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Title: Employment Equity: Louisiana's Path to Inclusive Prosperity

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Publication Year: 2018

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Abstract: Louisiana is at a pivotal crossroads. Although the economy is improving and producing a lower unemployment rate than the state has seen in years, not everyone is benefitting from this comeback. Workers of color continue to be significantly overrepresented among both the unemployed, and the underemployed. These inequities for workers of color persist regardless of educational attainment. Black men in particular have the highest unemployment rate of any other group, with more than one in 10 Black male workers unable to find work. Without increased access to opportunity, these men are unable to support their families or contribute to the local economy. Employment equity is essential to creating economic prosperity for all Louisianans. Achieving employment equity would mean that everybody in Louisiana who wants to work can find a good job that pays family-supporting wages. It would also mean that Black men and other workers of color are not . . .

Url: http://nationalequityatlas.org/sites/default/files/Employment-Equity-Louisana_Final.pdf

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Authors: Crowder, James A Jr.; Scoggins, Justin; Treuhaft, Sarah

Publisher: Power Coalition for Equity and Justice

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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