Code for: Reassessing the Spatial Mismatch Hypothesis

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) David Card, University of California-Berkeley; Jesse Rothstein, University of California-Berkeley; Moises Yi, US Census Bureau

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Project Citation: 

Card, David, Rothstein, Jesse, and Yi, Moises. Code for: Reassessing the Spatial Mismatch Hypothesis. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2024. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-04-24. https://doi.org/10.3886/E200881V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Abstract: Using LEHD data, we demonstrate several facts that are not consistent with the "spatial mismatch" hypothesis that residential segregation and uneven distribution of jobs limits Black workers’ opportunities. We show that (a) there is no Black-white gap in the firm premium component of wages in an Abowd-Kramarz-Margolis wage decomposition; (b) there are both more jobs and more good jobs within commuting distance of Black than white workers; and (c) Black workers’ commutes are shorter. We conclude that geographic proximity to good jobs is not a major source of racial earnings gaps in major U.S. cities today.

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Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms black-white earnings gap; spatial mismatch
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
      J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
      J70 Labor Discrimination: General
      R23 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2010 – 2018
Universe:  View help for Universe
Non-Hispanic White and non-Hispanic Black full-time wage and salary workers covered by unemployment insurance

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