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Barron, John M.; Berger, Mark C.; Black, Dan A. – Journal of Human Resources, 1999
Employers pay higher starting wages to workers requiring less training, but do not give lower starting wages to workers requiring more training. Employers appear to pay most of the cost of and reap most of the returns to training. (SK)
Descriptors: Entry Workers, On the Job Training, Productivity, Training Allowances
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Black, Dan A.; Haviland, Amelia M.; Sanders, Seth G.; Taylor, Lowell J. – Journal of Human Resources, 2008
We examine gender wage disparities for four groups of college-educated women--black, Hispanic, Asian, and non-Hispanic white--using the National Survey of College Graduates. Raw log wage gaps, relative to non-Hispanic white male counterparts, generally exceed -0.30. Estimated gaps decline to between -0.08 and -0.19 in nonparametric analyses that…
Descriptors: Wages, Females, Employment Patterns, College Graduates