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Despite significant occupational advances among blacks between 1960 and 1980, the racial unemployment differential has not improved and, in some cases (especially for young blacks), has worsened over time. Table 3-1 shows the oscillation of male unemployment ratios to be around two prior to 1975, with a temporal worsening among most age groups after that. Except for women under 25, the female ratios oscillate around a point slightly below two. There is no clear indication of a change in unemployment ratios — instead, the relative differences between black and white female unemployment seem somewhat stable.
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Malveaux, J. (1984). Theoretical Explanations of the Persistence of Racial Unemployment Differentials. In: Darity, W. (eds) Labor Economics: Modern Views. Recent Economic Thought Series, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5636-0_4
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