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Title: Combining Preferences and Processes: An Integrated Approach to Black-White Labor Market Inequality

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2009

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Abstract: This article offers an innovative theoretical approach to black-white labor market inequality that combines components of threat, spatial mismatch, and urban decline theories in a queuing framework. Using a unique measure-the earnings gap between black and white workers resulting from sorting into different occupations within an occupationally and educationally delimited labor queue-the author tests hypotheses from the combined model. Results show support for the combined model, as characteristics of labor and job queues significantly influence the extent of black-white inequality. Variables representing employers' preferences for or against hiring black workers are also significant, suggesting the utility of jointly examining preferences and processes in the labor market.

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Authors: Kornrich, Sabino

Periodical (Full): American Journal of Sociology

Issue: 1

Volume: 115

Pages: 1-38

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Race and Ethnicity

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