Sponsor
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (DRL-1652279; Principle Investigator: Dr. Dara Shifrer) and the National Institutes of Health funded Build EXITO program at Portland State University (UL1GM118964).
Published In
Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
Document Type
Pre-Print
Publication Date
12-21-2022
Subjects
Wage Rates -- economics
Abstract
Despite the rapid expansion of higher education, many young adults still enter the labor market without a college education. However, little research has focused on racial/ethnic earnings disadvantages faced by non-college-educated youth. We analyze the restricted-use data from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 to examine racial/ethnic earnings disparities among non-college-educated young men and women in their early 20s as of 2016, accounting for differences in premarket factors and occupation with an extensive set of controls. Results suggest striking earnings disadvantages for Black men relative to white, Latinx, and Asian men. Compared to white men, Latinx and Asian men do not earn significantly less, yet their earnings likely differ substantially by ethnic origin. While racial/ethnic earnings gaps are less prominent among women than men, women of all racial/ethnic groups have earnings disadvantages compared to white men. The results call for future studies into the heterogeneity within racial/ethnic groups and the intersectionality of race/ethnicity and gender among non-college-educated young adults.
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© American Sociological Association 2022.
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DOI
10.1177/23326492221141650
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/39519
Citation Details
Published as: Oh, B., Mackin Freeman, D., & Shifrer, D. (2022). Inequality among the Disadvantaged? Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Earnings among Young Men and Women without a College Education. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, 23326492221141650.
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This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.