2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'The observed gap in average wages between black men and white men
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inadequately reflects the relative economic standing of blacks, who
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suffer from a high rate of joblessness. The authors estimate the
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black-white gap in hourly wages from 1980 to 1999 adjusting for the
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sample selection effect of labor inactivity. Among working- age men in
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1999, accounting for labor inactivity - including prison and jail
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incarceration - leads to an increase of 7\% - 20\% in the blackwhite
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wage gap. Adjusting for sample selectivity among men ages 22 - 30 in
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1999 increases the wage gap by as much as 58\%. Increasing selection
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bias, which can be attributed to incarceration and conventional
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joblessness, explains about two- thirds of the rise in black relative
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wages among young men between 1985 and 1998. Apparent improvement in the
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economic position of young black men is thus largely an artifact of
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rising joblessness fueled by the growth in incarceration during the
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1990s.'
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affiliation: 'Western, B (Corresponding Author), Princeton Univ, Dept Sociol, Wallace
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Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA.
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Princeton Univ, Dept Sociol, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA.
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Univ Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA.'
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author: Western, B and Pettit, B
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author-email: western@opr.princeton.edu
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author_list:
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- family: Western
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given: B
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- family: Pettit
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given: B
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1086/432780
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eissn: 1537-5390
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files: []
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issn: 0002-9602
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journal: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY
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keywords-plus: 'CIVIL-RIGHTS POLICY; LABOR-MARKET; DECLINING SIGNIFICANCE;
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RACIAL-DIFFERENCES; ECONOMIC PROGRESS; RELATIVE EARNINGS; IMPACT;
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INCOME; MEN; JOBLESSNESS'
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language: English
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month: SEP
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number: '2'
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number-of-cited-references: '50'
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pages: 553-578
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papis_id: 8c5579b1503561212ec35ff30baf7d1b
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ref: Western2005blackwhitewage
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times-cited: '216'
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title: Black-white wage inequality, employment rates, and incarceration
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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:000233241400005
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '35'
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volume: '111'
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web-of-science-categories: Sociology
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year: '2005'
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