Employment gains by minorities, women in large city government, 1976-83, (ABSTRACT), Monthly Labor Review Online, November 1988

Employment gains by minorities, women
in large city government, 1976-83

Philip I. Moss
Associate professor, University of Lowell and research associate at the Institute for Employment Policy, Boston University

Minorities and white women made significant gains in upper-level city government employment over the 1976-83 period; however, their salaries continued to lag those of white men. This study ends at 1983 because the data on which it is based are confidential and a unique arrangement was required to obtain access to them. At the time this arrangement was made, 1983 was the most recent year for which data were available.

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