1. respectively, using the U.S. annual rates of change in coverage as deflators. The time series is derived from Finis Welch;Min;proportion of the non-supervisory labor force in a given state covered by the federal Minimum Wage laws,1965
2. the hourly wage in the lowest paid industrial occupation in a given state (see sources for variable 3) indexed by the ratios of the white and black median income of full-time year-round male workers in a given year to the same income for all races;Manufac;WAGE: the ratio of the average hourly wage of production workers on manufacturing payrolls to the federal minimum hourly wage rate. Sources: manufacturing wage,1962
3. WAGE: the same as in variable 5 adjusted by racespecific ratios of white and black agricultural wages to the overall wage in a given year;Agr;Source for indices: U.S. Bureau of the Census,1962
4. INCOME MEN 18-24: personal race-specific mean income of males aged 18-24, who had income, transformed into the hourly wage (2085.6 hours in a year);Sources: U.S. Bureau of the Census,1970