A Note on School Quality, Educational Attainment and the Wage Gap

被引：1
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作者：
Ramamurthy, Srikanth [1 ]
Sedgley, Norman [1 ]
机构：
[1] Loyola Univ, Sellinger Sch Business, 4501 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21210 USA
来源：
EASTERN ECONOMIC JOURNAL | 2019年 / 45卷 / 03期
关键词：
Wage gap; Statistical discrimination; School quality; Human capital choice; BLACK; DISCRIMINATION; INEQUALITY; EARNINGS;
D O I：
10.1057/s41302-018-00132-1
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
This paper explores the linkage between school quality, educational attainment and the wage gap. In a model of statistical discrimination based on both the quality and quantity of schooling, we show that lower-quality education can, on average, lead to lower human capital accumulation if agents anticipate future labor market discrimination. Because blacks in general have less access to good-quality schools compared to whites, this link provides a novel explanation for the differences in black-white educational attainment and the resulting wage gap.
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页码：415 / 421
页数：7
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