Hostname: page-component-848d4c4894-sjtt6 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-07-06T12:30:57.603Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

SESSION 1A: RACIAL INEQUALITY AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS

Sources of African-American Economic Progress in the Labor Market in the Twentieth Century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2001

James Heckman
Affiliation:
University of Chicago
Petra Todd
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

This paper presents a detailed accounting of the sources of African-American economic progress in the labor market over the twentieth century. We examine the received literature and demonstrate the sensitivity of conclusions stated in it to choices of samples used to measure wages and to specifications of earnings functions. We present a quantitative assessment of the contributions of migration, schooling choices, schooling quality, and social activism to both absolute levels and relative levels of African-American earnings.

Type
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press