MORE ON THE "COST" OF BEING A BLACK OR MEXICAN AMERICAN MALE WORKER

This study departs from past research on this subject in two important ways. First, instead of annual earnings the hourly wage is used as dependent variable. Second, the method used to decompose the differentials on which estimates of these "costs" rest is reformulated. Microdata from the...

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Published in:Social science quarterly 1985-12, Vol.66 (4), p.867-885
Main Author: COTTON, Jeremiah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blacks
Censuses
Cost
Cost estimates
Earned income
Economic discrimination
Employment and Earnings
Employment discrimination
Hispanic Americans
Human ecology and demography
Labor markets
Mexican Americans
Productivity
Sociology
Sociology of migrations
Wage differential
Wages
Work
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Summary:This study departs from past research on this subject in two important ways. First, instead of annual earnings the hourly wage is used as dependent variable. Second, the method used to decompose the differentials on which estimates of these "costs" rest is reformulated. Microdata from the 1973 Current Population Survey and the 1980 Census are used to estimate the relative magnitudes and direction of change in these costs during the 1970s. The findings indicate that costs increased for Mexican Americans and decreased for blacks.
ISSN:0038-4941
1540-6237