- High school racial composition had a positive net effect on co-workers’ racial composition in the North and in the South.
- In the South, age and occupational level were also strong predictors. In the North, occupational level and employment sector were strong.
- When neighborhood racial composition is included, the direct effect of school desegregation remains for the North, but not for the South.
- Community racial composition is not a significant predictor of workplace desegregation in the South, but occupational level has a strong, positive effect, suggesting that upward mobility increases the likelihood for blacks to work in desegregated settings.
- The NLS-ES and the NLS-Y data show that for Blacks, Whites and Mexicans, high school desegregation experience is the major determinant of the likelihood that they will work in desegregated environments. These effects are independent of other background factors including (county of residence racial composition, employment sector, and educational attainment).