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Social Networks and Labor Market Inequality between Ethnicities and Races
Toomet, Ott; van der Leij, Marco; Rolfe, Meredith - 2012
This paper analyzes the relationship between unexplained racial/ethnic wage differentials on the one hand and social network segregation, as measured by inbreeding homophily, on the other hand. Our analysis is based on both U.S. and Estonian surveys, supplemented with Estonian telephone...
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An extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique to logit and probit models
Fairlie, Robert W. - 2006
The Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique is widely used to identify and quantify the separate contributions of group differences in measurable characteristics, such as education, experience, marital status, and geographical differences to racial and gender gaps in outcomes. The technique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267328
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Last hired, first fired? Black-white unemployment and the business cycle
Couch, Kenneth A.; Fairlie, Robert W. - 2008
Past studies have tested the claim that blacks are the last hired during periods of economic growth and the first fired in recessions by examining the movement of relative unemployment rates over the business cycle. Any conclusion drawn from this type of analysis must be viewed as tentative...
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The role of race and birth place in welfare usage among comparable women: Evidence from the US
Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth; Oyolola, Maharouf - 2011
possibility among women and investigate if race/ethnicity and birthplace still have a role to play in the decision to use welfare … even after controlling for income, health and other demographic factors like employment. We find that race does not matter …
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An Extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition Technique to Logit and Probit Models
Fairlie, Robert W. - 2003
The Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique is widely used to identify and quantify the separate contributions of group differences in measurable characteristics, such as education, experience, marital status, and geographical differences to racial and gender gaps in outcomes. The technique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369214
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Wage Premia for Education and Location, By Gender and Race in South Africa
Schultz, T. Paul; Mwabu, Germano - 1998
than for whites in 1993, and they increase for both race groups at higher levels of education. The lower quantity (or … barriers to employment by race are dismantled in South Africa, wage differences between races are likely to diminish, while … wage differences within race groups may well widen. Quantitative expansion of educational opportunities for nonwhites at …
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The role of location in evaluating racial wage disparity
Black, Dan A.; Kolesnikova, Natalia; Sander, Seth G.; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 2 (2013), pp. 1-18
's log wage is a function of education, experience, and race. We analyze this approach in a context where individuals live …
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Is there a skills crisis? Trends in job skill requirements, technology, and wage inequality in the United States
Handel, Michael J. - 2000
Despite seven years of economic growth a large gap exists in the wages earned by workers at the top of the earnings scale and those at the bottom. The leading explanation for this growth in wage inequality continues to be the skills-mismatch theory. This theory in part posits that gains in...
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The structure of worker compensation in Brazil, with a comparison to France and the United States
Menezes Filho, Naércio Aquino; Mündler, Marc-Andreas; … - 2006
We employ a comprehensive matched employer-employee data set for Brazil to analyze wage determinants and compare results to Abowd, Kramarz, Margolis and Troske (2001) for French and U.S. manufacturing. Returns to education and experience in Brazilian manufacturing exceed those of the other...
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Wage structure and unionization in the US construction sector
Bilginsoy, Cihan - 2009
This paper estimates the union effects on the wage gap and dispersion in two pooled samples of construction craftworkers (CPS 1983-88 and 2000-05) using decomposition analysis and kernel density estimation. It shows that despite the decline in the adjusted union wage gap declined over time, the...
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