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Jobs Lost, Jobs Regained: An Analysis of Black/White Differences in Job Displacement in the 1980s
Author(s) -
Fairlie Robert W.,
Kletzer Lori G.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/0019-8676.00099
Subject(s) - displacement (psychology) , displaced workers , white (mutation) , demographic economics , black women , racial differences , labour economics , black male , psychology , demography , economics , sociology , ethnic group , unemployment , gender studies , economic growth , biochemistry , chemistry , psychotherapist , gene , anthropology
Over the period 1982–1991, black men were considerably more likely to experience job displacement than were white men, and following displacement, the likelihood of reemployment was substantially lower for black men. Using data from the 1984–1992 Displaced Worker Surveys, we find that black men experienced rates of job displacement that were 30 percent higher, and reemployment rates that were 30 percent lower than the corresponding rates for white men. We find that racial differences in education levels and occupational distributions explain part of these racial gaps in job displacement and reemployment, whereas racial differences in industry distributions worked to narrow these gaps.