MOTOR BUS DEREGULATION AND RACIAL/GENDER EFFECTS: EARNINGS AND EMPLOYMENT

This study examines the link between the extent of government economic regulation in the U.S. motor bus industry and the wage and employment status of white females and black males relative to white males. It tests the hypothesis that deregulation, by introducing greater competitive pressures into the industry, would reduce firms' latitude to discriminate in hiring and pay practices. Regression analyses utilizing 1973-1993 Current Population Survey data on motor bus drivers reveal that the relative earnings position of blacks and females in the union sector improved significantly subsequent to deregulation in 1982, even after adjusting for economy wide effects by including a control group of similarly-skilled workers. The gender wage gap was also found to be much larger than the racial gap under both regulation and deregulation, with relative gains for blacks and females similar after controlling for secular effects. The relative improvement was not present, however, among nonunion bus drivers, supporting the hypothesis that the nonunion sector was already subject to stronger competitive pressures under regulation, so that there was less scope for subsequent improvement.

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  Transportation Research Forum

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• Authors:
  • Schwarz-Miller, A
  • Talley, W K
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Forum, 39th Annual Meeting, Volume 2
  • Location: Montreal, Canada
  • Date: 1997-10-16 to 1997-10-18
• Publication Date: 1997-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 453-490

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Blacks; Bus drivers; Deregulation; Discrimination; Earnings; Employment; Females; For hire carriers; Gender; Males; Race; Whites
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00766628
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 29 1999 12:00AM