Black Workers in Northern Industries ( REU Supplement )

美国黑人经济史上最不为人所知的篇章之一是他们在第一次世界大战和1950年代的S期间在东北部和中西部城市和工业中的经历。这个项目的目的是通过从几个大型工业雇主的员工记录中提取黑人工人的样本来纠正这种情况，这些雇主雇佣了大量的黑人，并保留了详细的工作历史。包括关于种族的信息。这些数据集将允许从入门级工资、招聘标准和初始工作分配方面比较黑人和白人工人进入的条件。使用这些数据还可以跟踪一家公司员工在一段时间内的工资轨迹、工作表现、离职率和晋升情况。这个项目很重要，因为它将对更好地理解歧视经济学做出重大贡献，并将为分析黑人的经济进步和评估旨在增加就业机会的公共政策的影响提供更好的基础。

One of the least understood chapters in the economic history of black Americans is their experience in the cities and industries of the northeast and midwest between World War I and the 1950's. The purpose of this project is to remedy this situation by developing samples of black workers from the employee records of several large industrial employers, who hired significant numbers of blacks and who kept detailed work histories, including information on race. These data sets will allow a comparison of the conditions for the entry of black and white workers in terms of entry-level wages, hiring criteria, and initial job assignments. It will also be possible with these data to track the progress of workers within a company over time in terms of wage trajectories, job performance, quit rates, and promotions. This project is important because it will make a significant contribution to better understanding the economics of discrimination, and will provide a better basis for analyzing the economic progress of blacks and for assessing the impact of public policy aimed at increasing job opportunities.