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Title: Black-White Differences in Annual Hours of Work Supplied Among Males 45-59 Years of Age
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Egge, Karl Albert |
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Black-White Differences in Annual Hours of Work Supplied Among Males 45-59 Years of Age Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University, 1973. DAI-A 34/05, p. 2116, Nov 1973 Cohort(s): Older Men Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Local Labor Market; Marital Status; Racial Differences; Unemployment; Wages A number of factors are examined that are expected to be related to the amount of labor an individual supplies. The data indicate that for both blacks and whites the amount of labor supplied, generally speaking, is inversely related to: (1) hourly wage rate; (2) level of non-labor income; (3) age; (4) local area unemployment rate; and (5) the presence of recent unemployment experience. It is directly related, on the other hand, to: (6) being married (spouse present); (7) being healthy; and (8) being in white collar jobs. Moreover, the relationship between each of the eight "explanatory" factors and hours supplied is different for blacks than for whites. For example, the effect of hourly wage rate on hours is much larger for blacks, while the effect of personal unemployment experience is actually the opposite for blacks from what it is for whites. Combining the mean of each of these factors with their estimated effects on hours supplied, the author is able to shed some light on the sources of the gross white-black difference in hours supplied by ascertaining which factors tend to widen and which ones to lower the observed differences. Generally speaking, it was found that wages, age, and personal unemployment experience tend to widen the white-black difference in hours supplied, while local labor market unemployment, net income per dependent, and marital status tend to narrow the differences. On the basis of these findings, Egge suggests that as wages continue to rise over time, and as these men get older, the black-white difference in hours supplied will widen. |
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Egge, Karl Albert. Black-White Differences in Annual Hours of Work Supplied Among Males 45-59 Years of Age. Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University, 1973. DAI-A 34/05, p. 2116, Nov 1973. |