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ECIN Replication Package for "Not so Black and White: Interracial Marriage and Wages"

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Christina Houseworth, Hobart and William Smith Colleges; Jonathan Fisher, Washington Center for Equitable Growth

Version:  View help for Version V1

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Project Citation: 

Houseworth, Christina, and Fisher, Jonathan. ECIN Replication Package for “Not so Black and White: Interracial Marriage and Wages.” Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-09-27. https://doi.org/10.3886/E194083V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This is the replication code and data for the article "Not so Black and White: Interracial Marriage and Wages."

Abstract: We examine wages of Black and White interracially married individuals compared to their intramarried counterparts in the United States. We find a raw interracial marriage wage penalty for White spouses and a raw interracial marriage wage premium for Black spouses. The differential disappears for females, but not for males, when controlling for selection on standard wage equation variables. Negative selection on wages into interracial marriage explain the White male penalty. We find a larger penalty for White males and a smaller premium for Black males in states that were forced to allow interracial marriage by the Supreme Court.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources None

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms interracial marriage; wage gaps; racial discrimination
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      J12 Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
      J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Manuscript Number:  View help for Manuscript Number ECIN-Feb-2023-0091
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States of America
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/2008 – 12/31/2019 (2008-2019)
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) survey data

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source IPUMS USA
American Community Survey 1-year files, 2008-2019

Ruggles, S., Genadek, K., Goeken, R., Grover, J., and Sobek, M. (2015) IPUMS USA: Version6.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS, 2015.
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Individual in a marriage

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