ON THE REGIONAL VARIABILITY OF MINORITY NON-MINORITY WAGE DIFFERENTIALS/

This paper assesses whether regional variability in the minority/non-m inority wage gap exists and if it depends on state-specific factors su ch as political conservatism, anti-discriminatory policies, and the 'v isibility' of minorities. We find an extreme variability in the minori ty/non-minority wage differential across states and that this gap narr ows as minorities achieve a 'threshold' level which allows them to exe rt political and economic pressures on majority employers.