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Title: The Effect on Black-White Wage Differences of Differences in the Quantity and Quality of Education
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Maxwell, Nan L. |
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The Effect on Black-White Wage Differences of Differences in the Quantity and Quality of Education Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47,2 (January 1994): 249-264. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2524419 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Cornell University Press Keyword(s): Education; Educational Attainment; Educational Returns; Racial Differences; Schooling; Wage Differentials Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth for black-white differences in educational attainment, educational quality, and unmeasured individual ability can explain black-white wage differences. An analysis that corrects for both selectivity and ability biases inherent in estimating the education-wage relationship shows that the main source of the black-white wage differential is the racial difference in the quality rather than quantity of schooling. In fact, the author concludes, closing the racial gap in the basic skills learned in school could reduce the wage differential by two-thirds. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. |
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Maxwell, Nan L. "The Effect on Black-White Wage Differences of Differences in the Quantity and Quality of Education." Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47,2 (January 1994): 249-264.
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