 A Rationale for the Study of Intersectional Wage DiscriminationChapter Chapter 1 in Intersectionality and Discrimination, 2023, pp 3-22 from Springer Abstract: Abstract We begin with a brief discussion of the relationship between social justice and economic justice. This is followed by a presentation of persistent differences in U.S. labor market outcomes. Specifically, we identify significant differences in unemployment rates and hourly wages across race- and sex-based classifications, respectively. We then present unadjusted wage gaps (i.e., raw differences in average hourly wage rates) for several worker groups that correspond to the non-productive personal characteristics we consider in this study. These characteristics include Hispanic ethnicity, nativity, race, and sex. Having motivated our study, we introduce intersectionality and our primary research question: Is wage discrimination intersectional? This is followed by a discussion of why we use the term “discrimination” when referring to differences in wage rates that cannot be explained by differences in workers’ productive characteristics. We conclude the chapter with a roadmap for the remainder of the book. Keywords: Discrimination; Economic justice; Intersectionality; Multiple intersecting identities; Social justice; Wage gap (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-26125-1_1 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-26125-1_1 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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