PERSISTENT CONSEQUENCES OF INITIAL DISCRIMINATION - YOUNG BLACK WORKERS IN THE 1960S

Given the high unemployment rate and lack of specific information abou t the true productivity of young workers, it is reasonable to expect t hat discrimination might be present early in an individual's career. A s a work record is established and productivity information is improve d, it becomes more difficult for employers to discriminate. However, t he results in this article show that the effects of discrimination ear ly in a career impacts on job quality and that these consequences pers ist even after the initial discrimination has been eliminated. Therefo re, even if discrimination itself is not a long-run phenomenon, the ef fects of such behavior can have persistent effects on job quality.