Wage Discrimination and Occupational Crowding in a Competitive Industry
Evidence from the American Whaling Industry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10097624 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lee A Craig (0000-0001-9811-6527, North Carolina State University, corresponding author), Robert M Fearn (North Carolina State University) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 123-138 |
| Publication date | 1993-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022050700012419 |
| OpenAlex | W1966203955 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 12 |
We test for wage discrimination and occupational crowding in the nineteenthcentury American whaling industry. Although our results indicate little evidence of wage discrimination, we cannot reject the hypothesis that certain groups—specifically blacks and Portuguese–experienced some occupational crowding, though it was by no means complete and the minority-dominated occupations were not low-paying ones. In addition, we find that members of the majority group—white American and Northern European seamen—did accept a negative compensating wage differential for working with members of their own group
Crowding · Demographic economics · Economics · Geography · Labour economics · Portuguese · Test (biology · Wage · Whaling · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Global trade and economics · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2022 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |