Discuss about the black-white wage ratio

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Question: In 1960, the proportion of blacks in the population of southern states was higher than the proportion of blacks in the population of northern states. It is also true that the black-white wage ratio in southern states was much lower than in northern states. Does the difference in the relative black wage across regions indicate that southern employers discriminated more than northern employers?

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