Not All Education Is Created Equal: How Choice of Academic Major Affects the Racial Salary Gap
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education; college major; race; wages; discrimination;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
- J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J70 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - General
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