Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/36218 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 4435
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper examines differences in two important components of non-wage compensation, employer provided health insurance and pensions, across African Americans and the whites in the United States. Using data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), we study the recent trends in the recipiency of this non-wage compensation across race groups. Our results show that African American men on average are significantly less likely to receive employer provided health insurance and pension than whites in the last decade. We also find that the inclusion of racial differences in ability as measured by the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) score reduces the unexplained racial gap in fringe benefit offers, highlighting the importance of human capital variables in fringe benefit recipiency. Finally, we re-examine racial inequality in the labor market by examining within-group inequality in compensation over the last decade and also the role of ability in between-group inequality in compensation.
Subjects: 
Economics of minorities and races
non-wage labor costs and benefits
JEL: 
I11
J15
J32
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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