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dc.contributor.authorBodvarsson, Örn B.en
dc.contributor.authorSessions, John G.en
dc.date.accessioned2008-10-14-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:55:06Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:55:06Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-20081114118en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/35668-
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3748en
dc.subject.jelJ7en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordWagesen
dc.subject.keyworddiscriminationen
dc.subject.keywordimperfect substitutabilityen
dc.subject.keywordintegrationen
dc.subject.stwLohndifferenzierungen
dc.subject.stwEthnische Diskriminierungen
dc.subject.stwAnforderungsprofilen
dc.subject.stwMessungen
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.subject.stwProfessioneller Sporten
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleThe measurement of racial discrimination in pay between job categories: theory and test-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn58179673Xen
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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