TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Akee, Randall K. Q.
AU  - Yuksel, Mutlu
        TI  - Skin Tone's Decreasing Importance on Employment: Evidence from a Longitudinal Dataset, 1985-2000
        PY  - 2010/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 5120
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp5120
        AB  - We investigate the effect of skin tone on employment probabilities in a longitudinal data set. Using an objective measure of skin tone from a light-spectrometer and a self-reported measure of race we find that over time the effect of skin tone on employment has diminished. These results hold both across the white and African-American samples as well as within the African-American sample itself with regard to skin tone. Further investigation indicates that all of the gains can be attributed to African-American women; there are no changes in the employment probabilities for African-American men in the 15 year panel data. We find that the expansion of employment for women is concentrated in the services occupations.
        KW  - employment discrimination
KW  - skin tone
KW  - race
KW  - gender
KW  - panel data
        ER  -