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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 3.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Forces. 2008 Mar;86(3):1217–1244. doi: 10.1353/sof.0.0008

Table 1. Earnings and Relative Earnings by Race and Sex.

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
Mean Annual Earnings - Men (1) Mean Annual Earnings -Women (1) Female-Male Earnings Ratio (within race) Minority-white Earnings Ratio (for men) Minority-White Earnings Ratio (for women) Observed-Predicted Earnings Ratio (women) (2) Observed-Predicted Earnings Ratio with Controls






White Only 40,600 28,700 .71 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Chinese 54,600 44,100 .81 1.34 1.54 1.15 *** 1.15 ***
Asian Indian 47,700 38,300 .80 1.17 1.34 1.14 *** 1.14 ***
Korean 46,300 39,700 .86 1.14 1.38 1.21 *** 1.20 ***
Japanese 48,600 38,300 .79 1.20 1.33 1.11 *** 1.11 ***
Cuban 39,400 32,200 .82 .97 1.12 1.16 *** 1.12 ***
Other, multi-eth Asian 39,500 33,400 .85 .97 1.17 1.20 *** 1.20 ***
Asian-white 39,800 32,600 .82 .98 1.13 1.16 *** 1.15 ***
Black-Asian 38,900 29,900 .77 .96 1.04 1.09 1.10
Filipino 37,900 32,000 .84 .93 1.12 1.20 *** 1.17 ***
Other 35,100 27,700 .79 .86 .96 1.11 *** 1.09 ***
Vietnamese Only 35,300 27,300 .77 .87 .95 1.09 1.08
Black-white 34,800 27,700 .80 .86 .97 1.13 *** 1.10 ***
Native Am.-white 33,300 24,500 .74 .82 .86 1.04 *** 1.02 *
Other Hispanic 31,900 24,900 .78 .79 .87 1.10 *** 1.08 ***
Puerto Rican 32,000 26,500 .83 .79 .92 1.17 *** 1.12 ***
Mexican 31,600 24,700 .78 .78 .86 1.11 *** 1.08 ***
Black 30,000 25,200 .84 .74 .88 1.19 *** 1.14 ***
Native American 29,400 23,300 .79 .72 .81 1.12 *** 1.08 ***
(1)

Geometric mean of annual earnings

(2)

Given by exp(dk) = exp[(Y11- Y12) − (Yk1- Yk2)]

Notes: Sample includes full-time, full-year workers between the ages of 25-55 who were born in the U.S.

Statistical significance refers to the significance of the race-gender interaction

Control variables are: Education, potential work experience, potential work experience squared, hours worked per week (above 35), self-employment, and region.

*

p < .1

**

p < .05

***

p < .01