Human Capital and Racial Inequality in the US Labor Market

If racial gaps in measures of human capital like educational attainment and standardized test scores were eliminated, what would happen to racial disparities in wages, employment, and other labor market outcomes? A credible answer to this question is foundational for understanding the nature and

倘若消除诸如受教育程度（educational attainment）与标准化考试成绩（standardized test scores）这类人力资本（human capital）衡量指标上的种族差距，那么工资、就业及其他劳动力市场结果维度的种族差异将会发生何种变化？对这一问题给出可靠解答，是理解其本质与——

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该数据集是NBER（国家经济研究局）于2025年9月发布的工作论文，聚焦于美国劳动力市场中人力资本（如教育程度和测试分数）与种族不平等的关系，探讨消除人力资本差距对黑人与白人之间工资、就业等劳动力市场结果的影响。论文属于跨学科研究，涉及健康、教育、劳动经济学和种族分层等主题，计划在2026年正式发表于《Journal of Economic Literature》。