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Discrimination and Unemployment

In: Unemployment in Western Countries

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  • Barbara R. Bergmann

    (University of Maryland)

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As compared to white males, blacks and women in the United States tend to have a high incidence of unemployment, tend to earn lower wages when employed, and tend to be distributed across the range of occupations in a different way. The same is true for women and identifiably lower-class persons in most other countries.1 With respect to any particular group in any particular country, there is likely to be disagreement as to the source or sources of these three problems. Some observers believe that the problems of these groups stem in the main from characteristics of their members, which cause them to shy away from certain jobs, to have or appear to employers to have lower productivity in certain jobs, and to have a high rate of separation from jobs. Other observers emphasise discrimination — the tradition-bound attitudes of employers which result in witholding access to certain jobs from group members who potentially might have normal productivity in those jobs.2

Suggested Citation

  • Barbara R. Bergmann, 1980. "Discrimination and Unemployment," International Economic Association Series, in: Edmond Malinvaud & Jean-Paul Fitoussi (ed.), Unemployment in Western Countries, chapter 12, pages 420-442, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-349-16407-3_12
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-16407-3_12
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