The Black-White Difference in Youth Employment: Evidence for Demand-Side Factors
利用1980年人口普查数据，分析美国大都市区年轻黑人与白人就业差距的需求侧原因，发现改善需求条件可使黑人青年就业率提升约25%。
The 1980 census reveals a serious lag in the employment performance of young black men relative to young white men. With census data we test for demand-side causes of this lag, using both aggregate data for 94 standard metropolitan statistical areas (SMSAs) and disaggregate (or individual) data from the 1-in-100 Public Use Sample. Variation across SMSAs in the employment and wages of white youth provides indicators of the demand conditions for black youth, and we estimate that feasible increases in these demand factors would lead to about a 25% increase in the employment of black youth.