This paper documents and explores black-white differences in U.S. womens labor force participation, occupations, and wages from 1940 to 2014. It draws on closely related research on selection into the
Despite several decades of research there is still widespread disagreement over the interpretation of the wage differences between black and white workers. Do the differences reflect productivity diff
This is the replication code and data for the article "Not so Black and White: Interracial Marriage and Wages." Abstract: We examine wages of Black and White interracially married individuals c
Using the 1980 and 1990 Censuses, we show that self-employment rates differ substantially across ethnic and racial groups in the U.S. These differences exist for both men and women, within broad combi
This paper analyzes reservation wages and durations of nonemployment for young blacks and whites. Selfreported reservation wages are compared for blacks and whites before and after controlling for ind