Why Blue-Collar Blacks Help Less

• Published in: IDEAS Working Paper Series from RePEc
• Main Authors: Smith, Sandra Susan, Young, Kara Alexis
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 01.01.2013

Why are blue-collar blacks less likely to help jobseekers than jobholders from other ethnoracial groups or even than more affluent blacks? Drawing from in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 97 black and Latino workers at one large, public sector employer, we find that blue-collar black workers b...