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The Relative Earnings of Young Mexican, Black, and White Women

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  • Heather Antecol
  • Kelly Bedard

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This analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth indicates that young Mexican women and young black women earned, respectively, 9.5% and 13.2% less than young white women in 1994. Differences in education appear to be the most important explanation for the Mexican-white wage gap, whereas differences in labor force attachment are the most important determinant of the black-white wage gap. The authors show that accounting for actual labor market experience, rather than simply imputing experience based on years since leaving school, is crucially important in such analyses.

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  • Heather Antecol & Kelly Bedard, 2002. "The Relative Earnings of Young Mexican, Black, and White Women," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 56(1), pages 122-135, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ilrrev:v:56:y:2002:i:1:p:122-135
    DOI: 10.1177/001979390205600107
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