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Author: Rector-Owen, Holley
Resulting in 2 citations.
1. Lyon, Larry
Abell, Troy
Jones, Elizabeth D.
Rector-Owen, Holley
The National Longitudinal Surveys Data for Labor Market Entry: Evaluating the Small Effects of Race Discrimination and the Large Effects of Sex Discrimination
Social Problems 29,5 (June 1982): 524-539.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/800401
Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women
Publisher: University of California Press
Keyword(s): Discrimination; Discrimination, Racial/Ethnic; Discrimination, Sex; Earnings; Employment; Family Influences; Locus of Control (see Rotter Scale); Occupational Status; Rotter Scale (see Locus of Control); Socioeconomic Status (SES); Work Knowledge

This paper constructs racially and sexually comparative models of labor market entry to assess the effects of individual differences and labor market discrimination. Traditional measures of racial discrimination in the labor market are of relatively small importance in explaining prestige and income gaps compared to the effect of individual differences. Measures of sexual discrimination, however, are of considerable importance in accounting for the differences in prestige and income between male and female workers. Sexual discrimination works against women in the allocation of income, but against men for occupational prestige, a pattern that holds for both black and white workers. Discrimination against men for prestige is the logical counterpart of discrimination against women for income. Women should be considered theoretically and empirically distinct from blacks when minority relations are analyzed.
Bibliography Citation
Lyon, Larry, Troy Abell, Elizabeth D. Jones and Holley Rector-Owen. "The National Longitudinal Surveys Data for Labor Market Entry: Evaluating the Small Effects of Race Discrimination and the Large Effects of Sex Discrimination." Social Problems 29,5 (June 1982): 524-539.
2. Lyon, Larry
Rector-Owen, Holley
Labor Market Mobility Among Young Black and White Women: Longitudinal Models of Occupational Prestige and Income
Social Science Quarterly 62,1 (March 1981): 64-78
Cohort(s): Young Women
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Keyword(s): Discrimination, Racial/Ethnic; Earnings; Educational Attainment; Mobility; Mobility, Job; Occupational Status; Schooling; Socioeconomic Status (SES)

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Bibliography Citation
Lyon, Larry and Holley Rector-Owen. "Labor Market Mobility Among Young Black and White Women: Longitudinal Models of Occupational Prestige and Income." Social Science Quarterly 62,1 (March 1981): 64-78.