IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/uwp/jhriss/v9y1974i3p376-389.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Black-White Earnings Gap

Author

Listed:
  • Sandra Christensen
  • Keith Bernard

Abstract

This paper attempts to provide benchmarks by which we may measure our progress toward eliminating racial discrimination in the labor market. Using projected labor force data, classified by race, sex, and education, we define nondiscriminatory black-white occupational patterns and earnings ratios to the year 2000. We also detail the occupational patterns and earnings ratios which would prevail if labor market discrimination continues unchanged from its 1965 level. Neither of these projections is thought to be a realistic estimate of what will actually happen in the labor market over the coming years; rather, they are designed to serve as standards against which we can measure our performance.

Suggested Citation

  • Sandra Christensen & Keith Bernard, 1974. "The Black-White Earnings Gap," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 9(3), pages 376-389.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:9:y:1974:i:3:p:376-389
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/144693
    Download Restriction: A subscripton is required to access pdf files. Pay per article is available.
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:9:y:1974:i:3:p:376-389. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: the person in charge (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://jhr.uwpress.org/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.