Education and Labor-Market Discrimination

We propose a model that combines statistical discrimination and educational sorting that explains why blacks get more education than do whites of similar cognitive ability. Our model explains the difference between blacks and whites in the relations between education and AFQT and between wages and

本文提出了一种融合统计歧视（statistical discrimination）与教育分选（educational sorting）的模型，该模型能够解释为何在认知能力相近的群体中，黑人比白人获得了更多的教育。本模型阐释了黑人与白人在教育与美国武装部队职业倾向测验（Armed Forces Qualification Test，简称AFQT）成绩的相关性，以及工资与[原文表述存在截断]之间的差异。