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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326543
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273854
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278720
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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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The Role of Permanent Income and Demographics in Black/White Differences in Wealth
Altonji, Joseph G.; Doraszelski, Ulrich - 2000
We explore the extent to which the huge race gap in wealth can be explained with properly constructed income and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369199
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A quantile approach to the relationship between body mass, wealth, and inequality
Carson, Scott Alan - 2010
Little research exists on the historical relationship between BMI variation, wealth, and inequality. This study finds that 19th century US black and white BMIs were distributed symmetrically; neither wasting nor obesity was common. Nineteenth century BMI values were also greater for blacks than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274782
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Gender and racial wage gaps in Brazil 1996-2006: Evidence using a matching comparisons approach
Marques Garcia, Luana; Ñopo, Hugo; Salardi, Paola - 2009
This paper explores the evolution of Brazilian wage gaps by gender and skin color over a decade (1996-2006), using the matching comparison methodology developed by Ñopo (2008). In Brazil, racial wage gaps are more pronounced than those found along the gender divide, although both noticeably...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278245
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Rooms of One?s Own : Gender, Race and Home Ownership as Wealth Accumulation in the United States
Sedo, Stanley A.; Kossoudji, Sherrie A. - 2004
and Program Participation (SIPP) to investigate gender and race disparities in home ownership, value, and equity. These … value or home equity. Once households have entered the housing market, differences across gender, race and family type are … race. The predicted probability of home ownership ranges from 0.83 for male householders in married couple households to 0 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262140
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Statistical theories of income and wealth distribution
Chakrabarti, Anindya S.; Chakrabarti, Bikas K. - 2009
The distributions of income and wealth in countries across the world are found to possess some robust and stable features independent of the specific economic, social and political conditions of the countries. We discuss a few physics-inspired multi-agent dynamic models along with their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299490