RECENT TRENDS IN WHITE BLACK EARNINGS DIFFERENTIALS

Authors
ASHRAF J
Citation
J. Ashraf, RECENT TRENDS IN WHITE BLACK EARNINGS DIFFERENTIALS, Economics letters, 45(4), 1994, pp. 487-493
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
Economics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01651765
Volume
45
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
487 - 493
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-1765(1994)45:4<487:RTIWBE>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
This paper tracks white-black earnings differentials between 1967 and 1986 using panel data. Separate estimates are computed for males and f emales. Corrections for selectivity bias have been made, and Neumark's modified version of the Oaxaca procedure is used to derive estimates of the earnings gap. The finding of secular decline in the white-black earnings gap is re-established.