Racial inequality and the probability of occupation-related injury or illness.
Public policies aimed at reducing occupational injury and illness are uncoordinated--and often at odds--with those aimed at reducing racial inequality in employment. Several dimensions of discrimination and job quality are examined empirically; the average black worker is at a 37 to 52 percent greater health risk than is the average white worker. Health policy and industrial relations policy must be coordinated if equality is to be achieved.
D001741:Black or African American; D002321:Career Choice; D004651:Employment / Q000592:standards*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011287:Prejudice; D011336:Probability; D011640:Public Policy; D012306:Risk; D014481:United States; D044465:White People