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Author: Tomaskovic-Devey, Donald
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1. Tomaskovic-Devey, Donald
Thomas, Melvin
Johnson, Kecia Renee
Race and the Accumulation of Human Capital across the Career: A Theoretical Model and Fixed-Effects Application
American Journal of Sociology 111,1 (July 2005): 58-89.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/431779
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Keyword(s): Hispanics; Human Capital; Racial Differences

The authors develop an explicitly sociological variant on human capital theory, emphasizing that most human capital acquisition is a social product, not an individual investment decision. The authors apply this model to racial earnings inequality, focusing on how exposure to discrimination influences both human capital acquisition and earnings inequalities as they develop across the career. The authors estimate models of career earnings trajectories, which show flatter trajectories for black and Hispanic men relative to white men, partial mediation by human capital acquired inside the labor market, and much larger race/ethnic career inequalities among the highly educated.
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Tomaskovic-Devey, Donald, Melvin Thomas and Kecia Renee Johnson. "Race and the Accumulation of Human Capital across the Career: A Theoretical Model and Fixed-Effects Application." American Journal of Sociology 111,1 (July 2005): 58-89.