ON THE BLURRING OF THE COLOR LINE: WAGES AND EMPLOYMENT FOR BLACK MALES OF DIFFERENT SKIN TONES

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kreisman, Daniel; Rangel, Marcos A.
• 署名单位: University System of Georgia; Georgia State University; Duke University
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00464
• 发表日期: 2015-03
• 页码: 1-13
• 关键词: racial-discrimination; career

摘要

We evaluate the role skin color plays in earnings and employment for black males in the NLSY97. By applying a novel, scaled measure of skin tone to a nationally representative sample and by estimating the evolution of labor market differentials over time, we bridge a burgeoning literature on skin color with more established literatures on wage differentials and labor market discrimination. We find that while intraracial wage gaps widen with experience, gaps between the lightest-skinned black workers and whites remain constant, suggesting that a blurring of the color line elicits subtle yet meaningful variation in earnings differentials over time.