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Race and Gender Wage Gaps in the Market for Recent College Graduates
Author(s) -
Weinberger Catherine J.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/0019-8676.721998035
Subject(s) - race (biology) , wage , demographic economics , black male , sample (material) , institution , point (geometry) , white (mutation) , demography , labour economics , psychology , sociology , economics , gender studies , social science , biology , biochemistry , chemistry , geometry , mathematics , chromatography , gene
Using a large sample of recent college graduates, the study tests the hypothesis that observed race and gender wage differentials reflect between‐group differences in the type and quality of education attained rather than labor market discrimination. After controlling for narrowly defined college major, college grade point average, and the exact educational institution attended, white male and Hispanic male graduates earn 10 to 15 percent more per hour than comparable female, black male, or Asian male graduates.