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This is a bit of an aside - but has there been a study that takes into account that African Americans are not evenly distributed throughout the country? I'm not

This is a bit of an aside - but has there been a study that takes into account that African Americans are not evenly distributed throughout the country? I'm not from the U.S. but my guess would be that many of them live in the southern states where the wages (as well as the cost of living) tend to be lower - hence this might cause a wage gap in terms of absolute dollars, but the difference could be less significant when adjusted for purchasing power.

throwanem 5y ago
Your guess would be sensible but wrong. While the "Black Belt" is indeed a thing, it is relatively sparsely populated (regardless of race); meanwhile every MSA east of the Mississippi, as well as a few in the much whiter part of the country west of it, has a sizable black population, and those are also most of the most expensive places to live in the US. I didn't read as far as methods, but it would probably be no harder to design a study not biased by region than one that is. Maybe easier, depending on how you recruit.