2 options
The declining importance of race and gender in the labor market : the role of employment discrimination policies / June E. O'Neill, Dave M. O'Neill.
Have the Library purchase this book for the collection Available online
View onlineLippincott Library HD4903.5.U58 O54 2012
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Neill, June.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Discrimination in employment--United States.
- Discrimination in employment.
- Discrimination in employment--Government policy.
- United States.
- Discrimination in employment--Government policy--United States.
- Discrimination--Law and legislation--United States.
- Discrimination.
- Discrimination--Law and legislation.
- Labor market--United States.
- Labor market.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : AEI Press ; Lanham, MD : Distributed by arrangement with the Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, [2012]
- Contents:
- Part I From Emancipation to the 1964 Civil Rights Act
- 1 From Emancipation to the Civil Rights Act: Social and Economic Progress 9
- Lincoln's Great Promise: Emancipation and Reconstruction 10
- Sources of Upward Mobility: Migration and Education 12
- Racial Differences in Economic Status 15
- 2 Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act: Labor Market Discrimination Becomes a Federal Crime 20
- Federal and State Government Antidiscrimination Efforts before 1964 21
- Developments That Shaped the Civil Rights Act and Title VII 24
- The 1964 Civil Rights Act and Title VII 27
- Changes in Antidiscrimination Law and Policy after 1964 29
- Part II Implementing Antidiscrimination Policy: The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- 3 The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and Antidiscrimination Enforcement 43
- Procedures and Concepts for Determining Discriminatory Behavior 44
- Targeting Contractors for Compliance Review 45
- Outcomes of Compliance Reviews 50
- Effect of OFCCP on Discrimination: Evidence from Compliance Reviews 52
- Effect of OFCCP on Discrimination: Evidence from Court Cases 56
- New Rules, New Complexities 59
- Conclusion 60
- 4 The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Antidiscrimination Enforcement 62
- Charges against Employers Brought by Individuals 64
- Enforcement through Litigation by Type of Discrimination 71
- Conclusion 117
- Part III Analysis of Program Effects
- 5 Accounting for Changes in the Black-White Wage Gap 123
- Overview of Major Sources of Change in the Black-White Wage Gap 124
- 1940-60: The Decline in the Black-White Wage Gap before Title VII 134
- 1960-80: The Black-White Wage Gap Continues to Decline Post-Title VII 143
- After 1980: Stagnation in the Black-White Wage Gap 158
- 6 Accounting for Changes in the Gender Wage Gap 162
- Skill Differentials between Women and Men 164
- Why the Gender Gap Narrowed After 1980 175
- Conclusion 176
- 7 Effects of Affirmative Action on the Economic Status of African American and Women Workers 178
- Effects of the OFCCP on Occupational Upgrading 182
- Effects of the OFCCP on Relative Wages 185
- Part IV Measuring Labor Market Discrimination Today
- 8 Labor Market Discrimination and Wage Gaps in the 2000s 195
- Wage Differences between Minorities and Whites 197
- The Gender Gap in Wages 223
- Conclusion 243.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-277) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780844772448
- 0844772445
- 9780844772462
- 0844772461
- OCLC:
- 793973947
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.