Arias, Omar; Yamada, Gustavo; Tejerina, Luis - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
investigate the role of race, family background and education (both the quantity and quality) in explaining earnings inequality … differences in human capital, including parental education and education quality, and in its returns, account for most but not all … discrimination at the higher salary jobs at any given skill level. The authors also find that returns to education vary significantly …