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dc.contributor.authorGautier, Pieter A.en
dc.contributor.authorZenou, Yvesen
dc.date.accessioned2008-11-11-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:55:26Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:55:26Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-20081127369en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/35695-
dc.description.abstractWe show how small initial wealth differences between low skilled black and white workers can generate large differences in their labor-market outcomes. This even occurs in the absence of a taste for discrimination against blacks or exogenous differences in the distance to jobs. Because of the initial wealth difference, blacks cannot afford cars while whites can. Car ownership allows whites to reach more jobs per unit of time and this gives them a better bargaining position. As a result, in equilibrium, blacks end up with both higher unemployment rates and lower wages than whites. Furthermore, it takes more time for blacks to reach their jobs even though they travel less miles. Those predictions are consistent with the data. Better access to capital markets or better public transportation will reduce the differences in labor market outcomes.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3814en
dc.subject.jelD83en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordTransportation mismatchen
dc.subject.keywordjob searchen
dc.subject.keywordspatial labor marketsen
dc.subject.keywordmultiple job centersen
dc.subject.keywordethnic minoritiesen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsucheen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsmarktdiskriminierungen
dc.subject.stwFarbige Bevölkerungen
dc.subject.stwBerufsverkehren
dc.subject.stwKraftfahrzeugen
dc.subject.stwVermögensverteilungen
dc.subject.stwRegionaler Arbeitsmarkten
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleCar ownership and the labor market of ethnic minorities-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn584705468en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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