Volume 11, Number 3 (Summer) 1976
Ferber, Marianne A., and Anne Westmiller. 1976. "Sex and Race Differences in Nonacademic Wages on a University Campus." Journal of Human Resources 11(3):366-373.
This study tests the hypothesis that, when other variables are taken into account, race and sex are not statistically significant in explaining wages in different occupations. The results, using data for the nonacademic work force of a large university campus, do not support the hypothesis. On the contrary, they show that sex and race influence the pattern of wage rates and earnings by occupations. Albeit the study has limitations, the results point to the conclusion that discrimination is a factor in determining rewards by occupations.
The authors are, respectively, Associate Professor of Economics and graduate student in Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The authors would like to thank Robert Ferber and Helen Lowry for their helpful suggestions.
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