What are the differences between the primary labor market and the secondary labor market? Does education play a role in the dual labor market?
What will be an ideal response?
Varies. The primary labor market includes jobs usually located in large, bureaucratic organizations. These positions offer higher pay, more security, better opportunities for advancement, as well as health and retirement benefits. Entry requirements include college degrees. The secondary labor market includes low-paying and low-skilled jobs. These jobs are often in the service sector. They do not represent a "career" and they offer little opportunity for promotion. They often do not offer health or retirement benefits and they have high rates of turnover. Many American minority groups are concentrated in the secondary job market. This is often due to their lack of access to educational and professional credentials required for the primary sector. The differential distribution of educational opportunities in the past and present protects workers in the primary sector from competition from minority groups.
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