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The Measurement of Race and Gender Wage Differentials: Evidence from the Federal Sector

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  • George J. Borjas

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This paper presents an empirical analysis of wage differentials based on race and gender in the federal bureaucracy. By focusing on the study of interagency variations in wage differentials, the author shows, first, that the use in earnings functions of a simple dummy variable to indicate race and gender leads to downward-biased estimates of the standardized wage differential. Second, across federal agencies there is a positive correlation between wage differentials based on race and those based on gender. Finally, the low relative wage of black females is more a result of their gender than of their race. This variety of empirical findings shows the promise of future studies that concentrate on the interfirm variance in employment policies that affect women and minorities.

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  • George J. Borjas, 1983. "The Measurement of Race and Gender Wage Differentials: Evidence from the Federal Sector," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 37(1), pages 79-91, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ilrrev:v:37:y:1983:i:1:p:79-91
    DOI: 10.1177/001979398303700106
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    1. Dex S., 1992. "Costs of discriminating against migrant workers : an international review," ILO Working Papers 992869403402676, International Labour Organization.
    2. Andrés F. Barrientos & Alexander Bolton & Tom Balmat & Jerome P. Reiter & John M. de Figueiredo & Ashwin Machanavajjhala & Yan Chen & Charles Kneifel & Mark DeLong, 2017. "A Framework for Sharing Confidential Research Data, Applied to Investigating Differential Pay by Race in the U. S. Government," NBER Working Papers 23534, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    4. Carol Agocs, 1986. "Affirmative Action, Canadian Style: A Reconnaissance," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 12(1), pages 148-162, March.

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