Table 3 Black-white gaps in log weekly wages, by city
From: The role of location in evaluating racial wage disparity
Cities | 1940 | 1950 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Southern | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Houston | -0.834 | -0.367 | -0.425 | -0.270 | -0.299 | -0.325 |
Memphis | -0.742 | -0.454 | -0.461 | -0.319 | -0.343 | -0.248 |
Atlanta | -0.687 | -0.472 | -0.482 | -0.288 | -0.293 | -0.253 |
New Orleans | -0.669 | -0.612 | -0.460 | -0.317 | -0.298 | -0.286 |
South Atlantic | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Washington | -0.569 | -0.374 | -0.333 | -0.225 | -0.214 | -0.187 |
Baltimore | -0.444 | -0.333 | -0.341 | -0.254 | -0.280 | -0.266 |
Northeastern | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
New York | -0.478 | -0.344 | -0.301 | -0.280 | -0.282 | -0.270 |
Philadelphia | -0.462 | -0.394 | -0.237 | -0.259 | -0.262 | -0.266 |
Midwestern | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
St. Louis | -0.515 | -0.456 | -0.298 | -0.261 | -0.309 | -0.261 |
Cleveland | -0.507 | -0.303 | -0.280 | -0.205 | -0.221 | -0.265 |
Chicago | -0.452 | -0.331 | -0.278 | -0.268 | -0.297 | -0.303 |
Detroit | -0.376 | -0.237 | -0.208 | -0.188 | -0.206 | -0.244 |
Western | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Los Angeles | -0.486 | -0.283 | -0.301 | -0.275 | -0.234 | -0.244 |
San Francisco | -0.345 | -0.255 | -0.254 | -0.236 | -0.215 | -0.229 |
F-Statistic | 37.2 | 10.3 | 29.5 | 38.5 | 22.9 | 18.6 |