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Title: No Time to Lose: The Decline in Employment and Wages of Young Black Men in New York State

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Publication Year: 2006

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Abstract: In this study, we estimate that in 2005, the average monthly employment rate of noninstitutionalized, black men, age 25-34, with a high school degree or less in New York State was 64.4% percent. In other words, on average, more than one man in three in this population was without employment in any given month. In contrast, the average monthly employment rate of similar white and Hispanic men was 84.6% and 84.3% respectively. In addition, approximately 40% of the less educated black men in this age group were idle for the entire previous calendar year.1 And when the institutionalized part of the population is included, the employment rate of black men, age 25-34, with a high school education or less declines to 57.3%, a stunningly low employment rate for young men, many of them fathers, in the prime of their working lives.

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Authors: Schmeiser, Maximilian D.; Falco, George

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Institution: New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance

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Publisher Location: New York, NY

Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS CPS

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Race and Ethnicity

Countries: United States