Ethnicity and earnings in a mixed race labor market
| dc.creator | Ñopo, Hugo | |
| dc.creator | Saavedra, Jaime | |
| dc.creator | Torero, Maximo | |
| dc.date | 2007-07 | |
| dc.date | 2025-01-29T12:59:00Z | |
| dc.date | 2025-01-29T12:59:00Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T15:21:09Z | |
| dc.description | This study examines the relationship between earnings and racial differences in a context in which various races have coexisted and mixed during several centuries, as is in many parts of the post-colonial world, and specifically Urban Peru. Coarse indicators of racial differences do not suffice in capturing this relationship therefore we introduce a score-based procedure of white and indigenous racial intensities that allows us to approximate these mixed racial heritage. We introduce a score-based procedure of white and indigenous racial intensities that allows us to approximate the heterogeneity within the mestizo population. We construct two types of indicators of racial intensities using a score-based procedure: a single-dimensional indicator of degrees of whiteness; and a two-dimensional indicator combining degrees of both whiteness and indigeneity. This second indicator allows us to study non-linearities in earning differences across mixed white and indigenous racial characteristics. Our estimates from a semi-parametric model show evidence of a race premium for whiteness on earnings, statistically significant among wage earners but not among the self-employed. These results may be consistent with a story of employer discrimination. | |
| dc.identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171926 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/101885 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of Chicago Press | |
| dc.rights | Limited Access | |
| dc.source | Ñopo, Hugo; Saavedra, Jaime; Torero, Maximo. 2007. Ethnicity and earnings in a mixed race labor market. Economic Development and Cultural Change 55 (4): 709-734. https://doi.org/10.1086/516762 | |
| dc.subject | labour market | |
| dc.title | Ethnicity and earnings in a mixed race labor market | |
| dc.type | Journal Article |