Full Citation

Title: Race and Unemployment Amidst the New Diversity: More Evidence of a Black/Non-Black Divide

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2008

ISBN:

ISSN:

DOI:

NSFID:

PMCID:

PMID:

Abstract: The fact that the United States is more raciallyand ethnically diverse now than in the past has led scholarsto dismiss dichotomousblack/whiteconceptions ofrace as antiquated. However, some others have noted theemergence of a black/non-black divide that is manifest inpatterns of residential segregation and intermarriage. Thisstudy attempts to determine whether such a dichotomousconception is sufficient to capture the effects of race andethnicity on unemployment patterns among entry-levelworkers in the United States. Findings suggest that morethan 80% of the effects of race and ethnicity on unemploymentcan be captured simply by knowing who is blackand who is not. The most elaborate conception tested hereacknowledges 20 different racial and ethnic groups; it addssignificantly but not commensurately to the explanatorypower of the models. Despite the increasingly diverseracial and ethnic composition of entry-level labor marketsin the United States, it is black exclusion that seems todrive the effects of race and ethnicity on unemployment.

User Submitted?: No

Authors: Emeka, Amon

Periodical (Full): Race and Social Problems

Issue:

Volume: 1

Pages: 157-170

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Poverty and Welfare, Race and Ethnicity

Countries: