TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Biddle, Jeff E.
AU  - Hamermesh, Daniel S.
        TI  - Cycles of Wage Discrimination
        PY  - 2011/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 5945
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp5945
        AB  - Using CPS data from 1979-2009 we examine how cyclical downturns and industry-specific demand shocks affect wage differentials between white non-Hispanic males and women, Hispanics and African-Americans. Women's and Hispanics' relative earnings are harmed by negative shocks, while the earnings disadvantage of African-Americans may drop with negative shocks. Negative shocks also appear to increase the earnings disadvantage of bad-looking workers. A theory of job search suggests two opposite-signed mechanisms that affect these wage differentials. It suggests greater absolute effects among job-movers, which is verified using the longitudinal component of the CPS.
        KW  - search models
KW  - women
KW  - minorities
KW  - beauty
        ER  -