Analýza postavení Afroameričanů na americkém trhu práce v 60. a 70. letech 20. století

The bachelor‘s thesis analyze and evaluates the position of the African Americans in the U.S. labour market, especially in the 1960s and 1970s. The theoretical part explains selected economic theories related to the topic as well as orders and acts concerning the African Americans and the U.S. labor market and the economic situation of the United States primarily in the 1960s and 1970s. In the practical part, I analyze the labor market with emphasis on the position of the African Americans during the 1960s and 1970s. The important part is to test the validity of the scientific hypothesis as stated: the actions of the federal government especially from the mid-1960s had long-term positive effects on the labor market position of the African Americans according to the analysis of selected indicators. Time series analysis of unemployment rates, as well as employment, average wages, and educational attainment have been used to test the hypothesis. Based on the analysis, the hypothesis was partially confirmed. In this paper, I also address the research questions of how the unemployment rate of African Americans in the U.S. labor market has evolved. Further, the evolution of average wages for African Americans compared to average wages in the general population and how the first oil shock affected the labor market from the perspective of the African Americans. At the end of the thesis, I compare the situation in the 1960s and 1970s with the situation after 2000 and conclude that despite the progress the African Americans made in the 1960s and 1970s, their unemployment rate has been still twice that of white Americans and their average wages have still been lower than the average wages in the general population.