Despite decades of research showing greater black-white inequality in local areas where the black population is relatively large, little is known about the mechanisms for this effect. Using a unique data set of individuals nested within jobs across labor markets, this article tests two possible mechanisms for the black concentration effect on wage inequality: job segregation and devaluation. Results show that black population size is associated with greater segregation of black workers into black-dominated jobs. On the other hand, no evidence is found that the penalty for working in a black-dominated job (the devaluation effect) increases as a function of black population size. The article concludes that discrimination against workers—espe-cially exclusion from better-paying jobs—is an important mecha-nism for the effect of black population size on the racial wage gap
Demographic economics · Devaluation · Economics · Inequality · Labour economics · Monetary economics · Population · Sociology · Wage · Wage Inequality · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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