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Title: The Impact of Racial Discrimination on the Early Career Outcomes of Young Men
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1. Renna, Francesco
King, Randall H.
The Impact of Racial Discrimination on the Early Career Outcomes of Young Men
Atlantic Economic Journal 35,3 (September 2007): 269-278.
Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/0p171767pw146028/
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: International Atlantic Economic Society
Keyword(s): Discrimination; Economics of Discrimination; Economics of Minorities; Fertility; Labor Market Outcomes; Racial Differences; Wage Differentials; Wage Gap; Wages, Young Men

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The NLSY dataset is utilized to measure the extent of employer wage discrimination between white and black males during their first 5 years of post-school employment. We look at the respondent's first job and the jobs 1 and 5 years after school completion. Oaxaca wage decompositions are employed to gauge the effect of discrimination. Consistent with our hypothesis, we find that the discrimination component of the wage gap falls over time. For the first job out of school the unexplained wage gap between blacks and whites is 35%. By year 5, the unexplained component falls to about 13%. Thus, while discrimination continues to play a role in explaining the white-black wage gap over time, its impact decreases as time in the labor market increases.
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Renna, Francesco and Randall H. King. "The Impact of Racial Discrimination on the Early Career Outcomes of Young Men." Atlantic Economic Journal 35,3 (September 2007): 269-278.