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Demand-Side Changes and the Relative Economic Progress of Black Men: 1940-90

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This article uses Census data from 1940 to 1990 to examine whether the hypotheses advanced for the absence of economic progress of black men relative to white men during the 1980s are consistent with the long-run trends. The findings indicate that skill-biased technological change explains more than changes in industrial composition both in the long run as well as in the 1980s. Moreover, increased competition from women and immigrants does not explain the recent slowed progress of black men; instead, the evidence suggests that middle-skilled white men may be an important source of increased competition.

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  • Elaine Reardon, 1997. "Demand-Side Changes and the Relative Economic Progress of Black Men: 1940-90," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 32(1), pages 69-97.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:32:y:1997:i:1:p:69-97
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    1. Edward N. Wolff, "undated". "Racial Wealth Disparities Is the Gap Closing?," Economics Public Policy Brief Archive ppb_66, Levy Economics Institute.
    2. John S. Heywood & Daniel Parent, 2012. "Performance Pay and the White-Black Wage Gap," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 30(2), pages 249-290.
    3. Robert W. Fairlie & William A. Sundstrom, 1999. "The Emergence, Persistence, and Recent Widening of the Racial Unemployment Gap," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 52(2), pages 252-270, January.
    4. Mary Kate Batistich & Timothy N Bond, 2023. "Stalled Racial Progress and Japanese Trade in the 1970s and 1980s," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 90(6), pages 2792-2821.
    5. William M. Rodgers, 2006. "Male White‐Black Wage Gaps, 1979‐1994: A Distributional Analysis," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 72(4), pages 773-793, April.

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