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Title: Race-specific Urban Wage Premia and the Black-White Wage Gap

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2018

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DOI: 10.1016/J.JUE.2018.11.002

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Abstract: We establish a novel empirical fact about the black-white wage gap: looking both across and within metropolitan areas, increasing city size or employment density is associated with a larger black-white wage gap. The estimated effects represent between 9 and 18% of recent estimates of the black-white wage gap. Using a variety of techniques, we demonstrate that our within-city relationship is unlikely to be driven by racial differences in unobserved ability. Finally, we present evidence suggestive of a role for race-specific networks in explaining these differences in the black-white wage gap.

Url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094119018300895

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Authors: Ananat, Elizabeth; Shihe, Fu; Ross, Stephen L.

Periodical (Full): Journal of Urban Economics

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Volume: 108

Pages: 141-153

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Race and Ethnicity

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