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On the Decomposition of Wage Differentials

Cotton, Jeremiah·1988·The Review of Economics and Statistics
DOI 10.2307/1928307
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The often-used method for decomposing wage differentials into human capital and discrimination components is reformulated so that both t he disadvantage, or "cost, " discrimination it imposes on a black or minority wage earner and the advantage, or "benefit, " it bestows on a white or majority wage earner can be estimated. Copyright 1988 by MIT Press.

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Authors
Cotton, J.
Venue
The Review of Economics and Statistics
Publisher
JSTOR
Published
1988-05
Volume
70
Issue
2
Pages
236
ISSN
0034-6535 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.2307/1928307
OpenAlex
W1984374867
Cited by
833
References
7
FWCI
9.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
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