Teasing out the effects of macro-conditions on race-specific male homicide rates: Do distinct predictors vary by racial group and over time?

► Examining how discrete disadvantage measures differ in their importance by race. ► Differences in the magnitude and significance are tested for using a Wald test. ► Macro-structural predictors vary greatly across groups and over time. ► The number of differences declined from 1980 into the 2000s.