Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/307221 
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Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17397
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Using data from the Current Populations Survey 2015-2024 matched to skin color data in the New Immigrant Survey, this article shows that immigrants from countries with darker skin color face a substantial earnings penalty. The penalty is similar to that found using 2003 data on individual immigrants. Controls for extensive labor market characteristics and race and ethnicity does not eliminate the negative effect of darker skin tone on wages. Color discrimination lawsuits in light of the addition of a Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) reporting category for US government surveys may become more viable.
Subjects: 
colorism
race
skin tone discrimination
immigrant
earnings
Current Population Survey
New Immigrant Survey
MENA
JEL: 
J15
J61
J71
J78
K31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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