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November 1990

Black college graduates in the labor market, 1979 and 1989

Joseph R. Meisenheimer, II

Although college-educated black and white women have very similar earnings, substantial economic differences still exist between college-educated black men and white men. This article examines work experiences of the college educated by race and gender, comparing 1979 to 1989.

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