@techreport{Bodvarsson2008measurement,
abstract = {The traditional model of taste discrimination in labor markets presumes perfect substitution, making it unsuitable for the measurement of discrimination across job assignments. We extend the model to explain cross-assignment discrimination and test it on data from Major League Baseball. A competitive firm with a Generalized Leontief production function fills each job assignment with whites and nonwhites in an environment of customer prejudice. According to the model, cross-assignment discrimination depends upon racial productivity differences, the productivity x prejudice interaction, technology, relative labor supply and racial integration. We find strong evidence of ceteris paribus racial salary differences between hitters and pitchers.},
address = {Bonn},
author = {\"{O}rn B. Bodvarsson and John G. Sessions},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {J7; 330; Wages; discrimination; imperfect substitutability; integration; Lohndifferenzierung; Ethnische Diskriminierung; Anforderungsprofil; Messung; Theorie; Professioneller Sport; USA},
language = {eng},
note = {urn:nbn:de:101:1-20081114118},
number = {3748},
publisher = {IZA},
title = {The measurement of racial discrimination in pay between job categories: theory and test},
type = {IZA discussion papers},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/35668},
year = {2008}
}
