Race, gender, and the labor market : inequalities at work / Robert L. Kaufman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaufman, Robert L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor market.

Discrimination in employment.

Sex discrimination against men.

Sex discrimination against women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado ; London, [England] : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Women and minorities have entered higher paying occupations, but their overall earnings still lag behind those of white men. Why? Looking nationwide at workers across all employment levels and occupations, the author examines the unexpected ways that prejudice and workplace discrimination continue to plague the labor market. He probes the mechanisms by which race and sex groups are sorted into "appropriate" jobs, showing how the resulting segregation undercuts earnings. He also uses an innovative integration of race-sex queuing and segmented-market theories to show how economic and social contexts shape these processes. His analysis reveals how race, sex, stereotyping, and devaluation interact to create earnings disparities, shedding new light on a vicious cycle that continues to the leave women and minorities behind.

Contents:

""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures ""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1-Why Study Race and Gender Labor Market Inequality?""; ""Food for Thought: Profiles of Some Race-Gender�Typed Jobs""; ""Evidence of the Persistence of Labor Market Differences""; ""Contributions to Gaps in What We Know""; ""A Brief Guide to the Rest of the Book""; ""Notes""; ""2-Perspectives on Segregation and Earnings Gaps""; ""Supply-Side Perspectives""; ""Demand-Side Perspectives""; ""Developing an Integrated Perspective""; ""What�s Next?""; ""Notes""

""3-Analyzing Labor Market Disparities""""Defining Labor Market Positions""; ""Data and Methods for the Worker-Level Analyses""; ""Data and Methods for the Position-Level Analyses""; ""Notes""; ""4-The Segregation of Groups Across Labor Market Positions""; ""Base Model Results""; ""Extending the Base Model: Moderating Factors""; ""What�s Next?""; ""Notes""; ""5-Stereotypical Work Conditions and Race-Sex Earnings Gaps""; ""Earnings Level Results""; ""Earnings Ratios: Base Model Results""; ""Extending the Base Model: Moderating Factors""; ""What�s Next?""; ""Notes""

""6-Regional Variation in Labor Market Inequality""""Employment Segregation in the North and the South""; ""Earnings Gaps in the North and the South""; ""Summary""; ""Notes""; ""7-Conclusion""; ""Implications for Theory and Research""; ""Implications for Public Policy""; ""Notes""; ""Appendix A: Supplementary Details on Data and Methods""; ""Defining Labor Market Positions""; ""Data and Methods for the Worker-Level Analyses""; ""Data and Methods for the Position-Level Analyses""; ""Notes""; ""Appendix BNumeric Results Tables""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""About the Book""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-58826-953-1

OCLC:

1334344971