Returns in the Labor Market: A Nuanced View of Penalties at the Intersection of Race and Gender in the US

IF 3.3 2区 经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS Feminist Economics Pub Date : 2022-03-29 DOI:10.1080/13545701.2022.2042472
M. Paul, Khaing Zaw, W. Darity
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There have been decades of research on wage gaps for groups based on their socially salient identities, such as race and gender, but little empirical investigation on the effects of holding multiple identities. Using the Current Population Survey, this study provides new evidence on intersectionality and the wage gap in the US. This article makes two important contributions. First, there is no single “gender” or “race” wage penalty. Second, the evidence suggests that holding multiple identities cannot readily be disaggregated in an additive fashion. Instead, in a comparison of Black and White workers across gender, this study documents that the penalties associated with the combination of two or more socially marginalized identities interact in multiplicative or quantitatively nuanced ways. Further, the findings demonstrate that the presence of an additional intersectional penalty for Black women persists across time. HIGHLIGHTS When it comes to earnings, Black women face distinctive penalties for holding their race and gender identities simultaneously. The intersectional wage gap persists across time and during both tight and slack labor markets. The unexplained portion of the wage gap has contracted from 1980–2017; however, it remains large and significant. Intersectional analysis provides a useful framework to disentangle nuances in the labor market.
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劳动力市场的回报:对美国种族和性别交叉点惩罚的细致观察
几十年来,人们一直在研究基于种族和性别等社会突出身份的群体的工资差距,但很少有关于持有多重身份的影响的实证调查。利用当前人口调查,本研究为美国的交叉性和工资差距提供了新的证据。本文做出了两个重要贡献。首先,没有单一的“性别”或“种族”工资惩罚。其次,证据表明,持有多重身份不能轻易地以累加的方式分解。相反,在对不同性别的黑人和白人员工的比较中,这项研究证明,两种或两种以上社会边缘化身份的结合所带来的惩罚以乘法或定量微妙的方式相互作用。此外,研究结果表明,黑人女性的额外交叉惩罚持续存在。在收入方面,黑人女性因同时持有种族和性别身份而面临着特殊的惩罚。无论在劳动力市场紧张还是疲软时期,这种交叉工资差距都会持续存在。从1980年到2017年,工资差距中无法解释的部分有所缩小;然而,它仍然是巨大而重要的。交叉分析为理清劳动力市场的细微差别提供了一个有用的框架。
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Feminist Economics
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期刊介绍: Feminist Economics is a peer-reviewed journal that provides an open forum for dialogue and debate about feminist economic perspectives. By opening new areas of economic inquiry, welcoming diverse voices, and encouraging critical exchanges, the journal enlarges and enriches economic discourse. The goal of Feminist Economics is not just to develop more illuminating theories but to improve the conditions of living for all children, women, and men. Feminist Economics: -Advances feminist inquiry into economic issues affecting the lives of children, women, and men -Examines the relationship between gender and power in the economy and the construction and legitimization of economic knowledge -Extends feminist theoretical, historical, and methodological contributions to economics and the economy -Offers feminist insights into the underlying constructs of the economics discipline and into the historical, political, and cultural context of economic knowledge -Provides a feminist rethinking of theory and policy in diverse fields, including those not directly related to gender -Stimulates discussions among diverse scholars worldwide and from a broad spectrum of intellectual traditions, welcoming cross-disciplinary and cross-country perspectives, especially from countries in the South
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