Wages, Race, Skills and Space

Susan Turner Meiklejohns Wages, Race, Skills and Space: Lessons from Employers in Detroits Auto Industry is an important study of wage and employment differences between blacks and whites in an urban economy. The book presents the results of a Detroit-based research endeavor which sought to understand the role of employer practices, geography, job skills, and the characteristics of workers in explaining economic disparities between black and white workers.