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Race in the Labor Market: The Role of Equal Employment Opportunity and Other Policies

William M. Rodgers III
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences December 2019, 5 (5) 198-220; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2019.5.5.10
William M. Rodgers III
aProfessor of public policy at the Bloustein School for Planning and Public Policy, chief economist at the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, and a nonresident fellow at the Century Foundation
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Fifty years have passed since the release of the Kerner Commission’s findings, conclusions, and policy recommendations. This article first reviews recent trend and cross-section analysis on racial employment and earnings inequality before synthesizing the evidence on racial inequality’s causes and speculating how these factors might shape future African American outcomes. In conclusion, it offers a framework for addressing the nation’s persistent racial inequality.

  • inequality
  • race
  • discrimination
  • public policy
  • human and social capital
  • © 2019 Russell Sage Foundation. Rodgers, William M., III. 2019. “Race in the Labor Market: The Role of Equal Employment Opportunity and Other Policies.” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 5(5): 198–220. DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2019.5.5.10. I thank Peter Ni and Jenna Bendinelli for their research assistance. Direct correspondence to: William M. Rodgers III at wrodgers{at}ejb.rutgers.edu, Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901.

Open Access Policy: RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences is an open access journal. This article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

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