This paper uses unconditional quantile regressions to decompose changes in the black–white wage gap for young men between 1990 and 2011. Introducing a new application of reweighting methods, we control for selection into employment which tends to widen the gap. We find no changes in the gap itself between 1990 and 2011, but reversals in the roles of ability and education across the distribution. Ability loses importance at the bottom and middle but gains importance at the top, while the opposite occurs for education. This results from heterogeneous changes in returns to ability and education across the distribution alongside a widening educational achievement gap.

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1990 年与 2011 年年轻男性之间的黑人和白人工资差距：样本选择调整

本文使用无条件分位数回归来分解 1990 年至 2011 年间年轻男性黑人与白人工资差距的变化。引入重新加权方法的新应用，我们控制选择就业，这往往会扩大差距。我们发现 1990 年和 2011 年之间的差距本身没有变化，但能力和教育在整个分布中的作用发生了逆转。能力在底部和中间失去重要性，但在顶部获得重要性，而教育则相反。这是由于分布范围内能力和教育回报的异质变化以及教育成就差距的扩大所致。