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Title: Race and Sex Differences in the Effects of Early Unemployment on Wages
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Hills, Stephen M. |
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Race and Sex Differences in the Effects of Early Unemployment on Wages Review of Black Political Economy 18,4 (Spring 1990): 13-36. Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/f9628r3607l0r203/ Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: National Economic Association Keyword(s): Education; Human Capital Theory; Training; Unemployment Duration; Unemployment, Youth; Wage Differentials; Wages; Work Experience Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This article studies the relationship between youth unemployment and long-term earnings, particularly for Blacks in the U.S. 1979-84. Youth unemployment is shown to have significant depressing effects on black long-run earnings over and above the loss in world experience which accompanies unemployment. Estimates were similar for men and women, showing that for each week of unemployment black youth incurred early in their work careers, wages were reduced by about one half a percentage point five years later. A six month bout with unemployment in 1979 was related to a 13 percent drop in wage rates five years later. For white youth, joblessness, but not unemployment per se, had a significant negative impact on subsequent wage rates. |
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Hills, Stephen M. "Race and Sex Differences in the Effects of Early Unemployment on Wages." Review of Black Political Economy 18,4 (Spring 1990): 13-36.
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