Wage discrimination over the life course: A comparison of explanations
Wage discrimination over the life course: A comparison of explanations
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生命历程中的工资歧视：解释比较
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2004
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David J. Maume
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David J. Maume
对不平等的解释通常分为两大阵营。持续存在的不平等观点表明，所有黑人和妇女在其职业生涯中都面临歧视性障碍，而队列解释则认为，年轻的黑人和妇女比年长的黑人和妇女更接近于与白色男子的工资平等。利用收入动态面板研究的纵向数据，本研究估计了黑人男性、白色女性和黑人女性三个队列的少数族裔工资差距（相对于白色男性）。调查结果显示，在早年，年轻的少数民族比年长的群体更接近与白色男性的工资平等。然而，没有一个群体在他们的职业生涯中获得了白色男性的支持，相反，大多数群体的工资都受到了严重的侵蚀。此外，在对平均职业工资的分解分析中，大多数差距可归因于无法解释的因素（即，歧视），而不是白色男性和其他群体之间的成分差异。总的来说，调查结果更符合持续不平等的观点。
Explanations of inequality usually diverge into two camps. The persistent inequality perspective suggests that all blacks and women face discriminatory barriers across their careers, while the cohort explanation contends that younger blacks and women are closer to wage parity with white men than are their older counterparts. Using longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, this study estimates minority wage gaps (relative to white men) for three cohorts of black men, white women, and black women. Findings show that in early years younger minorities were significantly closer to wage parity with white men than were older cohorts. Yet, none of the cohorts gained ground on white men over their careers, and instead the majority of cohorts suffered significant wage erosion. Moreover, in a decomposition analysis of the average career wage, the majority of the gaps are attributable to unexplained factors (i.e., discrimination), rather than to compositional differences between white men and the other groups. On balance, the findings are more consistent with the persistent inequality perspective.