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Distributional Analysis Of Labor And Property Income Among New Seniors And Early Retirees: By Race, Gender, Region, And Intertemporal Cohort, 1965-2006, Patrick Leon Mason
Distributional Analysis Of Labor And Property Income Among New Seniors And Early Retirees: By Race, Gender, Region, And Intertemporal Cohort, 1965-2006, Patrick Leon Mason
Patrick L. Mason
The tables herein provide detailed descriptive statistics for changes in labor and property income during 1965 – 2006. We are particularly interested in secular changes in racial inequality since the demise of formal segregation during the mid-1960s. Accordingly, we construct an overlapping series of four synthetic intertemporal cohorts of new seniors (ages 50 – 64) and early retirees (ages 65 and above). Cohorts are separated by the troughs of recessions: 1974-75, 1981-2, 1991-92, 2001-02. As we move from the 1st to the 5th cohort, there is a decline in racial gap in the quantity of education, the quality of education, …
Labour Market Racial Discrimination In South Africa Revisited, Joanna Tyrowicz, Maciej Szelewicki
Labour Market Racial Discrimination In South Africa Revisited, Joanna Tyrowicz, Maciej Szelewicki
Joanna Tyrowicz
Discrimination is a significant issue in labour market economics across developed as well as developing countries. In this paper we inquire the actual size of wage discrimination in the Republic of Soutn Africa, accounting for large differences in endowments. We apply the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition as well as propensity score matching to adequately determine the size of the pay gap. Although the size of the absolute racial pay gap is enormous, amounting for more than 500%, the actual estimated effect non-attributable to other factors ranges between 45%-55%. This estimator however assumes homogenous discrimination across the wage distribution, while data suggest that …