An Investigation of the Historical Black Wage Premium in Nursing

Autor:	Nicole M. Coomer
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Cultural Studies Shift work Economics and Econometrics Labour economics media_common.quotation_subject Wage Specialty Economics Survey sampling Differential (mechanical device) Affect (psychology) media_common
Zdroj:	The Review of Black Political Economy. 42:323-335
ISSN:	1936-4814 0034-6446
Popis:	This paper builds off of prior work analyzing the historical wage premium paid to black registered nurses (RNs) (Coomer, Nurs Econ 31(5):254–259, 2013). The average observed wages of black RNs was higher than that of white RNs in the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN) over more than two decades from 1984 to 2008. This study examines the wage differential between black and white nurses that remains after controlling for factors likely to affect wages in addition to race, such as experience, education, employer type, and specialty. The differential is decomposed, following Blinder (1973) and Oaxaca (1973), revealing a large unexplained portion. Four possible explanations are examined and support is found for self-selection, experience, shift work, and demand effects.
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