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I’m confused why the authors of the original study pegged education as only explaining 5% of the gap, functionally unchanged since the 70s when the labor market was far more favorable towards blue collar work.

As far as I’m aware, there’s a 12-50% gap (depending on level of degree) in educational attainment between black and white men[1]. Seems odd to reduce that effect down to a static 5%, particularly when talking about average wages.

1. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-challenges-facing-bla...