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Title: Economic Progress of Black Women
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1. Hoffman, Emily P.
Economic Progress of Black Women
Economics Letters 6,2 (1980): 191-195.
Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0165176580900798
Cohort(s): Mature Women, Young Women
Publisher: Elsevier
Keyword(s): Discrimination, Racial/Ethnic; Discrimination, Sex; Earnings; Household Income; Racial Differences; Sex Roles; Well-Being

This study uses data for the NLS Young and Mature Women. While black women are much closer to earnings parity with white women than is true for black relative to white men, such a comparison is misleading since it ignores maximization of utility (including leisure) by households (not individuals) and sex discrimination. Earnings are closer to parity than are hourly wage rates because black women supply more labor than white women. It is utility parity for households, not earnings parity for individuals, which gives a clear measure of well-being for blacks relative to whites.
Bibliography Citation
Hoffman, Emily P. "Economic Progress of Black Women." Economics Letters 6,2 (1980): 191-195.