Workplace Segregation in the United States: Race, Ethnicity, and Skill
Judith K. Hellerstein and David Neurmark
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3
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90
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Review of Economics and Statistics
459-477
August
2008
Abstract
We study workplace segregation in the United States using a unique matched employer-employee data set that we have created. We present measures of workplace segregation by education and language, and by race and ethnicity, and we assess the role of education- and language-related skill differentials in generating workplace segregation by race and (Hispanic) ethnicity. Our results indicate that there is considerable segregation by race, ethnicity, education, and language in the workplace.