Abstract
Data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics supports predictions from the minority vulnerability thesis concerning the determinants of job layoffs among African Americans and Whites who work in upper-middle-class occupations. Specifically, after controlling for seniority, layoffs for African Americans are relatively unstructured by traditional stratification-based causal factors, namely, background socioeconomic status, human-capital credentials, and job/labor market characteristics. Analyses also indicate that racial differences in the determinants of layoffs are more pronounced in nonservice-based than service-based firms in the private sector and in the private sector relative to the public sector.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 301-321 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Sociological Forum |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 1 2005 |
Keywords
- Job layoffs
- Racial inequality
- Workplace
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Sociology and Political Science