BLACK-WHITE WAGE DIFFERENCES AMONG YOUNG-WOMEN, 1977-86

Authors
MCCRATE E LEETE L
Citation
E. Mccrate et L. Leete, BLACK-WHITE WAGE DIFFERENCES AMONG YOUNG-WOMEN, 1977-86, Industrial relations, 33(2), 1994, pp. 168-183
Citations number
42
Categorie Soggetti
Industrial Relations & Labor
Journal title
Industrial relations → ACNP
ISSN journal
00198676
Volume
33
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
168 - 183
Database
ISI
SICI code
0019-8676(1994)33:2<168:BWDAY1>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Until the 1970s, wage rates converged for black and white women, espec ially young women. However, the pay gap between black and white women in their twenties rose .074 log points between 1977 and 1986. This pap er uses data from the 1977 National Longitudinal Survey of Young Women and the 1986 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to explore reasons for the change. Changes in the relative level of work experience and in the rate of return to schooling are emphasized.