The Effect on Black-White Wage Differences on Differences in the Quantity and Quality of Education.

Maxwell, Nan L.

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ERIC Number: EJ475303

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Publication Date: 1994

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The Effect on Black-White Wage Differences on Differences in the Quantity and Quality of Education.

Maxwell, Nan L.

Industrial and Labor Relations Review, v47 n2 p249-64 Jan 1994

Analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979-88 shows the main source of difference in black-white wages to be racial differences in quality, not quantity, of schooling. Closing the racial gap in basic skills learned could reduce wage differences by two-thirds. (SK)

Descriptors: Blacks, Educational Attainment, Educational Quality, Educational Supply, Racial Differences, Salary Wage Differentials, Whites

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

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