Public Sector Transformation, Racial Inequality and Downward Occupational Mobility

Autor/inn/en	Wilson, George; Roscigno, Vincent J.; Huffman, Matt L.
Titel	Public Sector Transformation, Racial Inequality and Downward Occupational Mobility
Quelle	In: Social Forces, 91 (2013) 3, S.975-1006 (32 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7732
DOI	10.1093/sf/sos178
Schlagwörter	African Americans; Civil Rights; Race; Occupational Mobility; Private Sector; Privatization; Public Sector; Governance; Social Change; Work Environment; Males; Racial Differences; Income; Disadvantaged; Equal Opportunities (Jobs) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Afroamerikaner; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Rasse; Abstammung; Berufliche Mobilität; Privater Sektor; Privatisation; Privatisierung; Öffentlicher Sektor; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Sozialer Wandel; Arbeitsmilieu; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Rassenunterschied; Einkommen; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf
Abstract	New "governance" reforms entailing shifts toward privatization have permeated the public sector over the last decade, possibly affecting workplace-based attainments. We examine the consequences of this reform for African American men, who during the civil rights era reached relative parity with whites. We analyze race-based inequities on one socioeconomic outcome-downward occupational mobility-among professionals, managers and executives. Results from a Panel Study of Income Dynamics sample indicate that the "new government business model," characterized by increased employer discretion has disproportionately disadvantaged African Americans. Narrower racial gaps in the incidence, determinants and timing of downward mobility found in the public sector, relative to the private sector, during the pre-reform period (1985-90) eroded during the reform period (2002-07) because of widening racial gaps in the public sector. (As Provided).
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