TORN APART? THE IMPACT OF MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT DECLINE ON BLACK AND WHITE AMERICANS

Eric D. Gould

doi:10.1162/rest_a_00918

TORN APART? THE IMPACT OF MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT DECLINE ON BLACK AND WHITE AMERICANS

Eric D. Gould^*

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Department of Economics

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This paper examines the impact of manufacturing employment decline on the socioeconomic outcomes within and between black and white Americans since 1960. The analysis shows that manufacturing decline had a negative impact on blacks in terms of their wages, employment, marriage rates, house values, poverty rates, death rates, single parenthood, teen motherhood, child poverty, and child mortality. In addition, the decline in manufacturing increased inequality within the black community for wages and other outcomes. Similar patterns are found for whites, but to a lesser degree—leading to larger gaps between whites and blacks in wages, marriage patterns, poverty, single-parenthood, and death rates.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	770-785
Number of pages	16
Journal	Review of Economics and Statistics
Volume	103
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_00918
State	Published - 1 Oct 2021

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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
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