Premium
Stereotypes, Asian Americans, and Wages: An Empirical Strategy Applied to Computer Use at Work
Author(s) -
Tashiro Sanae,
Conrad Cecilia A.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.2009.00630.x
Subject(s) - stereotype (uml) , ordinary least squares , wage , current population survey , economics , population , work (physics) , labour economics , hourly wage , demographic economics , econometrics , psychology , social psychology , sociology , demography , engineering , mechanical engineering
A bstract This article examines the effect on wages of the Asian‐American stereotype as mathematically and technically adept, and the role this stereotype may play in explaining racial wage differences. We propose an empirical strategy to examine the influence of stereotypes on labor market outcomes, with a specific application to the wage premium associated with computer use at work. Using Current Population Survey data, ordinary least squares estimates do not provide compelling evidence that a positive stereotype affects wages for Asian Americans.