TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Hersch, Joni
        TI  - Colorism and Immigrant Earnings in the United States, 2015–2024
        PY  - 2024/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 17397
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp17397
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - colorism
KW  - race
KW  - skin tone discrimination
KW  - immigrant
KW  - earnings
KW  - Current Population Survey
KW  - New Immigrant Survey
KW  - MENA
        ER  -