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Explaining Variations in the Hourly Wage Rates of Urban Minority Group Females

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  • Raymond J. Struyk

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A theory to explain the variation in earned incomes of minority group females in a centralized urban area is developed and tested. The theory posits the number of hours worked as a determinant of the hourly wage rate, given employers' preference for full-time workers. From a standard labor force participation model, the importance of the wage rate as a determinant of hours worked is derived, thus establishing the simultaneity of hours worked and the wage rate. The relations are verified by ordinary least squares but not by two-stage least squares estimates. The explanation for the break in joint determinancy of hours worked and wages rests in the inability of these women to exercise work-choice because of severe family income constraints.

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  • Raymond J. Struyk, 1973. "Explaining Variations in the Hourly Wage Rates of Urban Minority Group Females," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 8(3), pages 349-364.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:8:y:1973:i:3:p:349-364
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    1. William Moore & R. Mark Wilson, 1982. "The Influence of Children on the Wage Rates of Married Women," Eastern Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Association, vol. 8(3), pages 197-210, Jul-Sep.

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