Intrametropolitan Variation in Wage Rates: The Case of Atlanta Fast-Food Restaurant Workers
利用独特数据研究亚特兰大大都市区内快餐店工人的工资差异，发现工资随距市中心距离增加而上升，黑人工人处于工资较低区域，消费者偏见影响其工资。
This paper utilizes a unique data base to provide some rare evidence on wage variation within a metropolitan area. Positively-sloped wage gradients are found for both black and white employees of fast-food restaurants in Atlanta, Georgia. Blacks are found to work on that portion of the gradient where wage rates are lowest. Evidence on discrimination suggests that consumer prejudice affects the wages paid to black workers. As distance from the central business district center increases, the positive wage gradient effect is found to strongly dominate the negative effect on wages from greater consumer discrimination. Copyright 1994 by MIT Press.