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The Way We Were?: Discrimination, Competition, and Inter-industry Wage Differentials in 1970

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  • Rhonda M. Williams

    (Afro-American Studies Program, University of Maryland, College Park)

  • Robert E. Kenison

    (Afro-American Studies Program, University of Maryland, College Park)

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This article presents and econometrically tests three models of discrimination and competition. The analysis facilitates a comparison of Marxist, segmentation, and neoclassical explanations of inter-industry wage differentials and the distribution of employment by race and gender. Our results (1) demonstrate race and gender rationing of manufacturing employment in 1970, and (2) lend support to the notion that both competition between capitals and employment discrimination are historically important determinants of gender and racial earnings inequality.

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  • Rhonda M. Williams & Robert E. Kenison, 1996. "The Way We Were?: Discrimination, Competition, and Inter-industry Wage Differentials in 1970," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 28(2), pages 1-32, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:reorpe:v:28:y:1996:i:2:p:1-32
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    1. Günseli Berik & Yana Meulen Rodgers & Joseph E. Zveglich, 2004. "Does Trade Promote Gender Wage Equity? Evidence from East Asia," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: William Milberg (ed.), Labor and the Globalization of Production, chapter 7, pages 146-178, Palgrave Macmillan.

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