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Title: Boosting Economic Growth in Mississippi through Employment Equity
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Publication Year: 2018
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Abstract: While Mississippi’s economy is currently producing low unemployment overall, more than one in five women live in poverty—the highest rate in the nation. Women of color continue to be significantly overrepresented in low-wage work and Black workers continue to experience higher unemployment rates, even when they have higher educational attainment. While women of color represent a disproportionately high share of Mississippi’s working poor, nearly 600,000 working-age Mississippians are economically insecure. Employment equity is essential to creating economic prosperity for all Mississippians. Achieving employment equity would mean that every Mississippian who wants to work can find a good job that pays family-supporting wages. It also means that women and people of color are not disproportionately unemployed or stuck in low-wage work. Employment equity in Mississippi will require gender equity and racial equity in the . . .
Url: https://www.mschildcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/EmploymentEquityMississippi_05_18_18.pdf
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Authors: Bastien, Alexandra; Crowder , James, Jr; Scoggins, Justin; Stephens, Pamela; Treuhaft, Sarah
Publisher: PolicyLink
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other, Race and Ethnicity
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