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Johnson, Kecia Johnson, Jacqueline |
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Penalties Compounded for African American Men: Incarceration, Earnings and Racial Inequality In Labor Markets Presented: Montreal, Quebec, Canada, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2006 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Earnings; Incarceration/Jail; Racial Differences; Wage Penalty/Career Penalty Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. We examine racial variation in wage penalties associated with incarceration by comparing the earnings trajectories of African American, Latino, and white male ex-offenders with non-offenders. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1979-2002), our findings reveal that while incarceration generally has a negative effect on wages, the impact of incarceration on wages is the most severe for African American men. When compared to white non-offenders, white ex-offenders experience the highest wage penalties due to incarceration of any group, yet they still out earn all African American and Latino men. Meanwhile, the wage difference between African American non-offenders and ex-offenders across their careers is smaller than any white or Latino men and African American men earn significantly less than all others, regardless of their former incarceration status. Explanations for these patterns include racial differences in pre-incarceration wages and the dramatic racial disparities in imprisonment rates that render more African American men subject to earnings penalties associated with former incarceration status. We contend that because racialized incarceration stigmas challenge the labor market options and economic trajectories of all African American men, young, low-wage African American men who have no history of incarceration are also penalized. |
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Johnson, Kecia and Jacqueline Johnson. "Penalties Compounded for African American Men: Incarceration, Earnings and Racial Inequality In Labor Markets." Presented: Montreal, Quebec, Canada, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2006. |