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Title: Commitment to Work and Wages: Earnings Differences of Black and White Women
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1. Hudis, Paula M.
Commitment to Work and Wages: Earnings Differences of Black and White Women
Sociology of Work and Occupations 4,2 (May 1977): 123-145.
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Cohort(s): Mature Women
Publisher: Sage Publications
Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Educational Returns; Family Resources; Socioeconomic Status (SES); Wages, Women; Work Attitudes; Work Experience

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Findings indicate that the lower economic status of black women is caused by lower human capital accumulation and less prestigious occupations. Black women partially compensate for such deficiencies by achieving a higher rate of wage return on their human capital and occupational status they obtain. The results show that work experience does influence differential wage returns to schooling for blacks and occupational status for blacks and whites. In addition, the analyses provide support for an occupational decision-making explanation which contributes to observed differentials in wage returns to schooling.
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Hudis, Paula M. "Commitment to Work and Wages: Earnings Differences of Black and White Women." Sociology of Work and Occupations 4,2 (May 1977): 123-145.