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Title: The Importance of Cost of Living and Education in Estimates of the Conditional Wage Gap Between Black and White Women

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2014

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Abstract: While evidence about discrimination in U.S. labor markets typically implies preferential treatment for whites, recent studies document a substantial wage premium for black women (for example, Fryer 2011). Although differential selection of black and white women into the labor market has been a suggested explanation, we demonstrate that accounting for selection does not eliminate the estimated premium. We then incorporate two additional omitted variables recently documented in the literature: (1) local cost of living and (2) years of education attained, conditional on AFQT score. After controlling for these variables, we find no evidence of a wage premium for black women.

Url: http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/49/3/695.abstract

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Authors: McHenry, Peter; McInerney, Melissa

Periodical (Full): The Journal of Human Resource

Issue: 3

Volume: 49

Pages: 695-722

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Gender, Other, Race and Ethnicity

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