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The Relative Importance of Space and Race in Urban Young Adult Labor Markets

Dissertation School: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Pages: 314

Publication Date: July 1995

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Access Number: 8895

Descriptors:
Spatial mismatch hypothesis. Youth employment. Unemployment. Minorities. Racial discrimination

Abstract:
This doctoral dissertation looks at the relationship between job location and unemployment rates of black and Latino youth. Data from the National Longitudinal Survey for Youth and a case study of Prince Georges County, Maryland are used to examine the merits of the spatial mismatch hypothesis in explaining high black and Latino joblessness by comparing labor market outcomes. The relative importance of the distribution of jobs in metropolitan areas between the central city and suburbs and race/ethnicity on black and Latino youth's low employment rate are considered. The interaction between residential location and race/ethnicity are examined to determine if racial discrimination plays a part in employment opportunities for blacks and Latinos in suburbs. These analyses showed that the spatial mismatch hypothesis is more applicable to white rather than black and Latino youth. The author also found that race negatively effected blacks' and Latinos' employment opportunities when living in a suburban area.

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