IV . . . I I . PAPERS LABOR MARKET DISCRIMINATION AND BLACK - WHITE DIFFERENCES IN ECONOMIC STAtuS Irwin Garfinkel
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Many factors contribute to the black..,white earnings gap, among them labor market discrimination. This paper presents estimates of the contribution of this.factor to.the earnings differential, and sets upper and lower bounds on this contribution. These estimates are presented at various deciles of the distribution of workers by earnings capacity. Based on these distributional estimates, the contribution of labor market discrimination to income inequality in the U.S •. is measured. Finally, the reliability of the residual methodology used in this study is examined.
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