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Usual weekly earnings: another look at
intergroup differences and basic trends
Earl F. Mellor
Economist, Division of Labor Force Studies, Bureau of Labor Statistics
George D. Stamas
Economist, Division of Labor Force Studies, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Recent years of inflation and recession held real earnings of wage and salary workers below 1973 levels; the pay gap between black and white full-time employees narrowed after 1967, but the wide earnings disparity by sex remains.
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