Recent Job Loss Hits the African-American Middle Class Hard


 

Publication Date: October 2004

Publisher: Center for Economic and Policy Research

Author(s): John Schmitt

Research Area: Labor

Keywords: Job tenure; Ethnic workers; Unemployment

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This paper shows that the recent decline in long-tenure jobs resulted in a higher displacement rate for African-American workers than for their white counterparts.