Male Sub-metropolitan Black-White Wage Gaps: New Evidence for the 1980s

This study analyses trends in US male black-white earnings gaps by sub-metropolitan residence. Large suburban earnings gaps existed in 1979; however, central city gaps exhibited the largest increases during the 1980s. The increases are decomposed into changes in measurable characteristics, changes i...

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Published in:	Urban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland) Vol. 34; no. 8; pp. 1201 - 1213
Main Author:	Rodgers, William M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London, England Carfax Publishing Limited 01-07-1997 SAGE Publications Longman Group Sage Publications Ltd. (UK) Oliver and Boyd Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects:	1980s African Americans America Bgi / Prodig Black people Black White Differences Black white relations Central Cities Cities College graduates Compensation and benefits Demographic aspects Economic aspects Educational attainment Employment Employment Discrimination Human geography Income Inequality Labor markets Males Men Metropolitan areas Race discrimination Racial differences Racial discrimination Suburban areas Suburbs United States of America Unobservables Urban areas USA Wage determination Wage differential Wage differentials Wage discrimination Wages White people United States of America Wage Social discrimination Suburbs Educational level Labour market Whites Urban area Labour Blacks Inner city Living standard
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Summary:	This study analyses trends in US male black-white earnings gaps by sub-metropolitan residence. Large suburban earnings gaps existed in 1979; however, central city gaps exhibited the largest increases during the 1980s. The increases are decomposed into changes in measurable characteristics, changes in the prices of measurable characteristics, changes in discrimination and/or unobservable skills, and changes in white earnings inequality. Changes in measured characteristics and their prices, and changes in inequality account for little of the increases in central city gaps. Either labour market discrimination worsened or racial differences in unobservable skills widened. A review of the literature suggests that this paper's evidence is more consistent with a worsening in discrimination.
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ISSN:	0042-0980 1360-063X
DOI:	10.1080/0042098975592