| Abstract: | Previous work regarding the labor force participation of black and white youth has ignored the fact that they may face jobs
with different characteristics, such as socioeconomic status or degree of danger. This article examines the effects that such
characteristics have on the probability of participation for a sample of black and white males from the National Longitudinal
Survey Youth Cohort. The results suggest that some job characteristics have a significant impact on participation, particularly
socioeconomic status. The estimates presented here suggest, however, that racial differences in socioeconomic status probably
explain only a small portion of the black-white male youth participation rate differential. |
