Place or Person?: A Labor Market Analysis of Central-City Poverty
Author: Taeil Kim
Dissertation School: Carnegie Mellon University
Pages: 99
Publication Date: August 1995
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Abstract:
The dissertation examines the relative impact of place and person effects on the earnings of less educated black males between the ages of 25 and 55. Spatial mismatch hypothesis claims that the concentration of blacks within central cities, which is primarily due to discrimination in the housing market, caused unemployment and earnings loss for blacks by reducing spatial access to suburban jobs (place effects). On the other hand, the low earnings and employment of less educated blacks could be due to non-place related factors such as observed and unobserved skills, motivation, personal networks, or discrimination in the labor market (person effects). The study accounts for the location choice by estimating place and person effects on earnings and employment probability. The study looks at five metropolitan areas (Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Detroit, Chicago, and Philadelphia) at two point in time using Public Use Microdata Samples. The results indicate that person effects are more responsible for the low earnings and employment of less educated prime age black males than place effects.
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