Family Background, Race, and Labor Market Inequality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9765202 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D Conley (0000-0002-5174-7222, National Bureau of Economic Research, corresponding author), Rebecca Glauber (0000-0003-2397-576X, Department of Sociology at New York University) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 609 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 134-152 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716206296090 |
| OpenAlex | W2089616703 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 50 |
For decades, social scientists have relied on sibling correlations as indicative of the effect of “global family background” on socioeconomic status. This study advances this line of inquiry by drawing on data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to analyze racial differences in siblings' labor market and socioeconomic outcomes. We find that African Americans have lower sibling correlations in labor market earnings and family income than whites. Across the life course, African American siblings move toward greater resemblance than whites. These findings suggest that the effect of family background on socioeconomic outcomes is weaker for African Americans than for whites. Volatility in earlier career stages may suppress the effect of family background on labor market outcomes, and this dynamic is especially pronounced for African Americans who lack resources to insulate themselves from volatile events
Demographic economics · Earnings · Economic growth · Economic inequality · Economics · Family income · Inequality · Labour economics · Panel Study of Income Dynamics · Population · Race (biology · Sibling · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Volatility (finance · Demography · Gender Studies · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
Starting the Same . . . Finishing the Same? Race, Occupational Origins, and Mobility Into Managerial Positions
Pathways to Skin Color Stratification
Does childhood family structure help create stratification in adult education and labor market attainment
Competing sources of earnings inequality
Men's race-based mobility into management
All in the family
Birth Spacing and Health and Socioeconomic Outcomes Across the Life Course
Race and the Dynamics of Men's Mobility into Management from Working Class Jobs
Men's mobility into management from blue collar and white collar jobs
Fluctuating courses and constant challenges
Socioeconomic Background and Gene-Environment Interplay in Social Stratification across the Early Life Course
Following in the parents' footsteps? Using sibling data to analyse the intergenerational transmission of social (dis)advantage in Scotland
Decomposing sibling correlations
The consequences of sibling criminal legal system contact for family life
The panel study of income dynamics
Inequality
Life course dynamics
Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage
Why are children in the same family so different from one another?
A Longitudinal Analysis of Sibling Correlations in Economic Status
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families
Assessing the Quality of Household Panel Data
Youth Labor Markets in the United States
Correlations between Neighboring Children in Their Subsequent Educational Attainment
Race and Loss of Privilege
From Parent to Child
Recent trends in the process of stratification
Parental Preferences and Provision for Progeny
Endowments and the Allocation of Schooling in the Family and in the Marriage Market
The Correlation of Wealth across Generations
Environmental and genetic influences on dimensions of perceived parenting
Kinometrics
Heritability
A revised socioeconomic index of occupational status
The American occupational structure
Black-White Differences in Educational Attainment
Race, Socialization and Mobility in Educational and Early Occupational Attainment
Disorder in the Life Course
Occupational Stratification across the Life Course
Social Mobility Across Three Generations
Who Gets Ahead? The Determinants of Economic Success in America
Sibling Resemblance and Intersibling Effects in Educational Attainment
Trends in Family Effects on the Education of Black and White Brothers
Equality of Schooling
Sibling Similarities in Educational Attainment
Reaching the Top
Women and Class Analysis
More Universalism, Less Structural Mobility
Fraternal Resemblance in Educational Attainment and Occupational Status
Women and Social Stratification
Occupational Prestige in the United States, 1925-63
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,78 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2025 (18) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |