Working for cents on the dollar: race and ethnic wage gaps in the noncollege labor market
This paper uses data from the 2007 Survey of Employers in the Low-Skill Labor Market to analyze whether wage differences among workers of different races and ethnicities in the low-skill labor market remain after controlling for individual, job, and employer characteristics. The employer-provided data include detailed information on job requirements and employer characteristics rarely available in household surveys. We find that black workers earn significantly less than white workers in the less-skilled labor market, and a significant difference (12 per cent) remains even after controlling fo ... Show more
Authors: Acs, Gregory; Loprest, Pamela
Published: Washington, District of Columbia, Urban Institute, 2009
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Physical description: iii, 13 p.
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