TY - RPRT AU - Hamermesh, Daniel S. AU - Genadek, Katie R. AU - Burda, Michael C. TI - Racial/Ethnic Differences in Non-Work at Work PY - 2017/Jan/ PB - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) CY - Bonn T2 - IZA Discussion Paper IS - 10496 UR - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp10496 AB - 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. KW - wage differentials KW - wage discrimination KW - time use ER -