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Estimating Wage Discrimination in the Labor Market

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If labor supply curves are not perfectly inelastic, wage discrimination induces some minority workers to leave the labor force. Studies of discrimination that focus only on wage differentials overlook these disincentive effects on minority employment. ...

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  • Richard J. Butler, 1982. "Estimating Wage Discrimination in the Labor Market," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 17(4), pages 620-621.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:17:y:1982:i:4:p:620-621
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    1. Chen, Yiu Por (Vincent) & Zhang, Yuan, 2018. "A decomposition method on employment and wage discrimination and its application in urban China (2002–2013)," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 110(C), pages 1-12.
    2. Rita Hansberry, 2004. "An Analysis of Gender Wage Differentials in Russia from 1996-2002," William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series 2004-720, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan.
    3. Jeremiah Cotton, 1985. "Decomposing Income, Earnings, and Wage Differentials," Sociological Methods & Research, , vol. 14(2), pages 201-216, November.
    4. Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong & Rudy Fichtenbaum, 1997. "Racial wage gaps and differences in human capital," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(8), pages 1033-1044.
    5. Gavrilova, Evelina & Zoutman, Floris T. & Hopland, Arnt O., 2017. "How to Use One Instrument to Identify Two Elasticities," Discussion Papers 2017/2, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Business and Management Science.
    6. Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong & Rudy Fichtenbaum, 1994. "Regional Differences In Labor Market Discrimination," The Review of Regional Studies, Southern Regional Science Association, vol. 24(1), pages 13-36, Summer.
    7. Michael Greene & Emily Hoffnar, 1995. "Political empowerment: earnings in the presence of African-American mayors," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 2(9), pages 298-301.
    8. Jeremiah Cotton, 1985. "A comparative analysis of black-white and Mexican-American-White male wage differentials," The Review of Black Political Economy, Springer;National Economic Association, vol. 13(4), pages 51-69, March.
    9. Michael D. Robinson, 1993. "Measuring Discrimination against Females: Is the “Non-Discriminatory†Wage the Male or the Female Wage?," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 37(1), pages 45-50, March.
    10. Tilahun Temesgen, 2006. "Decomposing Gender Wage Differentials in Urban Ethiopia: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee (LEE) Manufacturing Survey Data," Global Economic Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(1), pages 43-66.
    11. Robert Fiorentine, 1993. "Theories of Gender Stratification," Rationality and Society, , vol. 5(3), pages 341-366, July.

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