Author: Susanne Schmitz
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351712586
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
This study, first published in 1996, investigates the effects that local labor market conditions may have on the economic status of women and blacks, relative to their white male counterparts. More precisely, it examines the impact that local labor market conditions have on estimates of labor market discrimination investigated in this study are wage discrimination and occupational discrimination. This title will be of interest to students of sociology, gender studies and urban studies.
Race and Gender Discrimination across Urban Labor Markets
Author: Susanne Schmitz
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351712586
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
This study, first published in 1996, investigates the effects that local labor market conditions may have on the economic status of women and blacks, relative to their white male counterparts. More precisely, it examines the impact that local labor market conditions have on estimates of labor market discrimination investigated in this study are wage discrimination and occupational discrimination. This title will be of interest to students of sociology, gender studies and urban studies.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351712586
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
This study, first published in 1996, investigates the effects that local labor market conditions may have on the economic status of women and blacks, relative to their white male counterparts. More precisely, it examines the impact that local labor market conditions have on estimates of labor market discrimination investigated in this study are wage discrimination and occupational discrimination. This title will be of interest to students of sociology, gender studies and urban studies.
Race and Gender Discrimination across Urban Labor Markets
Author: Susanne Schmitz
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351712578
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
This study, first published in 1996, investigates the effects that local labor market conditions may have on the economic status of women and blacks, relative to their white male counterparts. More precisely, it examines the impact that local labor market conditions have on estimates of labor market discrimination investigated in this study are wage discrimination and occupational discrimination. This title will be of interest to students of sociology, gender studies and urban studies.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351712578
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
This study, first published in 1996, investigates the effects that local labor market conditions may have on the economic status of women and blacks, relative to their white male counterparts. More precisely, it examines the impact that local labor market conditions have on estimates of labor market discrimination investigated in this study are wage discrimination and occupational discrimination. This title will be of interest to students of sociology, gender studies and urban studies.
Unfair Advantage
Author: World Bank
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Gendered Tradeoffs
Author: Becky Pettit
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN: 0871546957
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Using data from the Luxembourg Income Study of 2003, the authors analyze four measures of gender equality: employment, full-time work status, occupational integration (or segregation if applicable), and wage equality in 21 developed nations. An in-depth analysis of government policies related to length and compensation of maternity or parental leave is performed at a cross-country level, leading to a discussion of institutional gender inequality in the workplace. A special contribution of the analysis is the use of country rankings of gender equality/inequality and also the use of relevant tables and charts as visual aids.
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN: 0871546957
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Using data from the Luxembourg Income Study of 2003, the authors analyze four measures of gender equality: employment, full-time work status, occupational integration (or segregation if applicable), and wage equality in 21 developed nations. An in-depth analysis of government policies related to length and compensation of maternity or parental leave is performed at a cross-country level, leading to a discussion of institutional gender inequality in the workplace. A special contribution of the analysis is the use of country rankings of gender equality/inequality and also the use of relevant tables and charts as visual aids.
Urban Inequality
Author: Alice O'Connor
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN: 1610444310
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Despite today's booming economy, secure work and upward mobility remain out of reach for many central-city residents. Urban Inequality presents an authoritative new look at the racial and economic divisions that continue to beset our nation's cities. Drawing upon a landmark survey of employers and households in four U.S. metropolises, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, and Los Angeles, the study links both sides of the labor market, inquiring into the job requirements and hiring procedures of employers, as well as the skills, housing situation, and job search strategies of workers. Using this wealth of evidence, the authors discuss the merits of rival explanations of urban inequality. Do racial minorities lack the skills and education demanded by employers in today's global economy? Have the jobs best matched to the skills of inner-city workers moved to outlying suburbs? Or is inequality the result of racial discrimination in hiring, pay, and housing? Each of these explanations may provide part of the story, and the authors shed new light on the links between labor market disadvantage, residential segregation, and exclusionary racial attitudes. In each of the four cities, old industries have declined and new commercial centers have sprung up outside the traditional city limits, while new immigrant groups have entered all levels of the labor market. Despite these transformations, longstanding hostilities and lines of segregation between racial and ethnic communities are still apparent in each city. This book reveals how the disadvantaged position of many minority workers is compounded by racial antipathies and stereotypes that count against them in their search for housing and jobs. Until now, there has been little agreement on the sources of urban disadvantage and no convincing way of adjudicating between rival theories. Urban Inequality aims to advance our understanding of the causes of urban inequality as a first step toward ensuring that the nation's cities can prosper in the future without leaving their minority residents further behind. A Volume in the Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN: 1610444310
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Despite today's booming economy, secure work and upward mobility remain out of reach for many central-city residents. Urban Inequality presents an authoritative new look at the racial and economic divisions that continue to beset our nation's cities. Drawing upon a landmark survey of employers and households in four U.S. metropolises, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, and Los Angeles, the study links both sides of the labor market, inquiring into the job requirements and hiring procedures of employers, as well as the skills, housing situation, and job search strategies of workers. Using this wealth of evidence, the authors discuss the merits of rival explanations of urban inequality. Do racial minorities lack the skills and education demanded by employers in today's global economy? Have the jobs best matched to the skills of inner-city workers moved to outlying suburbs? Or is inequality the result of racial discrimination in hiring, pay, and housing? Each of these explanations may provide part of the story, and the authors shed new light on the links between labor market disadvantage, residential segregation, and exclusionary racial attitudes. In each of the four cities, old industries have declined and new commercial centers have sprung up outside the traditional city limits, while new immigrant groups have entered all levels of the labor market. Despite these transformations, longstanding hostilities and lines of segregation between racial and ethnic communities are still apparent in each city. This book reveals how the disadvantaged position of many minority workers is compounded by racial antipathies and stereotypes that count against them in their search for housing and jobs. Until now, there has been little agreement on the sources of urban disadvantage and no convincing way of adjudicating between rival theories. Urban Inequality aims to advance our understanding of the causes of urban inequality as a first step toward ensuring that the nation's cities can prosper in the future without leaving their minority residents further behind. A Volume in the Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality
