Affiliations: [a] Consumer and Family Economics Department, College of
Human Environmental Sciences, University of Missouri, USA | [b] Department of Consumer Sciences, College of Human
Environmental Sciences, The University of Alabama, USA
Correspondence:
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Correspondence to: Deanna L. Sharpe, Consumer and Family Economics
Department, College of Human Environmental Sciences, University of Missouri,
Columbia, MO 65211, USA. E-mail:
[email protected].
Abstract: A wage decomposition method is used to examine components of average wage
differentials in the youth labor market, letting both race and gender vary.
Issues of selection bias and computation of the nondiscriminatory wage are
addressed. Findings indicate that bias in the youth labor market focuses more on
gender than race. However, until researchers devise consistent methods of
estimating the source, amount, and direction of discrimination, policy makers
face difficulty devising procedures to correct discriminatory wage
differences.
