A test of the measures of non-discriminatory wages used to study wage discrimination

Marjorie Baldwin; William Johnson

doi:10.1016/0165-1765(92)90294-9

A test of the measures of non-discriminatory wages used to study wage discrimination

Marjorie Baldwin
, William Johnson

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This article uses estimates of the employment effects of wage discrimination to evaluate different measures of non-discriminatory wages. Measures that reflect the numbers of majority and minority workers appear to be superior to Oaxaca's 'index number' approach.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	223-227
Number of pages	5
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	39
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1765(92)90294-9
State	Published - Jun 1992

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Economics and Econometrics

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