Fifty years of U.S. income data from the current population survey: alternatives, trends, and quality
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Income estimates have been compiled by the US Census Bureau since 1947. Information on the labor force are obtained monthly using the Current Population Survey (CPS). Income estimates were first reported using the 1948 CPS. Between 1947 and 1997, the average family income grew by 122%, from $20,102 to $44,568. There was also a reduction in the average family size as income per family member increased by about 50%.
Publication Name: American Economic Review
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0002-8282
Year: 1999
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Quit behavior as a measure of worker opportunity: black workers in the interwar industrial north
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An analysis of interracial differences in quit behavior in the Industrialized northern US shows that blacks had lower quit rates than their white counterparts regardless of age. The study shows that the results may be due to the overrepresentation of blacks in high turnover jobs and suggests that black workers tend to value their jobs because of racial prejudice that makes it more difficult to change jobs.
Publication Name: American Economic Review
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0002-8282
Year: 1998
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