To estimate employment-population ratios for black and white men with an adjustment for incarceration - a factor …

Using data from the Current Population Survey, we examine recent trends in the relative economic status of black men …. Our findings point to gains in the relative wages of black men (compared to whites) during the 1990s, especially among …

observed differential. Using a sample of young men from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), the results indicate …

progress of black men relative to white men during the 1980s are consistent with the long-run trends. The findings indicate … black men; instead, the evidence suggests that middle-skill white men may be an important source of increased competition …

The decline in the employment status of young black men relative to their white peers in the post-1970 U.S. Labor … by race and sex. In the case of the least educated group of young black men (aged 25-34), the employment … findings indicate that job segments with the highest concentration of young black men had the lowest employment and earnings …