Divergent Paths: Structural Change, Economic Rank, and the Evolution of Black-White Earnings Differences, 1940-2014
Divergent Paths: Structural Change, Economic Rank, and the Evolution of Black-White Earnings Differences, 1940-2014
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不同的路径：结构变化、经济排名和黑人与白人收入差异的演变，1940 年至 2014 年
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2016
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K. Charles
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P. Bayer;K. Charles
本文提出了新的证据，在所有的男人在不同的分布点之间的黑人和白人的收入差异的演变。我们研究收入差距的两个维度：黑人与白色人的收入差异;以及黑人在黑人收入中的地位与他在白色分布中的地位之间的差异。在1940年至1970年代中期缩小后，黑人与白人的收入差距中位数一直与1950年一样大。即使他的相对收入有所改善，然后恶化，中等黑人在收入分配中的相对地位基本保持不变。自1940年以来，收入较高的黑人男性的相对收入大幅增加。与处于中位数及以下的黑人不同，他们的相对收入变化主要是整体收入分布缩小和拉伸的结果，在过去70年中，百分位数较高的黑人也经历了显着的地位收益。
This paper presents new evidence on the evolution of black-white earnings differences among all men at different points in the distribution. We study two dimensions of earnings gaps: the black-white difference in earnings; and the difference between a black man’s position in the black earnings and the position he would hold in the white distribution. After narrowing from 1940 to the mid-1970s, the median black-white earning gap has since grown as large as it was in 1950. Even as his relative earnings improved then worsened, the median black man’s relative position in the earnings distribution has remained essentially constant. Black men at higher percentiles have experienced significant gains in relative earnings since 1940. Unlike blacks at the median and below, whose relative earnings changes have been chiefly the result of narrowing and stretching of the overall earnings distribution, higher percentile blacks have also experienced significant positional gains over the past 70 years.