Black/White Wage Convergence
The Role of Public Sector Wages and Employment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3264459 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William J Carrington, Kristin Mccue, Brooks Pierce |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 456-471 |
| Publication date | 1996-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Industrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/001979399604900305 |
| OpenAlex | W2158895272 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 19 |
This paper assesses the relative contribution of the public and private sectors, through their employment and wages, to the black/white wage convergence that occurred in the U.S. economy over the 1963-92 period. Applying standard decomposition methods to Current Population Survey data, the authors show that almost all the convergence in black/white relative wages in the 1963-75 period was due to black/white convergence in the private sector. Similarly, the post-1975 slowdown in black/white wage convergence was almost completely due to a corresponding slowdown in the private sector. The unimportance of the public sector, the authors argue, arises for two reasons: the public sector never accounted for more than 20% of civilian employment over the 1963-92 period; and blacks' historic success in that sector left relatively little room for further wage gains there, whereas in the private sector blacks had considerable ground to make up
Convergence (economics) · Current Population Survey · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Labour economics · Population · Private sector · Public sector · Sociology · Wage · White (mutation) · Demography · Economic Growth and Productivity · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,52 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2023 (27) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |