Industrial Shifts, Skills Levels, and the Labor Market for White and Black Males / John Bound, Harry J. Holzer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bound, John.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Holzer, Harry J.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w3715.

NBER working paper series no. w3715

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1991.

Summary:

In this paper we estimate the effects of industrial shifts in the 1970s and 1980s on the wages and employment of black and white males. We use micro Census data for 52 MSAs, and estimate effects separately by age and education group. The results show that industrial shifts did reduce demand for blacks and 1essskilled males in 1970s and 1980s. Demand shifts away from manufacturing, in particular, reduced employment and wages for black and white males. While the magnitudes of these effects are fairly small for many groups, they can account for one-third to one-half of the employment decline for less-educated young blacks in the 1970s. These results imply fairly large effects on the earnings of less-skilled males in the 1980s as well.

Notes:

Print version record

May 1991.