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abstract: 'Despite dramatic changes in education and occupational opportunities for
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Blacks in the United States, facilitated by affirmative action policies,
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the White-Black earnings'' gap has not vanished. Although the literature
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on this issue has become substantial no one has yet provided a
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systematic examination of changes in the earnings'' gap that takes into
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consideration the concomitant changes in the occupational structure and
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changes in the racial composition of occupational labor markets as well
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as changes in characteristics of the labor force. In the present
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research, we use 5 waves of IPUMS data and hierarchical linear modeling
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to estimate changes in the effect of race on earnings between 1960 and
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2000. The models focus on the interaction of time and race with earnings
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while controlling for individual-level characteristics (i.e. education)
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at the individual-level and the characteristics of detailed occupational
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labor markets (i.e. occupational socioeconomic status, race and gender
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composition, occupational earnings inequality) at the aggregate level.
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In order to evaluate the effect of change over time, both linear and
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non-linear trends in earning gaps are estimated in the labor market as a
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whole and separately for the public and private sectors. The data reveal
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that net of changes in the occupational distributions and
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market-relevant characteristics of Black and White men, the gaps have
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generally narrowed but at a declining rate. The data also reveal
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considerable differences in racial earnings inequality between the
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public and the private sectors. Whereas the unexplained earnings gap in
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the public sector has virtually vanished by 2000, in the private sector,
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the gap is still significant, although it declined over time. The
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findings are discussed in light of past research in order to re-evaluate
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the contribution of labor market attributes and sector differences to
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change in earnings disparities between Black and White men in the US.
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(C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.'
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affiliation: 'Semyonov, M (Corresponding Author), Tel Aviv Univ, Dept Sociol, IL-69978
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Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Semyonov, Moshe; Lewin-Epstein, Noah, Tel Aviv Univ, Dept Sociol, IL-69978 Tel Aviv,
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Israel.'
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author: Semyonov, Moshe and Lewin-Epstein, Noah
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author-email: moshes@post.tau.ac.il
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author_list:
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- family: Semyonov
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given: Moshe
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- family: Lewin-Epstein
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given: Noah
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2008.11.001
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eissn: 1096-0317
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files: []
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issn: 0049-089X
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journal: SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
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keywords: Racial inequality; Earnings inequality
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keywords-plus: 'WHITE WAGE DIFFERENCES; US LABOR-MARKETS; COGNITIVE SKILL; OCCUPATIONAL
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SEGREGATION; RELATIVE EARNINGS; INEQUALITY; EMPLOYMENT; RACE; GENDER;
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WORKERS'
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language: English
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month: JUN
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number: '2'
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number-of-cited-references: '47'
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orcid-numbers: 'Lewin-Epstein, Noah/0000-0002-7679-7154
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Semyonov, Moshe/0000-0001-8794-6322'
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pages: 296-311
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papis_id: 9e2a04dd59adfd0df24bb62887237c6f
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ref: Semyonov2009decliningracial
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times-cited: '22'
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title: 'The declining racial earnings'' gap in United States: Multi-level analysis
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of males'' earnings, 1960-2000'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000265423400004
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '30'
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volume: '38'
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web-of-science-categories: Sociology
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year: '2009'
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