On the blurring of the color line: Wages and employment for black males of different skin tones
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Kreisman, D; Rangel, MA
Published in: Review of Economics and Statistics
March 1, 2015
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.
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Review of Economics and Statistics
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1530-9142
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0034-6535
Publication Date
March 1, 2015
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97
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1
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1 / 13
Related Subject Headings
- Economics
- 3802 Econometrics
- 3801 Applied economics
- 3502 Banking, finance and investment
- 1403 Econometrics
- 1402 Applied Economics
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Kreisman, D., & Rangel, M. A. (2015). On the blurring of the color line: Wages and employment for black males of different skin tones. Review of Economics and Statistics, 97(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00464
Kreisman, D., and M. A. Rangel. “On the blurring of the color line: Wages and employment for black males of different skin tones.” Review of Economics and Statistics 97, no. 1 (March 1, 2015): 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00464.
Kreisman D, Rangel MA. On the blurring of the color line: Wages and employment for black males of different skin tones. Review of Economics and Statistics. 2015 Mar 1;97(1):1–13.
Kreisman, D., and M. A. Rangel. “On the blurring of the color line: Wages and employment for black males of different skin tones.” Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 97, no. 1, Mar. 2015, pp. 1–13. Scopus, doi:10.1162/REST_a_00464.
Kreisman D, Rangel MA. On the blurring of the color line: Wages and employment for black males of different skin tones. Review of Economics and Statistics. 2015 Mar 1;97(1):1–13.
Published In
Review of Economics and Statistics
DOI
EISSN
1530-9142
ISSN
0034-6535
Publication Date
March 1, 2015
Volume
97
Issue
1
Start / End Page
1 / 13
Related Subject Headings
- Economics
- 3802 Econometrics
- 3801 Applied economics
- 3502 Banking, finance and investment
- 1403 Econometrics
- 1402 Applied Economics