The lag in employment and earnings of black men aged 16-24 relative to white men of that age is analyzed, mainly using probit models to explain employment-to-population ratios and using hazard rate models to estimate or lose jobs. We find that most of the rate at which young men gain smaller likelihood gap between white and black employment lies in the that blacks had any job during a given month. A second focus is on the methods of using SIPP. One innovation is that we appended market variables to the SIPP records, based on the SMSA of the respondent's residence, and estimated the effects of these market variables on the employment of young men.