The Reverse Wage Gap among Educated White and Black Women

Christina Houseworth and Jonathan Fisher

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Abstract: Using the 2004 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses and the 2004-2005 American Community Surveys, we estimate the black-white wage gap among females with at least some college education. We find that black female nurses earn 9 percent more at the mean and median than white female nurses, controlling for selection into nursing employment. Among K-12 teachers, black females earn 7 percent more than white females at the median. There is no black-white wage gap among all women with a bachelor’s degree. Differences in opportunities for education and marriage between white and black women may explain why highly educated black females earn on par with highly educated white females.

Keywords: Human capital; differential demand and supply for schooling; wage gaps (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J0 J01 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-01-20
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