Disappointing Facts about the Black-White Wage Gap

Mary Daly, Bart Hobijn and Joseph H. Pedtke

FRBSF Economic Letter, 2017

Abstract: More than half a century since the Civil Rights Act became law, U.S. workers continue to experience different levels of success depending on their race. Analysis using microdata on earnings shows that black men and women earn persistently lower wages compared with their white counterparts and that these gaps cannot be fully explained by differences in age, education, job type, or location. Especially troubling is the growing unexplained portion of the divergence in earnings for blacks relative to whites.

Date: 2017
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