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The Effect of Industrial Structure on Black-White Family Income Differentials

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  • Michael C. Seeborg

    (Illinois Wesleyan University)

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This paper attempts to determine the effect of the intensity of durable goods manufacturing activity in metropolitan areas on the black/white median family income ratio. Using 1980 census data for fifty-two SMSAs in the Great Lakes region, the black/white family income ratio is regressed against measures of the intensity of durable goods manufacturing and a number of other variables that are hypothesized to effect the relative income performance of black families. The results indicate that the black/white median family income ratio is greater in those cities with a high proportion of total employment in manufacturing than in service-oriented cities.

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  • Michael C. Seeborg, 1990. "The Effect of Industrial Structure on Black-White Family Income Differentials," Eastern Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Association, vol. 16(1), pages 41-48, Jan-Mar.
  • Handle: RePEc:eej:eeconj:v:16:y:1990:i:1:p:41-48
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