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Title: The racial wage gap in the US
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2015
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Abstract: The main goal of this thesis is to employ the alternative method of purging to assess racial wage disparities in the United States, using data from the 2013 American Community Survey. A distinction was made between discriminatory and non-discriminatory causes for the racial wage gap. The most important wage determinants from relevant theory were used to describe how racial groups differ from the group of whites regarding distributions of the determinants (non-discriminatory), and associations between the determinants and wages (discriminatory). Based on multivariate regression models, a purging procedure was performed to come to counterfactual outcomes. For the purpose of this paper, a package was developed to apply this method using generalized linear models, featuring a decomposition method, bootstrapping techniques to enable hypothesis testing, and plotting functions. Applying associations of whites to disadvantaged racial groups produced varying results. Applying whites' distributions to the underprivileged groups revealed that these groups are generally speaking less advantageously composed regarding the main determinants, and therefore earn on average less than whites. The higher average educational levels and occupational prestige levels held by Asians seem to be the main reason for their higher wages, compared to whites.
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Authors: Brink, P.M.
Institution: Radboud University Nijmegen
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Publisher Location: Nijmegen
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Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure
Countries: United States