An analysis of racial differences in wage distributions

Marjorie Baldwin; John A. Bishop

doi:10.1016/0165-1765(91)90248-J

An analysis of racial differences in wage distributions

Marjorie Baldwin, John A. Bishop

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This article examines how black-white wage ratios vary over the wage distribution. We find that black women have nearly closed the racial wage gap at all wage levels. For men, the racial wage gap increases with wages.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	91-95
Number of pages	5
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	37
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1765(91)90248-J
State	Published - Sep 1991
Externally published	Yes

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Economics and Econometrics

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