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Title: Black-White Differences in Reservation Wages and Joblessness A Replication
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1. Petterson, Stephen Mark
Black-White Differences in Reservation Wages and Joblessness A Replication
Journal of Human Resources 33,3 (Summer 1998): 758-770.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/146341
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Keyword(s): Black Studies; Racial Differences; Unemployment; Wage Gap; Wages, Reservation

Examining self-reported reservation wages from the 1979-80 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), Holzer concludes that 26 to 42 percent of the race difference in the length of jobless spells is due to the higher wages sought by young Black men. This replication uses NLSY reservation wage data from 1979 through 1986. Although I find a Black-White difference in reservation wages, I fail to find a positive effect of these measures on the duration of jobless spells. Thus, evidence from the NLSY does not support the claim that reservation wage differences explain the race employment gap.
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Petterson, Stephen Mark. "Black-White Differences in Reservation Wages and Joblessness A Replication." Journal of Human Resources 33,3 (Summer 1998): 758-770.