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Measuring Recovery: Young Black America Part Four: The Wrong Way to Close the Gender Wage Gap

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  • Cherrie Bucknor

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Young blacks in America have had significant improvements in educational attainment since the early 1980s. They are completing high school and college at higher rates than in the past, which has helped to mitigate some of the negative employment effects of past recessions. However, wages for young blacks have declined since the late 1970s, with rates for black men in particular decreasing significantly—even for those with college degrees. The wage data also continue to show that young blacks have been hit harder than whites during the recent recession and incomplete recovery.

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  • Cherrie Bucknor, 2015. "Measuring Recovery: Young Black America Part Four: The Wrong Way to Close the Gender Wage Gap," CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs 2015-18, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR).
    • Handle: RePEc:epo:papers:2015-18
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    black; wages; education; pay; wages; wage growth; inequality; whites;
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    • J - Labor and Demographic Economics
    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts

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