Different patterns of wage inequality prevail among black men, black women and white women vis-à-vis white men. Analyzing data from the National Household Sample Survey (1989 and 1999), and controlling over other possible explaining variables (like individual assets and features of labor market structure) the author claims that adscription is an important (although not exclusive) source of wage differentiation among sex and race groups. Should we expect that inequalities (grounded on discriminatory practices) could lead to the emergence of intolerance and violence at the workplaces?
Wage Inequalities; Race Discrimination; Gender Discrimination; Labor Market
