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Discrimination and the Occupational Progress of Blacks since 1950

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. Previous research found that the relative occupational position of Blacks in the North and South between 1910 and 1950 showed little change. Utilizing an index of occupational position, which was the fixed weighted averages of the proportion of Blacks or Whites in different skill categories, it was found that the occupational position of Blacks relative to Whites showed substantial improvement between 1950 and 1980 in both the North and South and the United States as a whole. Using an index of occupational position based on variable weights as well as an index of occupational standing provided additional support for this finding. The hypothesis that best explained the relative occupational progress of Blacks since 1950 was that it was achieved by public policy. Antidscriminatory measures enacted in the sixties increased the cost of discriminating and concomitantly decreased the desire or ability to discriminate.

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  • Marshall H. Medoff, 1985. "Discrimination and the Occupational Progress of Blacks since 1950," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 44(3), pages 295-303, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ajecsc:v:44:y:1985:i:3:p:295-303
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1985.tb02347.x
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    1. Alannah Orrison & Andrew Schotter & Keith Weigelt, 2004. "Multiperson Tournaments: An Experimental Examination," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 50(2), pages 268-279, February.

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