Wages, Race, Skills and Space: Lessons from Employers in Detroit's Auto Industry : Lessons from Employers in Detroit's Auto Industry

ISBN-13: 9780815328445 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 192 str.

Susan Turner Meiklejohn

Opis

This book describes findings of a survey-based qualitative research study conducted among Detroit employers in the auto industry to evaluate explanations for why blacks are no longer catching up with whites in terms of income and employment.

Spis treści

Series Editor’s Foreword, Acknowledgments, List of Tables, Introduction, CHAPTER 1 Study Rationale and Methodology, CHAPTER 2 Racial Segregation in the Detroit Metropolitan Area: A Long-Lived and Persistent Phenomenon, CHAPTER 3 Employer Location Decisions: Detroit’s Image and Actuality, CHAPTER 4 Examining Wage Differences Between Black and White-owned Firms, CHAPTER 5 Wages and Space, CHAPTER 6 Race and Skills: The Role of Perceived Skill Differences in the Lower Wages of African-American Workers, CHAPTER 7 The Persistence of Discrimination and Policy Recommendations, Appendix A. Sample Job Wages and Benefits, Appendix B. Perceived Skill Differences Between Black and White and City and Suburban Workers, Appendix C. Sample Job and Worker Skill Characteristics, Bibliography, Index

O autorze

Susan Turner Meiklejohn