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Title: The Impact of Metropolitan Residential Segregation on the Employment Chances of Blacks and Whites in the United States
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1. VonLockette, Niki T. Dickerson
The Impact of Metropolitan Residential Segregation on the Employment Chances of Blacks and Whites in the United States
City and Community 9,3 (September 2010): 256-273.
Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-6040.2010.01332.x/abstract
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Wiley Online
Keyword(s): Discrimination; Employment; Family Characteristics; Family Studies; Gender Differences; Racial Differences; Residence; Socioeconomic Status (SES)

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Most tests of residential segregation\'s role in creating employment inequality between blacks and whites have focused on neighborhood characteristics (e.g. mean SES or distance from job centers), whereas this study considers the broader structure of residential segregation in which neighborhoods are situated and its implication in black/white disparities in access to employment opportunities. The study employs multilevel analyses and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to test the effects of metropolitan segregation in 1979 on respondents\' probability of being employed by 1990 net of individual and family level characteristics, and to assess the role of segregation in explaining the race gap in employment between blacks and whites. The analyses reveal that residential segregation decreases employment odds for blacks and not for whites and explains the residual race gap in the probability of being employed. The depressive effect of segregation on employment is weaker for black women than it is for black men.
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VonLockette, Niki T. Dickerson. "The Impact of Metropolitan Residential Segregation on the Employment Chances of Blacks and Whites in the United States." City and Community 9,3 (September 2010): 256-273.