The paper examines how unemployment among African American teenage males influences rates of family poverty. The authors suggest that, if the employment and earnings of young black males were similar to those of young white males, the poverty rate among black families would be substantially reduced.

The chapter presents a survey on the economics of labor market discrimination, motivated by two fundamental problems associated with income and wage differences among groups classified by sex, race, ethnicity, and other characteristics. The first is the inequity of long-lasting differences in...

This paper investigates three hypotheses to account for the observed shifts in U.S. relative wages of less educated compared to more educated workers between 1967 and 1992: increased import competition, changes in the relative supplies of labor of different education levels and changes in...

Comments on an article about a program for equal employment opportunity implemented by the United States Office of Federal Contract Compliance. Problems associated with the program; Prevalence of race discrimination in employment; Outcome measure for the compliance program. (Abstract copyright...