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Browsing Duke Faculty Articles by Duke-affiliated Author "Sanders, Seth Gary"

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  • The Decision to Work by Married Immigrant Women
    Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Sanders, Seth (Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1993-07)
    Using 1980 Census data, the authors analyze the labor force participation of married immigrant Asian women by country of origin, compared with that of married immigrant women from Europe and Canada. The results suggest the ...
  • The Earnings Effects of Sexual Orientation
    Black, Dan A.; Makar, Hoda R.; Sanders, Seth; Taylor, Lowell J. (Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2003-04)
    This investigation of the effect of sexual orientation on earnings employs General Social Survey data from 1989-96. Depending largely on the definition of sexual orientation used, earnings are estimated as having been ...
  • The Impact of Economic Conditions on Participation in Disability Programs: Evidence from the Coal Boom and Bust
    Black, Dan; Daniel, Kermit; Sanders, Seth (The American Economic Review, 2002)
    We examine the impact of the coal boom of the 1970's and the coal bust of the 1980's on disability program participation. These shocks provide clear evidence that as the value of labor-market participation increases, ...
  • TIGHT LABOR MARKETS AND THE DEMAND FOR EDUCATION: EVIDENCE FROM THE COAL BOOM AND BUST.
    Black, Dan A.; McKinnish, Terra G.; Sanders, Seth (Cornell University, 2005-10)
    Human capital theory predicts that individuals acquire less schooling when the returns to schooling are small. To test this theory, the authors study the effect of the Appalachian coal boom on high school enrollments. ...
  • WHY DO MINORITY MEN EARN LESS? A STUDY OF WAGE DIFFERENTIALS AMONG THE HIGHLY EDUCATED.
    Black, Dan; Haviland, Amelia; Sanders, Seth; Taylor, Lowell (MIT Press Journals, 2006)
    We estimate wage gaps using nonparametric matching methods and detailed measures of field of study for university graduates. We find a modest portion of the wage gap is the consequence of measurement error in the Census ...