Unraveling the tangle of pathology: the effect of spatially concentrated joblessness on the well-being of African Americans

Article Abstract:

An examination of the effect of spatially concentrated joblessness on the well-being of African Americans shows that joblessness has significant negative socioeconomic impacts. Observation of an individual's family and neighborhood characteristics reveals that African American men living in areas of concentrated male joblessness are more likely to be jobless and women living in such areas to be more likely to be unmarried and become teenage mothers.

Illegitimate children, Marital status

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Why does job segregation lead to wage inequality among African Americans? Person, place, sector, or skills?

Article Abstract:

This article examines why African Americans in employed in predominately black jobs, such as in the service sector, are paid less than African Americans employed in predominately white jobs. The authors argue the wage gap exists due to skill level requirements rather than job or residential segregation

Economic aspects, Compensation and benefits, African Americans, Wages, Wages and salaries, Equality

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Skills shifts and black male joblessness in major urban labor markets over the 1980's

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A study that analyzes the impact of skills shifts on black male unemployment during the 1980s is presented. Results indicate that the skills shifts decreased the employment of less educated black males, but that upskilling in substantive complexity had positive impacts on black employment rates.

Statistical Data Included, Research, Skilled labor, Unskilled labor

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