Wages, race, skills and space : lessons from employers in Detroit's auto industry

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Wages, race, skills and space : lessons from employers in Detroit's auto industry

Susan Turner Meiklejohn

(Garland reference library of social science, v. 1170 . Contemporary urban affairs ; v. 5)

Garland Pub., 2000

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Susan Turner Meiklejohn's Wages, Race, Skills and Space: Lessons from Employers in Detroit's Auto Industry is an important study of wage and employment differences between blacks and whites in an urban economy. The book presents the results of a Detroit-based research endeavor which sought to understand the role of employer practices, geography, job skills, and the characteristics of workers in explaining economic disparities between black and white workers.

Table of Contents

Series Editor?EURO?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?EURO?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

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