Government Employment and Black/White Relative Wages

D. Alton Smith

Journal of Human Resources, 1980, vol. 15, issue 1, 77-86

Abstract: We examine the racial differential in job dismissals in an unexpected setting--the federal government. Blacks were more than twice as likely to be fired, after controlling for human capital variables, job tenure, detailed job title, union protection, ...

Date: 1980
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