Recent dynamics in racial wage gap in the United States

Using weekly earnings data from Current Population Survey for Black and White Americans employed full time, we examine how disparities based on race stand relative to disparities between wage groups. We find that wage disparity between wage groups prevails significantly as compared to race wage gap on explaining overall wage inequality among Blacks and Whites in the United States.

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The study examines the wage disparities between wage groups and race among Black and White full-time workers in the United States. Results show that the wage gap between wage groups prevails significantly over the racial wage gap in explaining overall wage inequality.