%0 Report %A Hamermesh, Daniel S. %A Genadek, Katie R. %A Burda, Michael C. %T Racial/Ethnic Differences in Non-Work at Work %D 2017 %8 2017 Jan %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 10496 %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp10496 %X Evidence from the American Time Use Survey 2003-12 suggests the existence of small but statistically significant racial/ethnic differences in time spent not working at the workplace. Minorities, especially men, spend a greater fraction of their workdays not working than do white non-Hispanics. These differences are robust to the inclusion of large numbers of demographic, industry, occupation, time and geographic controls. They do not vary by union status, public-private sector attachment, pay method or age; nor do they arise from the effects of equal-employment enforcement or geographic differences in racial/ethnic representation. The findings imply that measures of the adjusted wage disadvantages of minority employees are overstated by about 10 percent. %K wage differentials %K wage discrimination %K time use