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| Titre : | Racial wage inequality: job segregation and devaluation across U.S. labor markets (2004) |
| Auteurs : | Matt L. Huffman ; Philip N. Cohen |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | American Journal of Sociology (vol. 109 - n° 4, January 2004) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 902-936 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
Thésaurus CEREQ EXCLUSION PROFESSIONNELLE ; MARCHE DU TRAVAIL ; INEGALITE SALARIALE ; DISCRIMINATION RACIALE ; ETUDE DE CAS ; MODELISATION ; ETATS UNIS |
| Résumé : | 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—especially exclusion from better‐paying jobs—is an important mechanism for the effect of black population size on the racial wage gap. |
| Document Céreq : | Non |
| En ligne : | https://doi.org/10.1086/378928 |