Race and Gender Discrimination Across Urban Labor Markets
Author: Sasha Kedzierski
Publisher: Socialy Press
ISBN: 9781681178196
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Race and gender differentials in the labour market remain stubbornly persistent. Although the black/white wage gap appeared to be converging rapidly during the 1960s and early 1970s, black/white male wages have now stagnated for almost two decades. The black/ white female wage gap has actually risen over the past 15 years. The Hispanic/white wage gap has risen among both males and females in recent years. Not until the late 1970s did it begin to converge steadily (although a significant gender gap still exists). Of course, these wage gaps are only the most visible form of differences in labour market outcomes by race and gender. Substantial differences in labour force participation, unemployment rates, occupational location, non-wage compensation, job characteristics and job mobility all exist by both race and sex. Among women, white women's wages have risen steadily since 1980. Black women's wages almost reached parity with white women in the 1970s, but have diverged again in the last 15 years, as black women have experienced little wage growth. Wages and unemployment rates are often affected by overall labour force participation rates, which have changed dramatically over time. Moreover, racial minorities suffer disproportionately from lower wages because they are more likely than whites to have minority co-workers. Focusing attention on broad, aggregate industries or occupations will miss racial inequality resulting from processes that occur at the job level. This compendium is designed to provide an introduction into the literature that analyses these differences. This book investigates differentials by race and gender in the urban labour markets. It attempts to summarise some of the most important research studies relating to race and gender in the labour markets. Black-white earnings differentials are analysed that includes a treatment of differences in the ratios of employment to population. Earnings by ethnicity are also discussed. This book will be of interest to students and researchers related to fields of sociology, gender studies and urban studies.
Publisher: Socialy Press
ISBN: 9781681178196
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Race and gender differentials in the labour market remain stubbornly persistent. Although the black/white wage gap appeared to be converging rapidly during the 1960s and early 1970s, black/white male wages have now stagnated for almost two decades. The black/ white female wage gap has actually risen over the past 15 years. The Hispanic/white wage gap has risen among both males and females in recent years. Not until the late 1970s did it begin to converge steadily (although a significant gender gap still exists). Of course, these wage gaps are only the most visible form of differences in labour market outcomes by race and gender. Substantial differences in labour force participation, unemployment rates, occupational location, non-wage compensation, job characteristics and job mobility all exist by both race and sex. Among women, white women's wages have risen steadily since 1980. Black women's wages almost reached parity with white women in the 1970s, but have diverged again in the last 15 years, as black women have experienced little wage growth. Wages and unemployment rates are often affected by overall labour force participation rates, which have changed dramatically over time. Moreover, racial minorities suffer disproportionately from lower wages because they are more likely than whites to have minority co-workers. Focusing attention on broad, aggregate industries or occupations will miss racial inequality resulting from processes that occur at the job level. This compendium is designed to provide an introduction into the literature that analyses these differences. This book investigates differentials by race and gender in the urban labour markets. It attempts to summarise some of the most important research studies relating to race and gender in the labour markets. Black-white earnings differentials are analysed that includes a treatment of differences in the ratios of employment to population. Earnings by ethnicity are also discussed. This book will be of interest to students and researchers related to fields of sociology, gender studies and urban studies.
Women's Employment and Pay in Latin America
Author: George Psacharopoulos
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Gender and Development in the Middle East and North Africa
Author: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9780821356760
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9780821356760
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Gender Disparities in Africa's Labor Market
Author: Jorge Saba Arbache
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821380664
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
"A copublication of the Agence franðcaise de dâeveloppement and the World Bank."--T.p.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821380664
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
"A copublication of the Agence franðcaise de dâeveloppement and the World Bank."--T.p.
Sex Workers, Psychics, and Numbers Runners
Author: LaShawn Harris
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252098420
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
During the early twentieth century, a diverse group of African American women carved out unique niches for themselves within New York City's expansive informal economy. LaShawn Harris illuminates the labor patterns and economic activity of three perennials within this kaleidoscope of underground industry: sex work, numbers running for gambling enterprises, and the supernatural consulting business. Mining police and prison records, newspaper accounts, and period literature, Harris teases out answers to essential questions about these women and their working lives. She also offers a surprising revelation, arguing that the burgeoning underground economy served as a catalyst in working-class black women TMs creation of the employment opportunities, occupational identities, and survival strategies that provided them with financial stability and a sense of labor autonomy and mobility. At the same time, urban black women, all striving for economic and social prospects and pleasures, experienced the conspicuous and hidden dangers associated with newfound labor opportunities.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252098420
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
During the early twentieth century, a diverse group of African American women carved out unique niches for themselves within New York City's expansive informal economy. LaShawn Harris illuminates the labor patterns and economic activity of three perennials within this kaleidoscope of underground industry: sex work, numbers running for gambling enterprises, and the supernatural consulting business. Mining police and prison records, newspaper accounts, and period literature, Harris teases out answers to essential questions about these women and their working lives. She also offers a surprising revelation, arguing that the burgeoning underground economy served as a catalyst in working-class black women TMs creation of the employment opportunities, occupational identities, and survival strategies that provided them with financial stability and a sense of labor autonomy and mobility. At the same time, urban black women, all striving for economic and social prospects and pleasures, experienced the conspicuous and hidden dangers associated with newfound labor opportunities.