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Title: Racial Comparisons of Female Labor Market Entry Models
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Jones, Elizabeth D. |
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Racial Comparisons of Female Labor Market Entry Models Presented: Dallas, TX, Meetings of the Southwestern Sociological Association, April 1979 Cohort(s): Young Women Publisher: Southwestern Sociological Association Keyword(s): Discrimination, Job; Discrimination, Racial/Ethnic; Education Indicators; Income; Labor Economics; Labor Force Participation; Labor Market Segmentation; Occupational Prestige; Occupations, Female; Racial Studies Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey, an attempt is made to discover the main determinants of variation in education, income, & occupational prestige for black & white Fs entering the job market. The sample includes responses from women ages 14-24 years. Both stepwise multiple regression & path analysis are used to develop the causal models which include both structural & social/psychological variables. In both the black & the white models the years of education completed was the prime predictor of occupational prestige & income. For white Fs, IQ & parental socioeconomic status were strategic in determining education, whereas parental financial help & friends attending Coll were predictors for blacks. However, the most pronounced difference between the two models is the importance of the structural variables & social/psychological variables for the black model. Estimates of labor market discrimination are also made. There appears to be discrimination in terms of occupational prestige but not income. Policy recommendations are made to remedy the racial gap. (Copyright 1979, Sociological Abstracts, Inc., all rights reserved.) |
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Jones, Elizabeth D. "Racial Comparisons of Female Labor Market Entry Models." Presented: Dallas, TX, Meetings of the Southwestern Sociological Association, April 1979. |