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

Authors

Heather Antecol, Claremont McKenna CollegeFollow
Kelly Bedard

Document Type

Article

Department

Economics (CMC)

Publication Date

10-2002

Abstract

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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Recommended Citation

Antecol, Heather, and Kelly Bedard. "The Relative Earnings of Young Mexican, Black, and White Women." Industrial and Labor Relations Review 56.1 (2002): 122-135.