wow-inequalities/02-data/intermediate/wos_sample/ed8babcb841ab9053334eb8c2f55209a-western-b-and-petti/info.yaml

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